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Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Smurfit-Stone Opens High-Tech Plant in Los Angeles Capping $42 Million Investment
'Super plant' is specifically designed to serve Southern California customers
(CSRwire) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation today successfully opened its new Cerritos facility, one of
the most modern corrugated container manufacturing facilities in the
industry. Smurfit-Stone invested $42 million to transform an existing
facility into the state-of-the-art plant, which will employ approximately
123 people.
Smurfit-Stone President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Klinger
said, "The Cerritos plant represents our vision to build a world-class
manufacturing organization, supporting our customers' needs through
high-performing, highly accountable people; sophisticated equipment; and
standardized, repeatable processes. We are committed to Cerritos and to
serving our customers in the Southern California market."
The Cerritos "super plant" is specifically designed to serve Southern
California customers that include companies in the beverage, consumer
goods, medical, food and produce, garment and distribution businesses. By
combining cutting-edge equipment with the latest technology and highly
skilled employees, the Cerritos facility can produce as much as 2.3
billion square feet of corrugated board per year and an average of 350
boxes a minute.
The Cerritos plant also highlights Smurfit-Stone's commitment to
integrating sustainability into its operations. To reduce energy
consumption, the plant is powered by a high-efficiency boiler and uses
highly efficient make-up air heaters in the production area.
Smurfit-Stone has made great strides in reducing greenhouse gas
emissions in its facilities, reducing the burning of fossil fuels by
approximately 20 percent since 1998. As a member of the Chicago Climate
Exchange, Smurfit-Stone has committed to achieving greenhouse gas emission
reductions of six percent below baseline by 2010.
The company's recycling operations recovered 7 million tons of
valuable materials from the waste stream in 2007, including 6.8 million
tons of recovered paper, making Smurfit-Stone one of the world's largest
paper recyclers. Forty-one percent of the recovered paper was used as raw
material in the company's containerboard manufacturing operations.
To celebrate the Cerritos plant opening and to highlight its
commitment to sustainability, Smurfit-Stone announced the donation of
1,000 seedlings to support urban forestry in California. Smurfit-Stone's
customers and employees, as well as Cerritos Mayor Jim Edwards, joined in
the grand opening celebration.
About Smurfit-Stone
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC) is one of the
industry's leading integrated containerboard and corrugated packaging
producers and one of the world's largest paper recyclers. The company is a
member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R), and the Chicago Climate Exchange.
Smurfit-Stone generated revenue of $7.4 billion in 2007, has led the
industry in safety every year since 2001, and conducts its business in
compliance with the environmental, health, and safety principles of the
American Forest & Paper Association.
For more information please contact:
Tim Rowden
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
+1-314-656-5942
Mike Mullin
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
+1-314-656-5846
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