Beacon Container is a forty-eight year old manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers with its main facility located in Birdsboro, PA.   In addition to the primary plant, the company operates a sheet plant subsidiary located in Montoursville, PA.  Both manufacturing units operate modernized facilities, maintain sales, production and office staff as well as truck fleets for product deliveries and inter-plant shipments.  Beacon Container was founded in 1955 by Irving Grossman, President and CEO of Wilmington, Delaware.

 

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  Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) is the industry's leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. Smurfit-Stone is the leading producer of containerboard, including white top linerboard; corrugated containers; multiwall and specialty bags; and clay-coated recycled boxboard. SSCC is the world's largest paper recycler, annually processing and selling more than 6.5 million tons. In addition, Smurfit-Stone is a leading producer of solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels, and point-of-purchase displays. With approximately 38,600 employees working at nearly 260 manufacturing facilities, Smurfit-Stone can provide paperboard and packaging solutions for any customer, large or small, anywhere in North America.