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International Paper Transfers North America Consumer Packaging Business to Graphic Packaging

IP now holds a 20.5% ownership interest in subsidiary that holds the assets of the combined business.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

International Paper announced that it has completed the transfer of its North America Consumer Packaging business to Graphic Packaging. As a result of the transaction, Graphic Packaging has assumed $660 million of IP debt. IP now holds a 20.5% ownership interest in the subsidiary of Graphic Packaging that holds the assets of the combined business.   The transferred business includes approximately 3,900 employees, two coated paperboard mills and three converting facilities in the US, along with...

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