Chesapeake Corporation - CSK- Profile

Chesapeake Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to design, manufacture and market paperboard and plastic packaging. It 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. The Plastic Packaging segment designs and manufactures plastic containers, bottles, preforms and closures. The end- use markets for the products are pharmaceutical and healthcare, branded products , confectioneries, tobacco, agrochemicals, other specialty chemicals, food and beverages. Paperboard Packaging accounted for 84% of 2006 revenues and Plastic Packaging, 16%