MARCOR maintained separate management for the operations of each company, but had a joint board of directors.
[2] In the late 1940s, CCA commissioned Herbert Bayer to create a World Geo-Graphic Atlas which was distributed free to more than 150 colleges and universities.
"[4] In the spring of 1970, CCA sponsored a contest to design a symbol to promote the recycling of paper products.
The contest, which drew more than 500 submissions, was won by Gary Anderson, whose entry was the image now known as the universal recycling symbol.
[5][6] The Container Corporation of America headquarters were located in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.