Senior Management Team
New-Indy is led by a senior management team with decades of experience and expert knowledge in the pulp, paper and packaging industries.
Dr. Richard Hartman
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Richard Hartman has more than 40 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry and joined the Kraft Group in 2009. He has industry experience in process and technical engineering, product development, marketing, manufacturing, multi-site management, capital project management and business leadership. He played a key role in the formation of New-Indy and was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the joint venture in 2012. At New-Indy, Dr. Hartman is responsible for organizational leadership, mill operations and strategic growth assessment.
Scott Conant
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Conant has more than 30 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry and joined New-Indy in 2013. Upon joining the joint venture, Conant spent four years as the general manager of the Ontario, Calif. Mill before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2017. He played a key role in the consolidation of the paper packaging businesses and in strategic planning for continued company growth and expansion.
Ron Sessions
President, Carolina Container
Ron Sessions has more than 40 years in the paper and packaging industry and joined New-Indy as President of Carolina Container in 2015 after the joint venture’s acquisition of the company. Sessions joined Carolina Container in 2000 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed President and CEO in 2002. He has industry experience in corrugated packaging, specialty packaging, graphics, POP displays, digital printing, assembly and fulfillment.
Todd Crowell
President, New-Indy TriPAQ
Todd Crowell has more than 30 years of experience in the containerboard packaging industry and joined New-Indy as President of TriPAQ in 2017 following the joint venture’s acquisition of the company. Previously, he held various roles for Rand-Whitney and Schwarz Partners, including vice president of operations, region vice president, general manager, plant manager, national account sales and continuous improvement manager.
The Kraft Group
Headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the Kraft Group is the holding company for the Kraft family’s various businesses, with concentrated interests in five areas: paper and packaging manufacturing and the distribution of forest products; sports and entertainment; real estate and development; private equity investing and philanthropy. The paper and packaging division is comprised of the Rand-Whitney Group, International Forest Products and New-Indy Containerboard. Aggregated together, these companies would rank in the top five of all paper, packaging and distribution companies in the United States. Conducting business in more than 100 countries, the Kraft Group forms one of the largest privately-owned paper, packaging and distribution companies in the world, trading more than 4 million tons of pulp and paper grades annually.
Schwarz Partners
Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Schwarz Partners, LP is a privately owned company with a focus on corrugated products and logistics. The Royal Group, the packaging division of Schwarz Partners, services customers in the automotive, agriculture, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods industries throughout North America and consists of 33 locations, 12 of which are corrugated box and sheet plants. Schwarz Partners is also considered the largest producer of sheets in the U.S. with interests in 11 sheet feeder corrugator plants. Together, the sheet feeders and the corrugator box plants currently consume approximately 1.5 million tons of containerboard annually. Venture Logistics, the supply chain management company of Schwarz Partners, consists of 1,000 tractors, a brokerage division moving 2,000 loads per week and more than 1 million square feet of warehouse and cross dock space.
Our History
New-Indy Acquires Resolute Forest Products’ Catawba Mill
- New-Indy acquires Resolute Forest Products’ Catawba paper and pulp mill located on the Catawba River in Catawba, South Carolina. The acquisition establishes one of the most diverse and efficient mill operations in the industry with the production of existing products like market pulp, lightweight coated papers and specialty grades and new products like high-quality, virgin, ultra-lightweight linerboard.
New-Indy Acquires Dixie Reel & Box
- New-Indy acquires Dixie Reel & Box Company, a complete manufacturer of corrugated packaging and a provider of packaging solutions based in Charlotte, NC and in business for over 40 years.
New-Indy Acquires TriPAQ (CA)
- New-Indy acquires TriPAQ, Inc., a second generation family owned packaging business with facilities in Santa Ana and Cerritos, CA, Mexicali, BC and Tijuana, Mexico. The acquisition provides New-Indy with an entry into the large Southern California box market and expands its footprint into Mexico with a diverse mix of custom corrugated and specialty packaging capabilities.
New-Indy Acquires Container Service Corporation (GA)
- New-Indy acquires Container Service Corporation (CSC), a corrugated box plant headquartered in Ringgold, Georgia.The acquisition allows the company to support customers in more than 14 states.
New-Indy Achieves Sustainability Certifications
- New-Indy achieves SFI & FSC Sustainability Certifications
New-Indy Recycling Forms
- Joint venture forms New-Indy Recycling in California
New-Indy Acquires Forest Resources U.S. Operation
- New-Indy acquires the U.S. operations of Forest Resources LLC, which includes Hartford City Paper, Hartford City Paper Recycling and IVEX Specialty Paper. The acquisition broadens New-Indy’s supply position of containerboard in the upper Midwest.
New-Indy Acquires Carolina Container (NC)
- New-Indy acquires Carolina Container Company, a longtime leader in the corrugated industry headquartered in High Point, NC. The acquisition includes CaroCon Display and Packaging and allows for New-Indy to better support its customers with exceptional quality while expanding its reach and responsiveness in the region.
New-Indy Acquires 2 California Mills
- New-Indy acquires the Ontario Mill and Oxnard Mill from IP
- Establishes finance, supply chain and customer base.
Joint Venture Forms
- The joint venture between the Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners LP forms to establish New-Indy. The company name derives from being the Newest Independent manufacturer and supplier of recycled containerboard in the corrugated box industry.
3500 Porsche Way
Suite 150
Ontario, CA 91764
Phone: (909) 296-3400
Fax: 909-941-5351
info@newindycontainerboard.com