Rock Tenn News

Richard Korff began his 50 year journey in plastics at the age of 27 as a Plant Manager, Superintendent, General Manager and Vice President for various companies such as Illinois Tool Works, Monsanto, Thomas & Bette's, R& G Sloane, and Rock Tenn, finally, retiring at the age of 78.

Choosing local businesses is more than just getting fruit from the neighborhood farmer and buying clothing from a boutique around the corner; it's about helping local charities, too.

Graphic Packaging and RockTenn both saw net incomes fall year-on-year but predicted better times ahead despite tough market conditions.

Rock-Tenn, the Norcross-headquartered producer of consumer and corrugated packaging, has jumped into the Fortune 500, the prestigious listing of America's biggest companies.

UPDATE: All clear has been sounded. Fire has been extinguished. A concrete holding pond of tall oil rosin, used to make cardboard boxes at Rock-Tenn paper mill, caught on fire around 1:00 PM causing heavy smoke.