Official Board Markets articles from April 2003

Official Board Markets archives from April 2003

Making money in Mexico. (Earning Pesos).
April 5, 2003... For some time the Mexican corrugated market has been affecting the North American manufacturing base. In fact, Mexico is the world's eighth largest exporter of trade, valued at $167.6 billion, 82 percent of which is to the U.S. In 2001, new...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Casella acquires Goodman.(Casella Waste Systems acquires William Goodman and Sons )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Casella Waste Systems, Rutland, Vt., has purchased William Goodman & Sons of Scarborough, Maine, one of the state's largest independent recycling companies. The purchase price was about $2.8 million. Casella also sold a recycling facility in...

SSCC completes JSG switch. (Buying Interests).(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, has completed the previously-announced transactions with Jefferson Smurfit Group (JSG) involving the exchange of SSCC's European operations for JSG's 50 percent ownership in Smurfit-MBI and a...

Customers give IP high marks. (Bleached Board).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... International Paper's (IP) Bleached Board Business efforts to improve customer service is being recognized by its customers, according to IP's latest customer satisfaction tracking survey comparing the company to its major competitors. In...

Auto business keeps East Central in drive. (Market Report).
April 5, 2003... Whether hawks or doves, through most of March corrugated businesses felt the pinch caused by uncertainty over the Iraq War. Customers remained conservative about purchases as unease is echoed through the box industry. Thanks to the auto...

OBM stock index.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 5, 2003... OBM Stock Index % Change % Change Ticker Close This This Exch. Company Symbol 4/02/03 Week Year NASD...

SSCC adds to Web site. (Board Sales Division).(Smurfit-Stone Board Sales Division)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Board Sales Division adds a "Your Paperboard Solutions" feature to their Web site, www.ssccboardsales.com. This new feature allows customers to get answers online to questions about containerboard products and corrugating and...

CTI installs supply chain system. (In Toronto).(Corrugated Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Independent Corrugator, Inc., Toronto, recently installed Corrugated Technologies Inc. (CTI)'s CorrChain Supply Chain Management (SCM) System to streamline order entry, roll stock receiving, and to improve its customer service. The...

International Paper. (People Update).(company personnel changes )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Jeffrey Hearn is named vice president and general manager of International Paper's (IP) Bleached Board Business, Memphis, Tenn. He has nearly 30 years of paper and forest products industry experience, most recently as president and ceo of...

Pratt announces price increase. (Can't Absorb Other Costs).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Pratt Industries, Conyers, Ga., has told its customers that it plans to increase its linerboard and medium prices by $40/short ton, effective with shipments beginning April 22. "The increases over the winter in raw materials, distribution...

Producer Price Indexes--1982=100.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 5, 2003... Producer Price Indexes - 1982=100 Annual % Change Rate From Same Year Nov. Dec. Jan. Y-T-D ...

SuperCorrExpo press conference scheduled. (Press Briefing).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... A press conference to discuss details of SuperCorrExpo 2003 has been scheduled April 23 at TAPPI headquarters in Norcross, Ga., says TAPPI. Building on the success of SuperCorrExpo[R] 2000, the AICC/TAPPI-sponsored SuperCorrExpo[R] 2004...

Curioni represented in western U.S. (Corrugated Machine Exchange).(Curioni U.S.A., Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Curioni U.S.A., Inc. reports the association of Corrugated Machinery Exchange to represent the complete line of Curioni products in the western region of the U.S. and Canada. The Curioni product line includes flexo folder-gluers, ranging in...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
April 5, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices -- Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News (1) (4) (6) Chicago $40-45 (+5) ...

OCC market report. (Mixed Signals).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... The first week of March saw OCC prices rise significantly, as U.S. domestic board mills found themselves competing with export activity for tons. However, by the time the Iraqi war started on March 20, a three-week flurry of rising prices had...

Fox Valley course still has openings. (Graphics And Diecutting).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Openings exist at the next two advanced graphics and diecutting training classes at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis. "Fundamentals of Improved Flexo Printing and Rotary Diecutting" is scheduled to take place April 28-May 1 and...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 5, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

Latin American markets will be examined. (At The CMM Show).(paperboard markets )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... A new seminar focusing on current and future converting and package printing market conditions in Latin America, with a special emphasis on how to manage logistic and equipment financing during these challenging times, has been created by CMM...

G-P realigns management.(Georgia-Pacific Corporation )
April 5, 2003... Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s (G-P) board of directors named Lee Thomas the company's chief operating officer and realigned other key executive management responsibilities and reporting assignments for three of its business segments, effective...

DI to sell NovaJet. (Introduction To Market).
April 5, 2003... At last week's AICC Spring Meeting, Dimensional Impressions announced it has been selected to introduce the Encad NovaJet 880 printer to the corrugated and P-O-P industries. Priced at $16,000, the NovaJet 880 fills the market niche between...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 5, 2003... The prices tabulated here are intended only as a reference standard to the current levels commonly prevailing in a representative proportion of the U.S. contract transactions. The prices listed do not connote any agreement or commitment by...

Weber Display installs Kiwiplan system. (Corrugator Scheduling).(Weber Display and Packaging )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Weber Display and Packaging has installed Kiwiplan's corrugator scheduling system and electronic links to the corrugator at its manufacturing facility in Philadelphia. A full-service designer and manufacturer of premium display and packaging...

Fiterman plays follow the leader; third-generation box maker preserves LDI legacy. (AICC Meeting).
April 5, 2003... Mike Fiterman, president and owner of Liberty Diversified Industries (LDI), Minneapolis, Minn., doesn't consider his company great. "We're just a big sheet plant," says Fiterman, as he began his keynote industry speaker address to approximately...

PPC discusses the China threat; converters see an unlevel playing field. (Folding Carton Industry).
April 5, 2003... When Harry Voss, ceo of Diamond Packaging, Rochester, N.Y., visited five folding carton plants in China earlier this year, he was startled and amazed to see the working conditions employees of these facilities face six days a week. He reported...

Asian show `a success'. (Sino-Corrugated).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... About 3000 people attended the opening day of Sino-Corrugated 2003, according to show organizers Reed Huayin Exhibitions. The show, which organizers called "a success," took place March 27-29 at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition...

GreenFiber LLC. (People Update).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... GreenFiber LLC, Charlotte, N.C., has created a new fiber procurement team. John Harkavy II will head this team as commodity acquisitions manager. He comes from Casella Waste Systems and will be handling the Southeast. Fay Fisk, Western...

Carl Bumgardner is named director--sales and marketing for the Bleached Board Business of International Paper, Memphis, Tenn. (People Update).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Carl Bumgardner is named director--sales and marketing for the Bleached Board Business of International Paper, Memphis, Tenn. He has nearly 25 years of experience in the paper and forest products industry, including positions in manufacturing,...

Three corrugated packaging industry leaders were honored at the TAPPI annual meeting March 4 in Orlando, Fla. Carl Marschke, founder of Marquip and chief technical officer of MarquipWardUnited, was awarded the TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal. (People Update).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Three corrugated packaging industry leaders were honored at the TAPPI annual meeting March 4 in Orlando, Fla. Carl Marschke, founder of Marquip and chief technical officer of MarquipWardUnited, was awarded the TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal,...

Edward Riley, president of ELR Inc., and Masateru "Tiger" Tokuno, president of SK Engineering Ltd. were named TAPPI Fellows at the annual meeting. (People Update).(Brief Article)
April 5, 2003... Edward Riley, president of ELR Inc., and Masateru "Tiger" Tokuno, president of SK Engineering Ltd. were named TAPPI Fellows at the annual meeting. TAPPI Fellowship is an honorary title bestowed upon less than 1 percent of TAPPI's membership,...

Uncertainties stall recovery. (Financial Outlook).(post-Iraq War adjustmens )
April 12, 2003... While the war with Iraq will remove one major uncertainty in the financial outlook, the post-war adjustments will be difficult. Global relationships were being severely tested even before the war began. International meetings became openly...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 12, 2003... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Paperboard production up 2.8%.(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... U.S. total paper and paperboard production of 6.797 million tons in February was flat with February 2002, as paper grades mostly declined and paperboard rose, according to the latest data from the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)....

MeadWestvaco to close two plants. (455 People Affected).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... MeadWestvaco Corp., Stamford, Conn., will close its folding carton plants in Richmond, Va., and Cleveland, Tenn., by the end of June. The plants convert paperboard into printed packaging for consumer products using the gravure printing process...

Containerboard demand up. (Production Increases).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... North American containerboard demand was up 3 percent in February compared to a year earlier, according to statistics released by the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC) and the Packaging Mills Association of Canada. North American...

Carton sales show improvement. (NPA Reports).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Folding carton sales were up 2.57 percent while rigid box sales were down 2.32 percent for the months of January and February 2003 compared to the same period in 2002, according to the National Paperbox Association. Billed carton sales were...

OBM stock index.(stock prices of forest products and paper companies)(Illustration)
April 12, 2003... OBM Stock Index % Change Ticker Close This Exch. Company Symbol 4/9/03 Week NASD Amcor Ltd. ...

SP's Burke expresses concerns. (No More Need For #8 News?).(James Burke, president of SP Newsprint, quality of recovered fiber)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... At the Paper Recycling Session during last month's AF&PA Paper Week, James Burke, president, SP Newsprint, Atlanta, expressed his concerns about the direction recovered fiber quality is taking. "`Recyclers,' especially waste haulers, are...

Paper recycling show set. (Chicago Is Site).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... "The Changing Dynamics of Paper Recycling" is just one of the panel sessions that will be held at the next Paper Recycling Conference and Trade Show, June 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago. Recycling Today sponsors the meeting. The...

ForestExpress offers new service. (Integration).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... ForestExpress, Atlanta, has a new integration service, Virtual Point-to-Point. The service expands the network hub's reach to trading partners who prefer direct, point-to-point implementation of EDI over the Internet or papiNet standards. ...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
April 12, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $40-45...

Harper forms technical group. (Graphic Solutions).(Harper Corp. forms Harper Graphic Solutions Group)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., introduces the Harper Graphic Solutions Group, a highly trained technical team of specialists, formed to assist the flexographic converter with the many challenges in today's extremely competitive...

Plants install HyperWare's BoxPro. (Windows-based Solution).(.)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Albuquerque, N.M.-based Albuquerque Packaging, Inc., and Rainbow City, Ala.-based Packaging Integrity, Inc. have purchased and installed HyperWare's Box Pro estimating and order entry system. Fully integrated with ACCPAC's accounting suite,...

Paper recycling in NYC declines. (Suspension Impact).(New York City)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Paper recycling in New York City has dropped citywide since plastic and glass recycling was halted last year, according to Newsday. Earlier this month, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty appeared before a City Council committee to...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 12, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

Paris Pkg. to buy IP Plant. (Fast Food).(Paris Packaging Inc. is negotiating to buy and operate International Paper plant)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Officials of Paris Packaging Inc., Paris, Texas, are in the finishing stages of negotiations to buy and operate the International Paper (IP) plant in Hopkinsville, Ky., reports the Kentucky New Era. Paris Packaging regularly competes with IP in...

Innovative Machine Group formed. (During FEFCO Meeting).(by Alfred Klett, Brausse Group North America, Dong Fang Carton Marhinery merge)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... During the recent FEFCO meeting in Nice, France, corrugated converting equipment manufacturers Alfred Klett, Brausse Group North America, and Dong Fang Carton Machinery said that they have merged to create Innovative Machine Group (IMG). ...

Boise Cascade fined for death. (Safety Violations).(of employee killed in industrial accident)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Boise Cascade Corp. was in serious violation of safety rules at its Wallula, Wash., paper mill the day employee Sheri Rosenbaum was killed in an industrial accident last October, a state investigation has found, reports the Tri-City Herald. ...

Brazilian mill spill affects water. (One Of The Worst).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... A 317 million gallon caustic soda spill at a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, paper mill on March 29 has affected the water supply to more than 550,000 people in neighboring counties. The company responsible, Industry Cataguazes de Papal Ltda., has...

TAPPI Section to host golf outing. (Fore!).(In Lewisville, Texas)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... TAPPI South Central Section is hosting its 2003 Golf Tournament May 13 at Castle Hills Golf Club, Lewisville, Texas. The course is challenging for the serious golfer, according to tournament organizers. A shotgun start with best ball play will...

Roberts PolyPro launches new site. (Anniversary Celebration).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Roberts PolyPro, Charlotte, N.C., celebrates its 25th anniversary by launching its new Web site, www.robertspolypro.com. The improved site, which focuses on enhancing a company's packaging performance, allows visitors to navigate Roberts...

Amtech sells Imaginera. (Software Solution).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Amtech, Bensalem, Pa., recently sold its advanced Imaginera system to American Packaging Corp., South Hutchinson, Kan. Companies using Imaginera are able to decrease turnaround time for quotes, streamline order entry, save delivery costs, and...

Nordson named Best Corp. Citizen. (For Third Year).(Nordson Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Westlake, Ohio-based Nordson Corp., where the company's founder instilled a sincere commitment to "making a difference" half a century ago, remains among the nation's leading corporate citizens, according to Business Ethics magazine. The...

Packaging Fundamentals, management courses offered. (At Clemson).(Clemson University)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Clemson University is offering two extension seminars for packaging professionals, Packaging Fundamentals and Management Packaging Development, May 6-9. Attendees can attend one or both programs. Packaging Fundamentals, May 6-8, will...

Tri Lakes Container buys software. (Plant Automation).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Tri Lakes Container, Pierceton, Ind., purchases the complete Advantzware for Windows box software package from Advanced Software, Inc., Yardley, Pa. The powerful database software automates all plan and office aspects of a corrugated or folding...

Longview invests in supply chain. (Nationwide Operations).(Longview Fibre)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Continuing an effort to drive optimization of its supply chain assets and reduce costs, Longview Fibre, Longview, Wash., has selected an enterprise catalog management solution from Requisite Technology Inc., Westminster, Colo., for its...

FBA, AICC present safety winners. (Safety First).(Fibre Box Association, Association of Independent Corrugated Coverters)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Five sheet plants and nine corrugator plants are the recipients of the 2003 Corrugated Industry Safety Awards, presented by the Fibre Box Association (FBA), Rolling Meadows, Ill., and the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC),...

Smurfit's bonus tripled. (SSCC Chairman).(Chairman Michael Smurfit's bonus more than tripled)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, more than tripled Chairman Michael Smurfit's bonus last year in recognition of cost cuts, asset sales and cash flow improvements made in 2002, reports Bloomberg news. Smurfit, who will retire...

Learn Lean Operations. (Chicago TAPPI).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Learn how to operate more profitably while increasing value to your customers at the next Chicago TAPPI evening program, entitled Lean Operations, on May 6 at the Ramada O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The program, moderated by Mike Akey of...

Obituary.(packaging veteran Bill Flinn)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 12, 2003... Veteran Bill Flinn Dies Packaging veteran Bill Flinn died April 6. Flinn, 77, was the founder and chief executive officer of Scope Packaging Inc., Orange, Calif. He was a past president of the Association of Independent Corrugated...

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (People Update).(nominated three new independent candidates to serve as members on its board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, nominates three new independent candidates to serve as members on its board of directors. James Boris, William Lynch, Jr. and William Smithburg will stand for election at the company's annual...

York Paper Co. (People Update).(promoted Matthew McGrory to vice president of marketing)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... York Paper Co., Eddystone, Pa., promotes Matthew McGrory to vice president of marketing. He is responsible for the purchasing and customer service group. A 10-year veteran of the company, McGrory most recently was the sales and production...

Jamestown Container Companies. (People Update).(promoted William Madl to regional sales manager - Western region)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... William Madl is promoted to regional sales manager--Western region for the Jamestown Container Companies, Buffalo, N.Y. He is responsible for overseeing the sales in western New York, northwest Pennsylvania, Cleveland, and the surrounding...

Waste Management, Inc., Houston, names Steve Ragiel president of the Recycle America Alliance LLC. (People Update).(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Waste Management, Inc., Houston, names Steve Ragiel president of the Recycle America Alliance LLC. The alliance, which includes Waste Management and The Peltz Group, was created to rationalize the capacity and improve the profitability of the...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (People Update).(names Kazuo Tsukuda president)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) names Kazuo Tsukuda, currently a MHI representative director and general manager of global strategic planning and operations headquarters, the new President of MHI. Takashi Nishioka, the...

Harper Corp. (People Update).(Margie Harper Kluttz promoted at Harper Corporation of America)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2003... Margie Harper Kluttz is promoted to executive vice president, Harper Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Kluttz was vice president, administration. She has been with the company for 32 years and has served in various management positions, including...

Carton industry struggles. (Bright Spots Exist).
April 19, 2003... For the past few years the folding carton industry has struggled to keep up with the economy's growth. What's the problem? One already well-known factor is competition from alternative packaging materials, says Ken Waghorne, vice president,...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Illustration)
April 19, 2003... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Box shipments keep falling.(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... On an average week basis, last month's industry shipments of corrugated products fell 3 percent, reports the Fibre Box Association. There was one more shipping day in March 2003 (21) than March 2002. Average week year to date shipments fell 1.2...

Norampac, G-P swap plants. (Converting Operations).(Norampac Inc. acquires Georgia-Pacific converting plant)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Norampac Inc. buys Georgia-Pacific's (G-P) converting plant in Schenectady, N.Y. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is part of an asset exchange in which G-P buys Norampac's plant located in Dallas and other considerations. Through...

Shareholders tighten Weyco's reins. (Strengthening Control).(Weyerhaeuser shareholders adopt proposals to strengthen their control)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Last week, Weyerhaeuser shareholders adopted three proposals, over management's objection, to strengthen their control of the company. The nonbinding measures called for electing directors at the same time rather than in staggered...

Bill Flinn Memorial Award created. (At Fox Valley).(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Glynn Wilson, president of Workhorse Industries, jointly announces with Appleton, Wis.-based Fox Valley Technical College the inception of the Wm. I. Flinn Memorial Award to be presented annually to the leading student group graduating from Fox...

AICC speakers available on CD, tape. (Spring Meeting).( Association of Independent Corrugated Converters )(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) is offering AICC and industry members the exclusive opportunity to hear, again or for the first time, from the many industry and professional speakers that were featured at the AICC...

JB Machinery installs at Great Northern. (Major Graphics Upgrade).(Great Northern Corp. plant recently installed for flexo drying and LTV curing)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... As part of a major upgrade to its graphics capabilities, Great Northern Corp.'s Racine, Wis., plant recently installed JB Machinery's complete solution for flexo drying and LTV curing. Added to Great Northern's existing five-color United...

Lewisburg buys DCM converting machine. (First In North America).(Lewisburg Container Co.)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Esko-Graphics, Vandalia, Ohio, announces its first North American sale of a DCM short-run converting machine to Lewisburg Container CO., Lewisburg, Ohio. The machine will be installed in Lewisburg's Structural Design and Graphics Center at its...

Kiwiplan installs at Rand-Whitney. (Hardware Package).
April 19, 2003... Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kiwiplan Inc. sells its computer server, operating system and installation package to Rand-Whitney's corrugated plant in Newtown, Conn. The package includes the hardware and operating system configuration and technical...

Dallas Container buys BoxPro. (Order Entry System).(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Dallas Container Inc., Dallas, purchases and installs Hyperware's BoxPro estimating and order entry system. Hyperware is based in Brentwood, Mo. Call 314-644-4458 or visit www.hyperwareinc.com.

Tavo Packaging upgrades Imaginera. (Software Version).
April 19, 2003... Tavo Packaging, Fairless Hills, Pa., will upgrade to the SQL Server version of Imaginera. The Microsoft platform will provide Tavo with row-level locking, which provides superior stability. In addition, SQL Server supports multiple processors...

OBM stock index.(stock prices of forest products and paper companies)(Illustration)
April 19, 2003... OBM Stock Index Key: NYS = New York ASE = American NASD = NASDAQ(s) = Stocksplit MON = Montreal Exch Company Ticker Close % Change % Change Symbol 4/16/03 This ...

Is a new Weyerhaeuser here? (Lean And Quick).(Chief Executive Steve Rogel says company must reinvent itself)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... Last week Weyerhaeuser Co. Chief Executive Steve Rogel told shareholders that the company must reinvent itself to be more efficient and increase profitability. This could include critical looks at wood and paper production, expansion of...

Canada's recovered paper consumption (metric tons) February 2003.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 19, 2003... Canada's Recovered Paper Consumption (metric tons) February 2003. All PAPER AND BOARD Producers (including estimates for non-reporting companies) RECEIPTS Imports ...

Sonoco named Best Corp. Citizen. (Fourth Consecutive Year).(named by Business Ethics magazine as one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... For the fourth consecutive year, Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., was named by Business Ethics magazine as one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Selections are made based on service to seven stakeholder groups, including shareholders, employees,...

AICC looks to San Francisco. (Fall Meeting).(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will hold its Annual Fall Meeting and 11th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., September 17-20. Hotel...

Inland buys digital platesetter. (During CMM).(Inland Paperboard & Packaging )(Brief Article)
April 19, 2003... At CMM 2003, Inland Paperboard & Packaging has purchased the first Esko-Graphics CDI Advance model digital flexo platesetter to be installed in North America. The platesetter is part of a major prepress equipment upgrade slated for the...