George F. Martin

Westvaco Corp. produces paperboard and packaging products for media, pharmaceutical and consumer markets. It also produces coated papers and specialty chemicals. Westvaco is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA.

NewPage Holding Corp. engages in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of coated papers. It also operates paper mills. The company was founded on April 5, 2005 and is headquartered in Miamisburg, OH.

NewPage Group, Inc. manufactures coated papers. The company through its subsidiaries engages in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of printing papers primarily used for commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, textbooks and labels. Its products include coated, uncoated, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty paper and market pulp. NewPage Group was founded on October 19, 2007 and is headquartered in Miamisburg, OH.

NewPage Holdings LLC operates as a paper mills. It produces coated papers, and other uncoated and specialty products. The company was founded on December 7, 2012 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry, Inc. (TAPPI) is an organization that supports the forest products, pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, and associated industries. The non-profit company is based in Norcross, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. TAPPI provides its members with technical knowledge, networking opportunities, and professional growth.

NewPage Corp. produces printing and specialty papers The firm's products portfolio include coated, specialty, supercalendered and uncoated papers. Its products are used in commercial printing to create corporate collateral, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts and direct mail as well as in specialty paper applications including beverage bottle labels, food and medical packaging, pressure-sensitive labels and release liners. NewPage was founded in May 2005 and is headquartered in Miamisburg, OH.

The National Association of Manufacturers is an organization that works for the success of over 12.9 million people who are involved in manufacturing. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company's work is based on four core values that drive the industry. The company commissioned a study in August 2015, which found that the EPA's proposed ozone rule could reduce GDP by $140 billion. The CEO of the company is Jay Timmons.