Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation · Chicago, IL United States ·(Pink Sheets: SSCCQ)

Holding company Smurfit-Stone Container doesn't think outside the box -- it thinks about the box. Its operating company, Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, makes corrugated containers, containerboard, kraft paper (for bags), market pulp, and solid bleached sulfate (SBS) for folding cartons. It also provides graphic design services. The vertically integrated company is one of the world's largest recyclers of paper fiber, a key raw material in manufacturing the company's products. Smurfit-Stone buys the bulk of its wood fiber on the open market, but it also owns about a million acres of timberland in Canada and operates harvesting facilities in the US and Canada. The company filed for Chapter 11 in early 2009. To read the full description, subscribe now.