GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO

Overview

Graphic Packaging Holding Company is a packaging manufacturer serving consumer-products markets. It makes paperboard and converts it into cartons, containers and other packaging, and also produces packaging machinery. Its products serve food, beverage, foodservice, household, and health and beauty markets [1]+5. The company operates internationally, including through a Japanese joint venture, and reports more than 100 consumer-packaging facilities worldwide [7]+2.

Graphic Packaging’s stated purpose is “Packaging Life’s Everyday Moments for a Renewable Future,” reflecting its focus on recyclable and sustainable packaging [10][11]. It reported more than 23,000 employees and net sales of $8.617 billion for fiscal 2025. Its latest available annual report as of October 2, 2026 is the 2025 Form 10-K, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025; the company identifies Americas Paperboard Packaging and International Paperboard Packaging as its main reportable segments [9]+3. [1]+17

Products & services

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. makes paperboard packaging such as cartons and multipack cartons, trays, carriers, paperboard canisters, cups and bowls, using recycled, unbleached and bleached paperboard. Its products are used for food, beverages, household and other consumer products, as well as foodservice and quick-service restaurant applications; its international packaging also serves healthcare and beauty markets. The company describes its fiber inputs as renewable wood fiber and recovered or reused fiber, and designs its consumer packaging to be recyclable.[15]+3

The company offers customer-specific packaging design and development. Its R&D teams work on renewable-material and plastic-replacement options, shelf-life extension, food-packaging heat management, shipping and display sturdiness, production and waste costs, and packaging appearance through printing and material choices. The company also identifies packaging machinery engineering, design and manufacturing, and foodservice equipment rebuilding among its capabilities.[19]+3

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, reported net sales were $2.951 billion in Americas Paperboard Packaging and $1.142 billion in International Paperboard Packaging, against total company net sales of $4.344 billion. These are segment sales figures, rather than a breakdown by individual product type.[23] [15]+10

Geographic presence

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. reported operating in 20 countries, with packaging operations across the Americas and Europe. Its FY2025 filing lists U.S. paperboard mills in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Macon, Georgia; Texarkana and Waco, Texas; and West Monroe, Louisiana. The company completed the sale of its Croatia business in June 2026.[24]+2

For FY2025, reported net sales were $5.889 billion in the Americas Paperboard Packaging segment and $2.208 billion in the International Paperboard Packaging segment—approximately 68.3% and 25.6% of consolidated net sales, respectively. These are segment figures, not a country-level breakdown. The company’s headquarters is in Atlanta, Georgia; it also identifies U.S. research and design locations including Clemson, South Carolina; Concord, New Hampshire; and Louisville, Colorado.[27]+2 [24]+4

Business segments

Graphic Packaging Holding Co reports two reportable segments. Americas Paperboard Packaging serves consumer-packaged-goods markets in food, beverage and consumer products, and supplies cups, lids and food containers mainly to foodservice companies and quick-service restaurants in the Americas. International Paperboard Packaging supplies paperboard packaging to consumer-packaged-goods customers in food, foodservice, beverage and consumer products, including healthcare and beauty, primarily in Europe.[29][30]

In FY2025, Americas Paperboard Packaging generated $5.889 billion, approximately 68.3% of consolidated net sales; International Paperboard Packaging generated $2.208 billion, approximately 25.6%.[12] Corporate and Other accounted for the remaining $520 million, or about 6.0%, but is not a reportable segment; it includes unallocated corporate costs and the Paperboard Manufacturing operating segment.[31]

The latest available interim report, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, showed the same segment structure: Americas Paperboard Packaging generated $2.951 billion (about 68.0% of net sales) and International Paperboard Packaging $1.142 billion (about 26.3%). Corporate and Other contributed $251 million (about 5.8%).[32][33] [29]+5

Company history

Graphic Packaging’s modern corporate lineage took shape in 2003, when Riverwood Holding and Graphic Packaging International combined. The transaction closed on August 8, 2003, and Riverwood Holding was renamed Graphic Packaging Corporation.[34][35]

On March 10, 2008, Graphic Packaging combined with Altivity Packaging, forming the publicly traded Graphic Packaging Holding Company.[36] In 2011, its operating subsidiary acquired substantially all of Sierra Pacific Packaging’s assets and business.[37]

In 2018, Graphic Packaging completed the transfer of International Paper’s North America Consumer Packaging business, including a paperboard mill and foodservice converting assets.[38] In 2021, it completed the acquisition of AR Packaging, expanding its international packaging operations.[39]

In 2023, the company announced construction of a recycled-paperboard mill in Waco, Texas; the facility produced its first commercially saleable rolls in October 2025.[40][41] [34]+7

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