Green Bay Packaging Coated Products Division Awarded Supplier Award for Environmental Leadership

GREEN BAY, WI – November 5, 2014 – The Coated Products Division of Green Bay Packaging received
the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) Supplier Award for Environmental Leadership at the
association’s annual meeting held in Dana Point, CA.

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Green Bay Packaging Inc. to Acquire MidCon Holdings, LLC

GREEN BAY, WI – October 31, 2014 – Green Bay Packaging Inc. announced the acquisition of Great Lakes Packaging Corporation and Midland Container Corporation from MidCon Holdings, LLC, an Arbor Investment Company. The acquisition is effective October 31, 2014 and terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. Invests in New Press Section for Arkansas Kraft Division

GREEN BAY, WI – July 11, 2014 – Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP) announced that it is moving forward with a press section replacement for PM1 at its Arkansas Kraft Division in Morrilton Arkansas. This investment allows GBP to produce better lightweight linerboard.

Green Bay Mill to Host Green Bay Explorers Tour

Green Bay Packaging Green Bay Mill Division is hosting the Green Bay Engineering and Technology Career Explorers group February 3, 2014, for an educational tour focusing on environmental engineering, education, and career opportunities.

Green Bay Packaging Awarded Fourth Consecutive Green Master Designation

Green Bay, Wis. – Green Bay Packaging Wisconsin operations were recognized as a Green Master for the
fourth consecutive year at the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Annual Conference Dec. 13, 2013. GBP, specifically its Wisconsin divisions, is one of a select group of companies to earn the Green Master designation, the highest tier in the Green Masters Program, established by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. As a Green Master, GBP performed actions in nine sustainability areas, including energy, water, waste and social actions,
and scored in the top twenty percent of all participating companies. The conference, held this year at Lands’ End headquarters in Dodgeville, Wis., is the only conference in Wisconsin designed specifically for direct business-to-business sharing of sustainability achievements. The conference saw a record attendance, with 345 attendees and 167 companies participating in the program.

About Green Bay Packaging Inc.
Started in 1933, Green Bay Packaging Inc. is a family-owned, vertically integrated company consisting of
corrugated container plants, folding cartons, recycled and virgin linerboard mills, pressure-sensitive label
rollstock, specialty converting operations, timberlands, and a sawmill facility. Headquartered in Green Bay,
Wis., Green Bay Packaging Inc. is dedicated to innovative development of its products and forestry
resources, with a focus on quality, sustainability and continuous improvement throughout all of its
manufacturing facilities in 14 states. For more information about Green Bay Packaging Inc., visit
gbp.com. Green Bay Packaging focuses on multiple sustainability areas.
About Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council
The WI Sustainable Business Council is a network of Wisconsin businesses and organizations that are
actively involved, or just interested in, the challenge of sustainability and corporate responsibility. The
council works to educate businesses and organizations in Wisconsin about sustainability, and brings
together companies with similar sustainability goals. For more information on the Green Masters Program
and the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, visit http://www.wisconsinsustainability.com/greenmasters/

Kalamazoo Division Achieves British Retail Consortium Global Standards Certification

Green Bay, Wis. – Green Bay Packaging’s Kalamazoo Container Division recently achieved the British Retail Consortium (BRCGS) Global Standards certification, a leading global quality and food safety certification program.

Upon completion of the rigorous auditing process, the Kalamazoo Division received an “A” grade certification for Packaging, with the scope of the certification including the manufacture of printed and non-printed corrugated containers, display cases and sheets.

ProGreen® Featured in Global Green USA Video on Recyclable Box Testing

ProGreen^®,Green Bay Packaging’s innovative wax-alternative coating process, was recently featured in a video released by Global Green USA. The video details the result of their 2012 pilots to test recyclable produce boxes.

Global Green USA teamed up with the Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) to test wax-alternatives such as ProGreen^®. The wax-alternative coated boxes were tested with a variety of wet cooling processes, such as vacuum cooling, hydro-vac, and hydro-cooling processes.

To view the video on the Global Green USA YouTube Channel, click here.

Green Bay Packaging Receives Third Consecutive Green Master Award

Green Bay Packaging Wisconsin operations were recognized as a Green Master for the third consecutive year at the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Annual Conference Dec. 7, 2012.

Arkansas Kraft Mill Featured in Paper360 November/December Issue

The Green Bay Packaging Arkansas Kraft Mill was featured in the Paper360 magazine’s November/December 2012 issue, in an article titled “Proud to be a Papermaker: Achieving Zero Landfill of Fiber.”

The article highlights the Mill’s closed-loop recycling project using state-of-the-art equipment and an innovative process which helped them become one of the first mills to achieve zero-landfill of fiber collected from the waste treatment system.

To view the article starting on page 8, please click the link below.

Proud to be a Papermaker: Achieving Zero Landfill of Fiber

Green Bay Packaging Honored with 2012 AF&PA Sustainability Award