Boise Inc. (Boise) is a manufacturer and seller of packaging and paper products. The Company manufactures and sells corrugated containers and sheets, protective packaging products and papers associated with packaging, including labeling papers, flexible papers used for food wrap, and newsprint. It manufactures linerboard and corrugating medium, which are combined to make containerboard, the base raw material in corrugated sheets and containers. It operates in three segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other (support services). The Company also manufactures communication papers, such as office papers, commercial printing papers, envelopes, and forms. The Company operates in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Canada. On March 1, 2011, the Company acquired Tharco Packaging, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Tharco). On December 1, 2011, the Company acquired Hexacomb Corporation and its affiliated companies and all of the honeycomb packaging-related assets of Pregis Mexico (Hexacomb).