Atlantic Printing & Graphics has a legacy of meeting our customers needs and growing right alongside them. As our customers’ product lines gain in popularity, we’ve been able to expand our capacity to stay right in step with them. Our latest example of this commitment is the installation of new KBA Wide Format Printer and Bobst Die Cutter. We’ve always operated on a traditional printing press format – 28 x 40 – but we saw an opportunity this past year to branch out and enter new markets. With the KBA 6 color printer, we can print 47.25 x 63.50. This is significantly larger and gives us a whole new capacity and output. We installed the Bobst Die Cutter to support the materials we’re creating on the KBA printer. These pieces of equipment together are incredible and put Atlantic Printing & Graphics in a whole new playing field. We are set up to service and support our current and new large customers with their needs for printing, folding cartons, and much more.

The closure, slated for December, will be the company’s ninth since the footprint optimization that launched when Smurfit Kappa acquired Westrock in 2024. Smurfit Westrock plans to permanently close a corrugated sheet and box facility in California, and 141 employees will be affected, according to a company worker adjustment and retraining notification letter the state shared with Packaging Dive. The plant in City of Industry, California, is expected to close on Dec. 14, according to the WARN letter. All employees will be terminated at that time, and there are no bumping rights. The hourly employees are represented by the District Council 2 union. CEO Tony Smurfit referenced the closure during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Oct. 29. He noted it was one of nine the company has undertaken since Smurfit Kappa acquired WestRock in July 2024 as part of footprint and headcount optimization efforts. The company will continue “closing down inefficient or loss-making operations, including the recently announced closure of a corrugated facility in California,” he said.

Second Quarter 2023 Highlights *Reported sales increased 6% and net income increased 31% to $83 million *Core sales increased 4% and adjusted EBITDA of $181 million increased 13% from the prior year *Pharma proprietary drug delivery systems grew across the majority of end-use categories *Beauty’s fragrance dispensing technologies had double-digit growth in the quarter *Issued new Corporate Sustainability Report highlighting ESG commitments and initiatives