World Packaging Companies

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION ONE: THE WORLD PACKAGING INDUSTRY

		Page
1.1	Industry Overview	3
	Economic Background	3
	The World’s Largest Packaging Companies	5
1.2	Corrugated Packaging	8
	Containerboard World Overview	8
	Containerboard North America	9
	Containerboard Europe	12
	Corrugated Packaging Industry World Overview	14
	Corrugated Packaging North America	14
	Corrugated Packaging Europe	18
1.3	Consumer Paperboard Packaging	24
	Consumer Paperboard Packaging World Overview	24
	Consumer Paperboard North America	25
	Folding Cartons North America	26
	Consumer Paperboard Europe	29
	Folding Cartons Europe	30
1.4	Plastic Packaging	35
	The Plastics Sector Europe	35
	The Plastics Sector North America	36
	Plastic Packaging World Overview	39
	Rigid Plastic Packaging Europe	40
	Rigid Plastic Packaging North America	42
1.5	Flexible Packaging	44
	Flexible Packaging Europe	44
	Flexible Packaging North America	47
1.6	Glass Packaging	50
	Glass Packaging Europe	50
	Glass Packaging North America	51
1.7	Metal Packaging	54
	Metal Packaging Europe	54
	Metal Packaging North America	56
1.8	Company Rankings	61
	The Leading World Packaging Companies 2004	61
	Events Influencing Latest Packaging Revenues	62
	World Packaging Companies – Growth Rates	65
	World Packaging Companies – Regional Revenues	67
	Long Term Trends in World Packaging Company Rankings	69
	World Packaging Companies – Main Rankings	71


SECTION TWO: COMPANY PROFILES
2.1	A & R Carton	75
2.2	AEP Industries	78
2.3	Alcan, Inc	84
2.4	Alcoa	99
2.5	Alpla Werke Lehner	107
2.6	Amcor	110
2.7	Anchor Glass Container Corporation	125
2.8	Anheuser-Busch	129
2.9	AptarGroup	133
2.10	Ardagh Glass	141
2.11	Asia Pulp & Paper	144
2.12	AssiDomän AB (Sveaskog)	147
2.13	Autobar	151
2.14	Ball Corporation	155
2.15	Bemis	162
2.16	Bericap	172
2.17	Berry Plastics	174
2.18	Bischof + Klein	179
2.19	Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc	182
2.20	BPI	186
2.21	BSN Glasspack	192
2.22	Bway Corporation	194
2.23	Caraustar Industries	199
2.24	Cascades Incorporated	205
2.25	Chesapeake Corporation	213
2.26	Chuo Kagaku Company Limited	219
2.27	Clondalkin	222
2.28	Consolidated Container Company	225
2.29	Constantia Verpackungen	232
2.30	Constar	240
2.31	Crown Holdings, Inc.	247
2.32	Dai Nippon Printing	256
2.33	Dixie Toga	261
2.34	D S Smith Plc	263
2.35	ELOPAK	269
2.36	FP Corporation	275
2.37	Frantschach	278
2.38	Georgia-Pacific Corporation	285
2.39	Goglio	291
2.40	Graham Packaging	294
2.41	Graphic Packaging Corporation	300
2.42	Greif Bros. Corporation	307
2.43	Groupe Gascogne	311
2.44	Groupe Guillin	316
2.45	Hokkai Can Company Limited	320
2.46	Holmen AB	322
2.47	Huhtamäki Oyj	328
2.48	Impress Metal Packaging	334
2.49	International Paper Company	336
2.50	Jefferson Smurfit Group	343
2.51	Kappa Packaging	349
2.52	Klabin SA	355
2.53	Klöckner Pentaplast	361
2.54	Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing	364
2.55	Linpac	368
2.56	Manuli Packaging	371
2.57	Mauser-Werke	374
2.58	Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG	377
2.59	MeadWestvaco Corporation	383
2.60	Mondi Group	390
2.61	M-real corporation	397
2.62	Nampak	402
2.63	Nihon Yamamura Glass Co. Ltd	410
2.64	Nine Dragons Paper Industries	413
2.65	Nippon Unipac Holdings., Ltd.	416
2.66	Nordenia	421
2.67	Oji Paper Co Ltd	424
2.68	Owens-Illinois	428
2.69	Packaging Corporation of America	438
2.70	Pactiv Corporation	443
2.71	Plastipak Packaging	449
2.72	Pliant Corporation	455
2.73	Printpack	462
2.74	Rengo Company Limited	465
2.75	Reno de Medici S.p.A	470
2.76	Resilux	474
2.77	Rexam	480
2.78	Rock-Tenn Company	487
2.79	RPC Group	492
2.80	Saint-Gobain	470
2.81	SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget)	476
2.82	Sealed Air	484
2.83	SIG Holdings Ltd	491
2.84	Silgan Holdings	498
2.85	Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation	504
2.86	Sonoco Products Company	510
2.87	Stora Enso Oyj	517
2.88	Superfos A/S	525
2.89	Surface Specialties UCB/Innovia Films	559
2.90	Temple-Inland Incorporated	566
2.91	Tetra Laval	572
2.92	Toppan Printing	577
2.93	Toyo Seikan Kaisha	581
2.94	US Can Corporation	586
2.95	Van Genechten Packaging	591
2.96	Visy Industries	594
2.97	Grupo Vitro	598
2.98