nyse ks industry pulp and paper founded april 2005 headquarters northbrook illinois key people roger w. stone chairman & ceo matt kaplan chief operating officer products kraft paper containerboard corrugated box lumber revenue us 2 301 million 2014 operating income us 299.9 million 2014 net income us 171.9 million 2014 number of employees 6 200 website www.kapstonepaper.com kapstone paper and packaging is an american pulp and paper company based in northbrook illinois . the company has kraft paper manufacturing facilities in roanoke rapids north carolina cowpens south carolina north charleston south carolina 1 and longview washington a lumber mill in summerville south carolina 21 corrugated box and corrugated fiberboard plants and 65 packaging distribution centers . it has approximately 6 200 employees . contents 1 history 2 mill workers strike 3 subsidiaries 4 products 5 references 6 external links history edit the firm was originally started as a special purpose acquisition company in 2005 . it became an ongoing business concern when it acquired the roanoke rapids kraft paper mill from international paper in january 2007 . in july 2008 it acquired the charleston kraft paper mill from meadwestvaco . in 2010 the firm was ranked 5th in fortune magazine s list of 100 fastest growing companies . 2 in 2011 it made the list again ranked 20th fastest growing . 3 in october 2011 kapstone was ranked 10 on forbes list on 100 best small companies . 4 on october 31 2011 kapstone acquired u.s.corrugated inc. 5 6 on july 18 2013 kapstone acquired longview fibre paper and packaging from brookfield asset management . 7 on june 1 2015 kapstone acquired victory packaging headquartered in houston tx . 8 mill workers strike edit on august 27 2015 members of the association of western pulp and paper workers at kapstone s longview paper mill went on strike for 10 days over stalled contract negotiations . 9 subsidiaries edit the are several subsidiaries operating in specific fields or in specific countries kapstone kraft paper corporation kapstone charleston kraft llc kapstone container corporation kapstone europe sprl kapstone asia limited . products edit kapstone produces sack paper containerboard saturating kraft products corrugated fiberboard sheets and boxes and construction lumber . the company s paper brands include kraftpak durasorb tea kraft fibrelok fibreshield and fibregreen . references edit kapstone paper buying 6 meadwestvaco mills for 485 million 100 fastest growing companies 2010 kapstone paper and packaging ks from fortune 100 fastest growing companies 2011 kapstone paper and packaging ks fortune on cnnmoney america s best small companies forbes kapstone investors news release kapstone acquiring u.s. corrugated roanoke rapids daily herald kapstone completes acquisition of longview fibre paper and packaging inc. kapstone to buy victory packaging in 615 million deal kapstone workers on strike external links edit company website hoovers report retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kapstone & oldid 681539434 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 2005pulp and paper companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 september 2015 at 20 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view