Canusa Paper and Packaging Revenue and Competitors

Canusa Corporation is a diversified paper, packaging and commodities company tracing its roots back over 30 years. Founded in 1981 as a domestic trader of recycled paper products, Canusa has expanded organically and through affiliates into an international trading company and processor of single stream recyclables and post-industrial plastics. In 1989, the company began to trade containerboard and other industrial papers for the packaging industry. Today, Canusa Paper & Packaging sources and sells over 150,000 tons per year of packaging products around the globe. The company is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland and maintains sales offices in North, South and Central America. In aggregate, the units within Canusa’s broader sphere now comprise one of the country’s largest exporters – most recently ranked the 9th largest shipper by number of containers -- per the U.S. Journal of Commerce in 2013. Canusa believes its success is both dependent and integral to the health of the society in which it exists. Consequently, since its founding in 1981, the company has pledged 5% of its pretax earnings to non-profit organizations with an emphasis on the environment, education and services for children.