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KapStone Ranked 20th Fastest Growing Company by "Fortune"

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KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Northbrook, Ill., USA, has been ranked twentieth overall on Fortune's annual list of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies and were ranked the second fastest in the Industrial category. The ranking, from the September 26, 2011 issue of Fortune, is based on revenue growth rate, EPS growth rate, and three-year annualized total return to investors.

Roger Stone, CEO of KapStone, noted that "this is the second year we have placed in the top 20 of the 100 fastest growing companies as ranked by Fortune. We are diligently working to maintain our profitable growth rate."

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corp., which operates paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and North Charleston, S.C., a lumber mill in Summerville, S.C., and five chipping mills in South Carolina. The business employs approximately 1,600 people.

 

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