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WestRock Continues to Expand Packaging Business

Mead Westvaco-RockTenn combination now adds $190 million Cenveo Packaging business.

What a difference a year makes. A year ago, RockTenn and Mead Westvaco were two separate, sizable packaging businesses. As 2015 opened, RockTenn was the fifth-largest packaging company, with $9.9 billion in sales in 2014; 72% of its sales were in the corrugated market. MWV was the 14th largest, with sales of $5.6 billion, 78% of which were in the consumer packaging segment. On Jan. 26, 2015, these two companies announced a merger, forming WestRock. Combined, they would have net sales of...

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