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food. In 1914, the company sold 40,000 cases and the next year, it sold 100,000. By 1917, Lawrence Paper Company was making a million can cases a year, an astounding quantity at the time. In 1957, to better serve its customers in the northern plains, the company established Jayhawk Boxes in Fre- mont, Nebraska, and Justin Hill, Sr. assumed the presi- dency of the company from his father, who continued be involved in the company until his death. Justin Hill, Jr. joined the company in 1975 as Secre- tary-Treasurer and directed development of the comput- er system that has become one of the most sophisticated systems used throughout the industry. Justin Hill Sr. re- signed the presidency in 1978 and he appointed the fourth generation of the family to run the company, his son Alan Hill. In 2004, after the passing of Alan, Justin Hill, Jr. as- sumed the role of President of Lawrence Paper Company. He focused his efforts on upgrading the plant’s machinery to a world-class standard, and has maintained that empha- sis to this day. Justin remains the fourth-generation presi- dent and full-time owner of the company, which has grown to encompass a corrugator plant in Lawrence; Jayhawk Boxes in Fremont, Nebraska, a 300,000-square-foot sheet plant; and American Packaging Corporation in Hutchinson, Kansas, a 200,000-square-foot sheet plant, which merged with Lawrence Paper Company in 2012. The Fifth Generation With a desire to keep the family business thriving, profitable and of course, independent, Hill succeeded in bringing on the fifth generation of family members as co- vice presidents. In 2019, his daughter, Andrea Packard,
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Vice President – Finance & HR, and her husband, Russ Packard, Vice President – Sales, Operations and IT, moved from North Carolina to begin new careers in the box busi- ness in Lawrence, Kansas. “If any of my children wanted to join the business, we’ve always left the door open for them,” says Hill. “I’ve A Fosber 98-inch corrugator produces the board for Lawrence Paper Company, Jayhawk Boxes and American Packaging.
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