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6400 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38197
Tel: (800) 207-4003
www.internationalpaper.com
Sales: $22.376 billion overall; $50 million in ink sales (Ink World estimate).
Major Products: Flexographic and specialty inks and graphic arts coatings.
Key Personnel: Mark S. Sutton, chairman, and CEO; W. Michael Amick Jr., SVP, Paper the Americas; Tommy S. Joseph, SVP; Tom Hamic, SVP, Containerboard and enterprise commercial excellence; Timothy S. Nicholls, SVP and CFO; Jean-Michel Ribieras, SVP, Industrial Packaging the Americas.
Number of Employees: More than 52,000 worldwide.
Comments: A worldwide leader in industrial and consumer packaging and uncoated papers and pulp, International Paper had a fairly stable year in 2019, with net sales of $22.376 billion, down nearly 4% from $23.3 billion in 2018. Operating profits were down more than 15% to $2.599 billion from $3.08 billion in 2018, although free cash flow rose dramatically, from $1.654 billion in 2018 to $2.334 billion in 2019, an increase of 41%.
Industrial Packaging remains the largest slice of the company’s portfolio, accounting for 69% of its sales.
Optihue Graphics, Plates and Inks is a subsidiary of International Paper. With headquarters in Kenton, OH, Optihue produces flexo and specialty inks and graphic arts coatings for International Paper’s packaging operations.
“International Paper delivered solid earnings and outstanding cash generation in the fourth quarter and full-year 2019,” said Mark Sutton, chairman and CEO. “We again demonstrated our flexibility to navigate through challenging market conditions by optimizing our full value chain. In 2019, we returned $1.3 billion to shareholders and reduced debt by $1.0 billion, while continuing to strengthen our packaging business through targeted investments.”
Memphis, TN 38197
Tel: (800) 207-4003
www.internationalpaper.com
Sales: $22.376 billion overall; $50 million in ink sales (Ink World estimate).
Major Products: Flexographic and specialty inks and graphic arts coatings.
Key Personnel: Mark S. Sutton, chairman, and CEO; W. Michael Amick Jr., SVP, Paper the Americas; Tommy S. Joseph, SVP; Tom Hamic, SVP, Containerboard and enterprise commercial excellence; Timothy S. Nicholls, SVP and CFO; Jean-Michel Ribieras, SVP, Industrial Packaging the Americas.
Number of Employees: More than 52,000 worldwide.
Comments: A worldwide leader in industrial and consumer packaging and uncoated papers and pulp, International Paper had a fairly stable year in 2019, with net sales of $22.376 billion, down nearly 4% from $23.3 billion in 2018. Operating profits were down more than 15% to $2.599 billion from $3.08 billion in 2018, although free cash flow rose dramatically, from $1.654 billion in 2018 to $2.334 billion in 2019, an increase of 41%.
Industrial Packaging remains the largest slice of the company’s portfolio, accounting for 69% of its sales.
Optihue Graphics, Plates and Inks is a subsidiary of International Paper. With headquarters in Kenton, OH, Optihue produces flexo and specialty inks and graphic arts coatings for International Paper’s packaging operations.
“International Paper delivered solid earnings and outstanding cash generation in the fourth quarter and full-year 2019,” said Mark Sutton, chairman and CEO. “We again demonstrated our flexibility to navigate through challenging market conditions by optimizing our full value chain. In 2019, we returned $1.3 billion to shareholders and reduced debt by $1.0 billion, while continuing to strengthen our packaging business through targeted investments.”
