Graphic Packaging plans to close two U.S. folding carton plants
Nov 04, 2009. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that it plans to close two manufacturing facilities and transition business to other U.S. operating locations.
Nov 04, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that it plans to close two manufacturing facilities and transition business to other U.S. operating locations. These closures are part of the company's continued efforts to achieve synergies related to the March 2008 combination with Altivity Packaging, LLC.
Graphic Packaging's folding carton facilities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Santa Clara, California, are expected to discontinue production by mid-year 2010. The company's Santa Clara recycled paperboard mill and Orchard Park, California, facility will not be affected by the closures.
"As one of the world's largest packaging companies, we continue to push aggressively in 2009 to integrate assets from the 2008 combination between Altivity Packaging and Graphic Packaging and streamline operations," said David W. Scheible, President and CEO of Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
"These key closures will complete the plant rationalization element of our integration efforts," Scheible added.