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US containerboard inventories in August reached their highest level in more than a decade on slower box shipments, reduced export volume and high mill operating rates, according to the latest [...]

North American containerboard producers hope for a spring pickup in box demand following somewhat lackluster shipments so far this year. Containerboard prices remain stable following the attempt by one producer [...]

With signs that box demand is continuing to pick up, North American containerboard producers may try for a spring price increase, according to analysts. At least one producer is rumored [...]

WestRock (WRK), the second largest North American containerboard producer, is restructuring its mill system with reported closures of at least two containerboard machines in the wake of its recent purchase [...]

A $50/ton price hike on coated recycled paperboard (CRB) rolled out into a September market tightened by consolidation, reduced capacity, and improved demand, according to market sources, with suppliers adamant [...]

US containerboard inventories showed a less than normal seasonal decline of 19,000 tons in April as box shipments grew by 0.7% and mills ran at 98.6% of capacity, according to [...]

Boxboard industry contacts said markets were becoming seasonally firmer in a quiet March with prices stable after a bumpy start to the year. Coated recycled and kraft paperboard grades continued [...]

KapStone threw its hat in the ring on the much rumored spring containerboard price increase this week, informing customers of a $40/ton price increase on linerboard and corrugating medium effective [...]

With an 'at last' exclaimed by at least one analyst, RockTenn (RKT) and MeadWestvaco (MWV) on Jan. 26 revealed a $16 billion combination of their packaging empires, creating the largest [...]

Weyerhaeuser intends to curtail bleached liquid packaging board production for about a week at its Longview, WA, mill complex due to export issues from the ongoing slowdown at West Coast [...]

December US boxboard markets were seen as seasonally 'steady and quiet,' with some price pressure continuing but no change to levels from prior months, according to market contacts. Holiday downtime [...]

Visy and Pratt Industries magnate Anthony Pratt told Australian media he expects his global packaging and paper business will generate more than A$10 billion (US$8.8 billion) in revenues and A$1 [...]

US box shipments have not picked up this fall--with 'flat' becoming the industry's favorite term--while mills continue to run at 96% of capacity and inventories remain on the high side, [...]

A slow summer, reduced backlogs and a late arrival for back-to-school related demand has meant pressure on some boxboard prices in July but without widespread erosion, according to industry contacts. [...]

The North American containerboard market remains in mild oversupply with sluggish box shipments, high mill operating rates, new recycled containerboard capacity still ramping up, and somewhat elevated inventory levels, according [...]

A US bleached paperboard price hike for July 1 announced by Georgia-Pacific (G-P) lacked any market support, according to industry contacts as of June 20. G-P told customers it would [...]

China's Shandong Tralin Paper has formed a US unit to build a $2 billion integrated, non-woodfiber-based pulp and household paper mill, and fertilizer plant in Chesterfield County, VA, south of [...]

At least $2 million is to be advanced to as many as 10 cities from a Southeast Recycling Development Council's (SERDC) Recycling Partnership program, SERDC Exec Dir Will Sagar said [...]

US bleached paperboard producers gained more of their March price increases, with cupstock coming in at the full $50/ton that was announced and folding carton shy of the mark at [...]

After a five-month review, Packaging Corp of America (PCA) unveiled a new game plan for converting a newsprint machine at the big DeRidder, LA, mill that it acquired late last [...]

With relatively short notice, US uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) producers this week set new cost-driven price hikes across all grades effective in March and April. The increases will start about [...]

North American box demand has been healthy through the seasonally slow holiday period and prices for virgin linerboard and medium have remained stable despite new recycled startup capacity entering the [...]

Containerboard was 2013's top headline-grabber based on PPI Pulp & Paper Week editor selections of the most important 10 stories/issues for 2013. In the 13th annual survey, four of 2013's [...]

With a usual seasonal slowdown underway, US boxboard producers saw backlogs tighten and some spot offers emerge, but third quarter price increases held steady, according to contacts in December. Any [...]

North American containerboard mills continued to hit the brakes on production in November, causing inventories to fall for the third consecutive month. Major producers have held prices steady for virgin [...]

Executives from International Paper (IP) and RockTenn (RKT), the two largest North American containerboard producers, presented mildly positive comments on fourth quarter containerboard and corrugated box market conditions at an [...]

Packaging Corp of America (PCA), the fourth largest North American containerboard and corrugated box producer, reported flat adjusted earnings for the third quarter of $1.26/share, slightly below analysts' consensus estimates, [...]

European unbleached kraft linerboard producers have been unable to increase prices in northern Europe during May, although prices increased Euro 20-30/tonne in March and April in Italy, contacts told PPI [...]

Metsa Board plans to boost its white kraft linerboard exports to North America to over 250,000 tonnes over the next several years, up from more than 150,000 tonnes in 2014, [...]

China's largest containerboard producer and the second largest in the world, Nine Dragons Paper, plans alternating shutdowns on six machines from the end of January through early March to eliminate [...]

The nearly 30% rise in the value of the dollar against the peso over the past year increased pressure on US kraft linerboard export prices to Mexico, the largest single [...]

PPI Pulp & Paper Week editors are updating industry Market Profiles on all major segments in the US and North American pulp and paper industry. The latest updates published are [...]

Central National-Gottesman's (CNG) U.S. Spicers Paper division will acquire the business of Performance Paper, in a deal expected to close June 1 and increase CNG's market share in Southern California. [...]

Smurfit Kappa, Europe's largest containerboard producer, announced a Euro 40/tonne price increase for unbleached kraft linerboard for deliveries from Mar. 15 in the 'Mediterranean' region. US kraft linerboard exporters have [...]

US solid bleached sulfate (SBS) folding carton production in 2014 was 0.6% above a year earlier at 2.155 million tons, with a 94.3% operating rate from 97.3% in 2013, according [...]