KapStone Paper & Packaging (formerly Stone Arcade Acquisition Corporation) was an American pulp and paper company based in Northbrook, Illinois. It was founded in 2005 as Stone. Since November 2018 it has been a subsidiary of WestRock Company.
History
Stone Arcade Acquisition Corporation, a special-purpose acquisition company, was started in 2005, and became an ongoing business concern when it completed its first acquisition—of International Paper—in 2007. By 2010, the firm was ranked 5th in Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies.[3] In 2011 it made the list again, ranked 20th fastest-growing.[4] In October 2011, KapStone was ranked #10 on Forbes list on 100 Best Small Companies.[5]
On August 27, 2015, members of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers