Graphic
Packaging Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Graphic Packaging
International, Inc. (GPI), is a leading provider of paperboard packaging
solutions for a wide variety of products to multinational and other consumer
products companies. The company is built on operating philosophies that
include commitments to innovation, execution, cost reduction and asset
utilization.
We Package Results™ by providing companies with packaging
solutions designed to deliver marketing and performance benefits at a competitive
cost. In doing this, Graphic Packaging capitalizes on its low-cost paperboard
mills and converting plants, proprietary carton designs and packaging machines
and a commitment to customer service.
Graphic Packaging's customers include
many of the most instantly recognized consumer product companies in
the world, including Kraft Foods, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., General Mills,
SABMiller
plc., Molson Coors Brewing Company and numerous Coca-Cola and Pepsi
bottling companies. Graphic Packaging operates three paper mills, 24 converting
facilities
and two machinery manufacturing facilities and employs approximately
7,700 people worldwide. We hire the most talented people in the industry
who
are fully dedicated to quality and customer service. Graphic Packaging
holds rights to more than 1,450 US and foreign patents and has approximately
590 patent applications pending for printing, packaging and converting
processes.
Graphic Packaging supplies customers with packaging solutions
designed to provide:
- Convenience through ease of carrying
and storage for consumers
- A smooth surface optimal
for printing high-resolution, multi-color graphic images
that help customers improve
brand awareness
and visibility of their products on store shelves
- Durability,
stiffness, wet and tear strength, abrasion and heat resistance,
leakage protection, microwave management, and moisture,
gas and solvent barriers
for our customers packaging
We also offer customers paperboard
and packaging machines as an integrated solution or
separately.
The new
Graphic Packaging
Corporation (NYSE: GPK) is the result of the August
2003 merger of Riverwood Holding, Inc., the parent company
of Riverwood
International
Corporation
(now known as Graphic Packaging International) and
Graphic Packaging International Corporation. The merger created
a global packaging
company with sales of
$2.4 billion and leading market positions serving
the beverage, food and consumer products industries worldwide. Graphic
Packaging International
is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia. |