RockTenn, Norcross, Ga., has announced plans to close three corrugated container plants by the fourth quarter of 2011. The three facilities, located in Birmingham, Ala., Jonesboro, Ark. and Santa Fe Springs, Calif., were owned by Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
In a release, RockTenn says that existing business will be transitioned to nearby RockTenn facilities.
"This action is a necessary first step in realigning the box plant system of RockTenn following the acquisition of Smurfit-Stone. We plan to take many actions in the next year to maximize the efficiency of our manufacturing processes, as well as to reduce costs and eliminate redundancies throughout our operations as we move forward to achieve the operating synergy that we anticipate from the Smurfit-Stone acquisition,” says Jim Rubright, RockTenn’s chairman and CEO.
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