KapStone Building New Corrugated Plant in Illinois
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KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Northbrook, Ill., USA, this week announced that it will open a new corrugated manufacturing facility in Aurora, Ill. The 192,000 sq. ft. facility, located 40 miles west of the city of Chicago, will produce corrugated packaging and will also include a design lab and a technical center. The first phase of construction for the new facility will begin in March.
KapStone expects to invest approximately $8 to $10 million in the first phase. The Aurora location will enhance KapStone's sales coverage in the Midwest, particularly in Chicago and surrounding areas.
Matt Kaplan, KapStone's president, said that "we are excited to establish a corrugated manufacturing facility in the Chicago area, our home territory. We are very optimistic that KapStone will deliver a very high level of service and quality of corrugated products that will enable us to continue to grow our operations."
The site GM will be Katie Wilhelm who has an extensive career in the corrugated industry, predominantly in the Chicago area.
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. is a producer of unbleached kraft paper products, linerboard, and shipping containers. The company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corp., which operates paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., North Charleston, S.C., and Cowpens, S.C., as well as 14 additional converting locations in the East.
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