UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                            FORM 8-K

                         CURRENT REPORT
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
               THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


April 29, 2003
(Date of report)

Commission file number:  001-14060

           GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Colorado                          84-1208699
 (State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)        Identification No.)

  4455 Table Mountain Drive, Golden, Colorado    80403
     (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

                         (303) 215-4600
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number   Document Description

99.1*    Earnings Release dated April 29, 2003.


*  The information furnished under Item 9 of this Current Report
   on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to
   be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
   liabilities of that section.



Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

   On April 29, 2003, Graphic Packaging International Corporation
(the "Company") issued an earnings release reporting earnings for
the first  quarter  of 2003.  A  copy of  the earnings release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

   In addition  to the  attached  earnings release  for the first
quarter  of  2003, the Company  disclosed,  during its conference
call  announcing  earnings   on  April 29, 2003,  the  following:
(i) the  production  and sale of more  recycled paperboard during
the first quarter  2003 than produced during  the  same period in
2002;  (ii) the  Company  has no  long-term  sales contracts that
expire until  2004;  and (iii) an increase in  SG&A was partially
due to benefit plan expense increases.



                            SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to  the requirements of  the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant  has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


May 5, 2003                      GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL
                                    CORPORATION

                                 By:/s/Jill B. W. Sisson, Esq.
                                 -----------------------------
                                 Jill B. W. Sisson, Esq.
                                 (General Counsel, Secretary)