Chesapeake Corp. (fka CSKEQ)

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Chesapeake Corporation
James Center II
1021 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: [phone]
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Web Site: http://www.cskcorp.com

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Employees (last reported count): 5,427


REUTERS ABRIDGED BUSINESS SUMMARY
Chesapeake Corporation manufactures and supplies specialty paperboard packaging products worldwide. It also produces and supplies plastic packaging products to the end-use markets. The company operates in two segments, Paperboard Packaging and Plastic Packaging. The Paperboard Packaging segment designs and manufactures folding cartons, spirally wound composite tubes, leaflets, labels and other paper, and paperboard packaging products. It serves the pharmaceutical and healthcare, alcoholic drinks, confectioneries, foods, and tobacco markets. The Plastic Packaging segment offers plastic containers, bottles, and various preforms for agrochemicals, other specialty chemicals, and food and beverages markets. This segment also offers high-density polyethylene (HDPE) fluorinated barrier containers for agrochemicals and various specialty chemicals markets; HDPE bottles for the Irish dairy market; and pet bottles and pre-forms for soft drink markets. Chesapeake Corporation was founded in 1918 and is based in Richmond, Virginia. On December 29, 2008, Chesapeake Corporation filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.