Dirk J. Krouskop

Westvaco Corp. produces paperboard and packaging products for media, pharmaceutical and consumer markets. It also produces coated papers and specialty chemicals. Westvaco is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA.

The Chillicothe Telephone Co. provides local voice, video, and data services. Its services include switched wireline voice communications, very high bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) video, and Internet access provided to commercial, residential, and small business customers. The company was founded on December 12, 1927 and is headquartered in Chillicothe, OH.

American Forest & Paper Association, Inc. operates as a national trade association for pulp, paper, packaging and wood products. It offers Pulp, Paper-Based Packaging and Tissue Products. The company was founded on January 1, 1993 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

National Council for Air & Stream Improvement, Inc. operates as a research institute for forest products. It offers air quality, forestry, manufacturing, climate change, forest biomass, workplace health, and safety research services. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.