Packaging Corporation of America
Shut down the No. 2 paper machine and kraft pulping facilities at the Wallula, WA mill
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 4 Dec 2025
- Due
- 31 Mar 2026
- Delivered
- Q1 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“permanently shut down the No. 2 paper machine (W2) and kraft pulping facilities at its Wallula, WA containerboard mill. PCA will continue to operate the No. 3 paper machine (W3) and recycled pulping facilities at”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Multiple later filings state the Wallula No. 2 paper machine and kraft pulping shutdown was completed during the first quarter of 2026, meeting the deadline, though no specific day is given.
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A Packaging Corporation of America 10-K filed 2026-02-26
“These activities were completed during the first quarter of 2026.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Packaging Corporation of America 10-Q filed 2026-08-07
“These actions, completed in the first quarter of 2026, resulted in approximately $187.7 million of pre-tax restructuring charges.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +1.1% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (25 Feb 2026 to 2 Mar 2026). What this measures
Checked 22 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Facility other
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Shut
- Deliverable
- Wallula, WA mill No. 2 paper machine and kraft pulping facilities
- Where
- Wallula, WA
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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