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| Industry | Paper and Packaging |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Arthur Newth Morris Sr.[1][2][3] |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Fate | merged with MeadWestvaco |
| Successor | WestRock |
| Headquarters | Norcross, Georgia, United States |
Key people | Steven Voorhees, CEO |
| Revenue | $9.895 Billion (2014)[4] |
| $854.4 Million (2014)[4] | |
| $483.8 Million (2014)[4] | |
Number of employees | 26,000 |
| Website | www.rocktenn.com |
RockTenn was an American paper and packaging manufacturer based in Norcross, Georgia. In 2015, it merged with MeadWestvaco to form the WestRock company.[5]
It was one of North America's leading producers of corrugated and consumer packaging and recycling solutions, with annualized net sales of approximately $10 billion. The company employed approximately 26,000 people and operated more than 245 facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and China.[6]
- ^ "Arthur Newth Morris Sr. Obituary". Arthur Newth Morris Sr. Obituary. Rootsweb.
- ^ Paperboard Packaging Council. "PPC Honors A. Newth Morris III with Gair Award". Paperage. Paperage. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ "Presidential visit 'as good as it gets,' box maker says". Baltimore Sun. October 25, 2001.
- ^ a b c "RockTenn 2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2015.
- ^ Times-Dispatch, JACOB GEIGER Richmond. "MeadWestvaco officially completes merger with Rock-Tenn". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power (2012). H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011, and H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, September 8, 2011. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190.