Graphic Packaging to close Jacksonville facility
Feb 24, 2011. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, plans to close its Jacksonville, Ark., multiwall bag facility. The company will transition business and equipment from Jacksonville to other U.S. operating locations.
Feb 24, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (GPI) a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, plans to close its Jacksonville, Ark., multiwall bag facility. The company will transition business and equipment from Jacksonville to other U.S. operating locations, as GPI said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.
"As always, GPI deploys business to our most cost effective plants," said David Scheible, President and CEO. "We continually evaluate all of our business operations to ensure we are serving our markets as efficiently as possible. Simply put, this is a difficult business decision."
The Jacksonville multiwall bag facility will continue to operate and support customers while its business is transitioned to other company facilities in the U.S. over the next several months. The company has notified its Jacksonville employees, and will provide appropriate assistance to those affected.
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, is a leading provider of paperboard packaging solutions for a wide variety of products to food, beverage and other consumer products companies. The company is one of the largest producers of folding cartons and holds a leading market position in coated-recycled boxboard and specialty bag packaging.