Kapstone No. 5 on Fortune’s List of 100 Fastest Growing Companies

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KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Northbrook, Ill., USA, announced this week that it has been ranked fifth on Fortune magazine’s annual list of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies. The ranking, from the September 6, 2010 issue of Fortune, is based on revenue growth rate, EPS growth rate, and three-year annualized total return to investors.

Roger Stone, CEO, said that "we are pleased to be recognized by Fortune as one of the top growing companies. We are encouraged by the trends we see in the marketplace and believe we are strategically well positioned for continued growth."

KapStone is a North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard. It operates mills in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and North Charleston, S.C., a lumber mill in Summerville, S.C., and five chipping mills in South Carolina. The company employs some 1,600 people.