Rock-Tenn Company manufactures and sells corrugated and consumer packaging products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and China. The company provides containerboards, corrugated sheets and packaging, and preprinted linerboards for corrugated box, and industrial and consumer product manufacturers; converts corrugated sheets into corrugated products; and provides structural and graphic design and engineering services, and packaging machines. It also offers folding cartons for packaging applications; express mail envelopes for the overnight courier industry; and coated recycled and bleached paperboard products to manufacturers of folding cartons and other paperboard products. In addition, the company manufactures temporary and permanent point-of-purchase displays for consumer product companies; provides contract packing services, such as multi-product promotional packing and product manipulation; and manufactures lithographic laminated packaging. Further, it provides specialty recycled paperboard products and gypsum paperboard liners; and converts specialty paperboard into book cover and other products. Additionally, the company designs, manufactures, and sells solid fiber and corrugated partitions for glass container, beer, food, wine, spirit, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries; and offers die-cut paperboard components. It is also involved in recycled fiber brokerage and collection operations, including procuring, sorting, grading, baling, and processing various grades of recovered paper; and collecting aluminum and plastics for resale to manufacturers of these products, as well as the provision of waste reduction services that extract additional recyclables from the waste stream. The company markets its products through its sales force, independent sales representatives, and independent distributors. Rock-Tenn Company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia.

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