10 Facts About MeadWestvaco

MeadWestvaco Corporation was an American packaging company based in Richmond, Virginia.

MeadWestvaco announced in January 2015 that it would form a combined $16 billion company with RockTenn to take on market leaders in the packaging industry in the US The combined company is named WestRock.

MeadWestvaco was a producer of packaging, specialty papers, consumer and office products and specialty chemicals.

MeadWestvaco had 153 operating and office locations in 30 countries, and served customers in over 100 countries.

MeadWestvaco managed over 3 million acres of forestlands that met environmental standards and was certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative standards.

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MeadWestvaco was formed in January 2002 as the result of a merger between The Mead Corporation of Dayton, Ohio, and Westvaco.

In 2008, MeadWestvaco sold its Charleston, SC kraft paper mill to Kapstone Paper and Packaging.

In February 2011, MeadWestvaco sold its Envelope Products Business, including the Columbian Brand Envelope, to Cenveo Corporation's Quality Park Envelope Products Group.

MeadWestvaco took steps to improve its environmental impact by upholding both mandated and voluntary performance standards.

In 2002, MeadWestvaco established the MeadWestvaco Foundation as a vehicle to appropriately give back to the communities in which its employees live and work.