GEORGIA (News release) -- Hood Container Corporation has acquired the corrugated packaging business of Dalton, Georgia based Sustainable Printing LLC. The transaction includes all printing, converting, and ancillary equipment located in Dalton. Hood will continue operating these assets in the current facility.

These assets complement Hood Container's Southeastern footprint creating greater corrugated capacity and enhanced production capabilities in the Georgia and Tennessee region. This acquisition increases Hood Container's digital print production footprint and will allow the company to continue expanding its corrugated converting capabilities.

Hood Container operates locations in seventeen states. The company also owns and operates linerboard, medium, and shipping sack paper manufacturing operations in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, and St. Francisville, Louisiana.

Hood Container Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hood Companies, Inc. Hood Companies is a privately owned, closely held holding company and is the parent to operating subsidiaries involved in the manufacture and distribution of forest and wood products, building and construction materials, and flexible and corrugated packaging products throughout North America.