1958• Company founded (Buckeye Container) by Melvin E. Barthen (President)

1968• First die cutter installed• First sales rep joins Buckeye, Ralph Ellsworth

1978• Founder: Melvin Barthen passes; Jim Basford becomes President as named in Barthen’s Estate Plan• Sales $5,162,231

1980

• Barthen’s Estate directed Buckeye Container shares to 4 employees (Basford, Craine, Gordon & Sigler) remained 100% directly owned• First rotary die cutter purchased

1979

• 28,000 square feet warehouse added to Buckeye Container

1982• Installed first ERP system HRMS• Dec: bought Tennessee Packaging – Sweetwater, TN

1983• First Post-folder-gluer purchased

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Drake DivisionHouston, TX

DrakePack Houston, TX

Drake Distribution Amarillo, TX

Empire DivisionSyracuse, NY

Hawkeye DivisionCedar Falls, IA

All-Size DivisionColumbia, PA

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. Corporate HeadquartersAkron, OH

Buckeye DivisionWooster, OH

Cra-Wal DivisionIndianapolis, IN

Dakota DivisionSioux Falls, SD

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Koch DivisionVictor, NY

Tennessee DivisionLoudon, TN

Alliance Sheets LLC Bristol, IN

Niagara Sheets LLCNorth Tonawanda, NY

North Star Sheets LLC Cottage Grove, MN

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1987• Installed Ward flexo-folder-gluer

1988• BCI forms Tuff-Nut Packaging

1989• Koch breaks ground on new building

1990• Installed 4 color Staley rotary die cutter (Buckeye Division)

1991• Installed CAD System

1984• May: purchased Koch Container – Victor, NY• Carl Smeller joins BCI• BCI, Buckeye Corrugated Inc. formed

1985• Automatan Label Laminator, Bobst Die Cutter installed.• May: purchased All-Size Corrugated – Columbia, PA

1973• Jim Basford joins company

1963• First single-color press

1966• First option from Mel Barthen to employees to buy stock• 12 employees total (8 in plant, 4 in the office)

1971• Diane Gordon & Jack Craine join Buckeye Container• First board of directors; Mel Barthen, Joann Brinkerhoff, Diane Gordon, Devonne Sigler, John Leech

1975• Buckeye Container Employee Christmas Party

1992• Tuff-Nut Packaging closes• Com-Tech Packaging purchased

1998• Buckeye Division moves into new facility 2002

• Doug Bosnik joins BCI as VP & GM

2001• Purchased GTF Packaging – merged with Koch Container• Jim Gaul joins BCI as VP & CFO• Scott Winfield promoted to DP Tennessee Packaging• Bob Butterfield promoted to DP Cra-Wal

2003• Mark Husted joins BCI as CFO • Tornado hits Buckeye Division - Major building damage did not miss a shipment

2004• Board removes Roy Allen• Carl Smeller becomes President,BCI

2007• Jon McGurk promoted to DP Buckeye• Brian Nuss promoted to DP Cra-Wal• Scott Trayer promoted to DP All-Size

2006• Converted to 100% indirect ownership (ESOP)• Carl Smeller retires• Doug Bosnik elected President• Mark Husted elected CFO• Jon McGurk named GM Buckeye• Bob Butterfield & Jeff Gisslin named Regional VP’s 2011

• July: purchased Empire Division - Syracuse, NY• Tennessee breaks ground on new facility – Loudon, TN

2013• Sept: purchased Dakota Division - Sioux Falls, SD 2016

• Purchased Drake Division – Houston, TX

2017• Purchased Bellotti Packaging – merged with Empire Division• Joint Venture with Niagara Sheets – North Tonawanda, NY

2018• January - Jon McGurk promoted to COO• January - Gary Ames promoted to DP Drake• May - Hawkeye breaks ground on new facility

1999• Doug Bosnik joins BCI Board

2000• McKinley FlexAmerica 7-color rotary die cutter installed at Buckeye Division

2005• Doug Bosnik elected Executive VP

2009• Dec: purchased Hawkeye Division - Cedar Falls, IA

2012• All-Size Breaks ground on new facility• Tennessee moves into new facility

2014• All-Size moves into new building• Joint Venture with Alliance Sheets – Bristol, IN

• July - Kristen Erwin promoted to GM Koch• July - Jason Crouch promoted to GM Empire• July - Jack Nebesky promoted to Region GM• July - Scott Trayer promoted Region GM• Joint Venture with North Star Sheets – Cottage Grove, MN• Sept - shareholders approve stock conversion plan to direct ownership• Oct - Jim Trombino promoted to Region GM• Oct - Drake Division purchases land for new facility

1994• ESOP is formed - 70% direct ownership - 30% indirect (ESOP)• Jim Basford retires, Roy Allen becomes President

1996• Com-Tech Packaging sold• BCI purchases Concord Specialty Corp – Batesville, AR

1997• May: purchased Cra-Wal Container - Indianapolis, IN• Koch addition complete – doubles the plant size Since it’s inception Buckeye has grown from a small, single location

sheet plant with $1 million in sales and eight employees to the

largest independent sheet plant operator in the United States with

over 600 employee owners and $300 million in sales. Throughout

its history BCI has acquired/started 13 businesses, completed three

joint ventures for paper supply, and built six new sheet plants totaling

over 1.1 million square feet of manufacturing capacity. BCI serves

the Corrugated Packaging Market east of the Rockies, south through

Texas and Tennessee, and from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard.

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1995• Carl Smeller named Chief Operating Officer of BCI