RockTenn Announces Organizational Changes

RockTenn, Norcross, Ga., has announced several changes to its organization following the completion of its acquisition of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

The company has named Mike Kiepura President, Consumer Packaging. Kiepura will lead the company’s Consumer Packaging businesses, including its Coated Paperboard and Folding Carton business. He also will have oversight responsibility for RockTenn’s Merchandising Displays and Specialty Paperboard businesses.

The company also named Jim Porter President, Corrugated Packaging and Recycling. Porter will have leadership responsibility for its Corrugated Packaging, Containerboard and Recycling and Waste Solutions businesses.

“Mike and Jim are outstanding leaders, consistently leading our businesses in producing outstanding results,” says Jim Rubright, RockTenn’s chairman and CEO. “Our acquisition of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. provides Mike and Jim the opportunity to create value for our shareholders on a much larger scale given the significant increase in the scale of our business and the much broader opportunities before us.”