US Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing (12) Companies With Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $1.430 Bil, Up $192 Mil From the $1.238 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016 ..................................................................................... The Increase in Quarterly Earnings Benefited From WestRock's $191 Mil Gain on Sale of HH&B in the 2Q 2017, From Avery Dennison's $41 Mil Pension Benefit Settlement Loss in the 2Q 2016 and From International Paper's (IP) $439 Mil Settlement Charge Associated With Term-Vested Lump Sum Pension Payment in the 2Q 2016 Offset Some By IP's $354 Mil Litigation Settlement Charge in the 2Q 2017

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 12 US Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing Companies (SEC Standard Identification Codes 2600s) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 12 largest US Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
US Manufacturing Companies					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
Other Than Oil & Gas and Technology			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
Paper and Allied Products (SIC 2600s)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Kimberly-Clark	Dallas	TX	Dec16		June17	540	578	(38)	-7%
WestRock	Norcross	GA	Sep16		June17	327	152	175	115%
Packaging Corp of America	Lake Forest	IL	Dec16		June17	143	116	27	23%
Avery Denison	Glendale	CA	Dec16		June17	121	80	41	51%
International Paper	Memphis	TN	Dec16		June17	80	40	40	100%
Sonoco Products Co	Hartsville	SC	Dec16		June17	44	57	(13)	-23%
Graphic Packaging Holding Co	Atlanta	GA	Dec16		June17	42	78	(36)	-46%
Domtar Corp	Fort Mill	SC	Dec16		June17	38	18	20	111%
Bemis Co	Neenah	WI	Dec16		June17	28	51	(23)	-45%
Neenah Paper Inc	Alpharetta	GA	Dec16		June17	25	21	4	19%
Schweitzer-Maudit Intl Inc	Alpharetta	GA	Dec16		June17	22	26	(4)	-15%
Kapstone Paper and Packaging	Northbrook	IL	Dec16		June17	20	21	(1)	-5%
Total all 12						1,430	1,238	192	16%