BNET Industries

Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$570.6M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. (we, us or the Company) is a vertically integrated manufacturer of specialty paperboard packaging products and a broad range of specialty and commodity grades of paperboard and paper products. We believe we are a leading North American producer of gable top cartons used for packaging juice, milk and other products and of ovenable paperboard used for heating packaged foods in microwave and conventional ovens. Our products also include polymer-coated bleached paperboard (including cup stock), envelope paper, specialty and offset printing paper and uncoated bleached paperboard. Our customers include leading juice and dairy producers, consumer products companies, ovenable paperboard and cup manufacturers, envelope manufacturers, printers and distributors. We believe we produce high-quality products and provide a high level of customer service and technical support. We own and operate a pulp and paper mill, an extrusion polymer coating facility and four packaging plants. In 2006, our pulp and paper mill in Canton, North Carolina produced an aggregate of approximately 593,960 tons of paper and paperboard. Our Canton mill consists of a hardwood pulp mill, a softwood pulp mill, three paper machines, one paperboard machine, a wastewater treatment facility, power generation facilities, a landfill and a lake. ...

Chairman of the Board
Eugene J. Keilin
Number of Employees 2,008
Contact Information

41 Main St

Canton, North Carolina 28716

(828) 454-0679

NAICS Code Paper (except Newsprint) Mills: 322121

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Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Eugene J. Keilin Chairman of the Board
Dann D. Jesse Board of Directors
David Shapiro Board of Directors
Jay Bernstein Board of Directors
Jeffery A. Bailey Board of Directors
Michael Psaros Board of Directors
Norris L. Hartman Board of Directors
Raquel V. Palmer Board of Directors
Richard A. Lozyniak Board of Directors
Romaine L. Wilson Board of Directors
Stephen Hoey Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Kps Capital Partners, LP Co-Founder Current
Cloyes Gear Designer Current
The Products Designer Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Brooklyn Museum Board of Directors Current
Hephaestus Holdings, Inc. Director Current
Genesis Worldwide II Inc. Director Current
The Segal Company Director Current
Blue Water Automotive Systems, Inc Director Current
Blue Heron Paper Company Director Current
Jernberg Industries, Inc. Director Current
Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc. Director Current
KPMG International Founder Former
Lazard Ltd. General Partner Former
Kps Capital Partners, LP Managing Principal Former
Rice University Graduate Former
Harvard Law School Graduate Former

Organization Position Status
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Kps Capital Partners, LP Co-Founder & Managing Partner Current
KPMG International Managing Principal Current
Blue Heron Paper Company Chairman Current
Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc. Chairman Current
Jernberg Industries, Inc. Director Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kps Capital Partners, LP Managing Principal Former
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business MBA Former
University of Michigan A.B. in History Former
Northwestern University School of Law Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Kps Capital Partners, LP Senior Vice President & Partner Current
Blue Heron Paper Company Director Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current
Columbia Business School MBA Former
University of Michigan B.A. in Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Kps Capital Partners, LP Co-Founder & Managing Partner Current
Jernberg Industries, Inc. Chairman Current
Blue Heron Paper Company Director Current
Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc. Director Current
Kps Capital Partners, LP Managing Principal Former
Georgetown University Graduate Former
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Investment Banker Former

Norris L. Hartman, Jr. became a member of our board of directors effective January 1, 2006 and is a union designee. Mr. Hartman has been employed by us or our predecessor, Champion International Corporation, since 1992. His current position is converting department lead person. He is a past president of USW Local Union 7-0761, and currently serves as vice president of that Local Union.

Organization Position Status
Local Union Vice President Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Kps Capital Partners, LP Vice President Current
Kps Capital Partners, LP Partner Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc. Director Current
Blue Heron Paper Company Director Current
Jernberg Industries, Inc. Director Current
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Investment Banker Former
United Road Services, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Stanford University Degree in Political Science Former

Richard A. Lozyniak has been our president and chief executive officer since December 31, 2002. He previously was our chief financial officer from June 1999 until December 2000 and thereafter our chief operating officer from December 2000 to December 2002. Mr. Lozyniak became a member of our board of directors upon assuming his role as chief executive officer in January 2003. He was formerly senior vice president of Capital Funding with GE Capital, from March 1998 to June 1999.

Organization Position Status
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. President & CEO Former
General Electric Capital Corporation Senior Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
KPMG International Chief Financial Officer Current
Kps Capital Partners, LP Chief Financial Officer Current
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. Board of Directors Current
Stonington Partners Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
General Atlantic, LLC Financial Officer Former
Deloitte Haskins & Sells Accounting Former
University of Notre Dame B.B.A. Degree in Accountancy Former
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