Russell Wanke

Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC engages in the manufacture and conversion of lightweight packaging, pressure sensitive, and industrial papers. Its products include food packaging and processing papers, pressure sensitive liner, industrial and technical papers, coated papers, and natural pulp. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kaukauna, WI.

Thilmany Papers, a business unit of Packaging Dynamics Corporation, has a 125-year history as a leading producer of specialty papers. Today, Thilmany’s products include bleached and unbleached lightweight papers for a wide variety of end use applications including food and non-food packaging papers, industrial and technical papers and pressure sensitive release base papers. Thilmany Papers operates two paper mills located in Kaukauna and De Pere, Wisconsin.

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.

American Forest & Paper Association, Inc. operates as a national trade association for pulp, paper, packaging and wood products. It offers Pulp, Paper-Based Packaging and Tissue Products. The company was founded on January 1, 1993 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

Packaging Dynamics Corp. manufactures paper-based packaging products. It operates through three business units: BagcraftPapercon, International Converter and De Luxe Group. The BagcraftPapercon converts paper, film and foil into a variety of specialty value-added food packaging products including, specialty bags, sheets & wraps, pan liners, interfolded tissue and butcher, freezer & locker paper products. The International Converter produces adhesive laminations and coated products which are engineered and manufactured to meet the requirements of specific customer applications. The De Luxe Group includes printing, waxing, lamination, coating, bag manufacturing, sheeting, slitting and rewinding. The company was founded in November 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.