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The article discusses the sentiments of suppliers in the corrugated container market for the year 2010 in the U.S. It mentions that most of the businessmen relate that business has been a little better than expected and that they are optimistic for things to turn out the way they wanted. It affirms that business leaders aim to focus on efficiency and investing on products geared toward improving their productivity.

Over the past decade alone, printing multiple colors on corrugated board has improved significantly. Today, blues, greens, yellows, and reds pop out at you on store shelves and at the [...]

The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industries (TAPPI) and the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) are gearing up for what is unquestionably the biggest event the U.S. [...]

The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Spring Meeting, April 14-16, and the Fibre Box Association's (FBA) 70th Annual Meeting, April 13-15, will be co-located at the Hotel Del Coronado [...]

Graphic Packaging International Inc. (GPI), Marietta, Ga., has temporarily shut down its No. 1 paper machine at its West Monroe, La., containerboard mill, citing softening demand for containerboard. The shutdown [...]

A few months ago, Jerry Solomon, vice president of operations, MarquipWardUnited, Hunt Valley, Md., had just come out of a lean meeting. One of his colleagues walked up to him [...]

Last year U.S. corrugators produced 391.37 billion sq ft of board. Let's put this number into perspective. That's 14,038 square miles of corrugated board. Delaware is 1954 sq miles; Connecticut [...]

James Duncan is optimistic about the corrugated converter's lot in life these days. As the keynoter for this year's Canadian Corrugated Case Association (CCCA) Conference, held last week at Toronto's [...]

The third annual Washington Fly-In, hosted by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), had its strongest corrugated container contingency yet--more than 40 industry executives attended last week's event. The Association [...]

A table is presented which lists the stock prices of transacted papers including the sorted white ledger which costs 250-260 dollars in Chicago, Illinois, boxboard cuttings which cost 85-90 dollars in New England, and an old corrugated container (OCC) which costs 150-160 dollars in Los Angeles, California.

An interview with Yan Cheung, founder of containerboard producer Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. in China, is presented. Cheung claims that the company is transparent and therefore not easily affected by Standard & Poor's Corp.'s (S&P) decision to withdraw its rating. She also reveals that Nine Dragons growth plan is for mainly new product grades. Cheung also asserts that the company's total annual capacity will exceed 13 million metric tons in 2012.

The article offers information on the conditions required to close a deal which were imparted by Paul Shine, president of independent sheet plant AIM Corrugated Container Corp., and Charles Malo, vice president of Norampac Inc. During the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shine cites that emotions and motivations of buyers must be taken in the deal. Meanwhile, Malo said the management and plant's equipment should also be considered.

The article evaluates several products, including the Vintage II diecutter from Hitek Equipment Inc., the Falconboard™ graphic display board from Pregis Corp., and the BoardRunner glue station from Valco Melton

The article reports on the impact of the decreased containerboard prices offered by second and third tier players on larger kraft linerboard and semichemical medium producers in the U.S. for 2009. It provides information on the willingness of larger producers to match the prices being offered by smaller players. It says that due to low old corrugated containers (OCC) prices, medium prices have been decreasing faster than of the linerboard.

The article reports on the impact of the decreasing prices of old corrugated containers (OCC) and other grades of recovered paper to the recycling industry in the U.S. It states that the plummeting prices of OCC-related products began in October 2008. Jill McCutcheon of Sedona Recycles says that low prices has caused the recycling center to cease operations of its corrugated medium machine at its mill in Snowflakes, Arizona.

The article evaluates several products, including the Handheld TRM-C Series 400x Microscope from HarperScientific, the Tessellated Board from Tessellated Group, and the Spoton color management software from SpotOn! Press LLC.

The article presents an analysis on the price increase of containerboard products by $50 per ton in March 2008 in the U.S. A survey showed that most independent box converters are being invoiced $50 per ton more than in February 2008. Statistics on the shipments of corrugated products, year to date average week shipments, and containerboard export number in February 2007 are presented. The reasons of independent box makers for not taking the price increase announcement seriously are included.

The article offers tips that can help package goods exhibitors prepare for the SuperCorrExpo in the U.S. that will be open on September 22, 2008. It advises that exhibitors should reserve for their exhibit space earlier to get the location they wanted instead of getting only what is available. It also suggests that exhibitors should review their budget, plan their publication relations approach, choose collateral and presentation material, and plan their schedule.

The article reports that shipments of corrugated products has declined for October 2006 in the U.S. Average weekly shipments are recorded at 7.5 percent as total average volume at box plants in all regions. The decline reflects a cooling manufacturing economy, the sharpest in five years. Containerboard inventories fell by 1.8 percent while weeks of supply are flat. Capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector was down to 80.7 percent from 81 percent in September 2006.

The article reports on the increase in corrugated board prices since January 1, 2006 in the United States. Total announced containerboard capacity closures reached 1.5 million tons during the last half of 2005. Semichemical medium is more difficult to buy compared to other board grades that compose a corrugated box.

Focuses on the financial performance of corrugated paperboard imports from mainland China to the U.S. Percentage of increase on imports of boxes from China; Types of corrugated boxes imported; Advantage of China over U.S. in terms of Gross Domestic Product.

Reports on the stability of the paper and paperboard industry following the consecutive years of decline in the U.S. Capacity of the industry to produce paper and paperboard; Details on the possible increase of corrugating medium in 2005; Accounts on the firming demand for paper and paperboard products; Improvement in the financial performance of the industry.

Reports on the decline in the prices of kraft linerboards in the U.S. Stability of semichemical medium prices; Increase in the shipments of corrugated products; Occurrence of consolidation in the containerboard industry.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, will contribute an additional $250,000 over the next five years to support the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF). The money will help fund learning and career [...]

Willamette Industries, Portland, Ore., reports third quarter net earnings of $65.8 million, exceeding First Call analysts' estimates by 15 percent. Net earnings for the first nine months of 2001 were [...]

With worldwide financial market pressures closing in, Latin American and Caribbean box makers are calling for new technology and information to help them produce and deliver quality products. Members of [...]

Independent Corrugator Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has formed a limited partnership agreement with Hughes-Decorr of North York, [...]

Last month Great Northern Corp. celebrated its 50th anniversary in business, having grown from a handful of employees operating leased equipment in a rented building to an industry leader with [...]

Corrugated packaging manufacturer Lawrence Paper Co., based in Lawrence, Kan., has become the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) most recent corporate partner by pledging $50,000 to support the foundation's educational [...]

Eleven years ago, China imported 564,000 tons of U.S.-sourced old corrugated containers (OCC), equal to just 2 percent of OCC collected in the U.S., Chip Dillon, paper industry analyst for [...]

Liberty Paper Inc. (LPI) plans to build a water pretreatment facility with a biogas IHI generator at its recycled linerboard mill in Becker, Minn., the St. Cloud (Minn.) Times reports. [...]

Chicago-based Arbor Investments has acquired Great Lakes Packaging Corp. a Germantown, Wis.-based producer of corrugated packaging and display products, reports BizTimes.com, Milwaukee. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Arbor [...]

Green Bay (Wis.) Packaging Inc.'s (GBP Executive Vice President Tom Herlihy will retire on Jan. 9 - his 40th anniversary with the company. Before he signs off, Official Board Markets [...]

'We aren't a commodity business but we promote that idea,' states Tony Smurfit, president and coo, Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), Europe. He was the keynote speaker at the 2011 Global [...]

The Bobst Group's Mike D'Angelo and his wife Susan D'Angelo will serve as honorary co-chairs of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF's) 2011 Holiday Weekend in New York fundraiser. This [...]

More than 500 students and faculty from packaging, graphic communications, marketing and sales, supply chain management, and other business disciplines participated in the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) 12th annual [...]

Boise, Idaho-based Boise will acquire independent corrugated packaging company Tharco Packaging, San Lorenzo, Calif., from an investor group led by Tricor Pacific Capital. The $200 million all-cash transaction will result [...]

RockTenn, Norcross, Ga., has received triple chain-of-custody (CoC) certification for all of its corrugated packaging plants, including converting, graphics, and preprint locations. Certified corrugated converting plants include locations in Athens, [...]

As environmental concerns grow and costs for raw materials increase, packaging is being produced with less material and products are being packaged in fewer containers, resulting in more efficient loads [...]

Last week, the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) acknowledged the current tight market conditions in the box making industry but made it clear that it is not at all [...]

California's Orange County Container Group (OCC) has purchased the very first stand-alone Polyjoiner from the Bobst Group. A component for specialty folding and gluing, the Polyjoiner can combine three different [...]

On April 15 a sellout crowd of an estimated 120 supported the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) educational mission while being entertained by the music of The Leonards. The event [...]

Put on the brakes and back up. In the past couple of weeks old corrugated containers (OCC) prices have fallen, as the domestic board mills have put up a big [...]

Last week the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) released the: results of die first-ever U.S. corrugated life cycle assessment (LCA) to nearly 300 representatives from member companies of its sponsor associations, [...]

The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) will release results of the first-ever U.S. corrugated life cycle assessment (LCA) to companies who are members of its sponsor associations, the American Forest & [...]

This month it's impossible to define the demand for old corrugated containers (OCC) with one broad brushstroke. In other words, it's a classic mixed bag market. Take the East Coast, [...]

Everyone knows that a corrugated box can be used more than once. So then why do companies recycle boxes after only using them one time? When that question was posed [...]

The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) members recently received an innovative 'Save Your Samples' penholder piece promoting the upcoming AICC 14th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition. The piece was [...]

What do you do for a living? If you work in the corrugated container industry and are asked this question, the word cardboard is very likely to pop up at [...]

The corrugated packaging business needs to refocus, says Matt Unger, purchasing group manager for the Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G), Cincinnati. It's not about how many boxes get out the [...]