Official Board Markets articles from August 2004

Official Board Markets archives from August 2004

Longview restarts No. 4 machine.(Medium Is Hot)
August 7, 2004... The current strong market for corrugated boxes has some containerboard producers taking advantage of the healthy demand, reports The Daily News, Longview, Wash. Longview Fibre Co. has restarted one of its three idle paper machines and has...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 7, 2004... 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 Lime at any price...

Board demand shows improvement.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... Last June North American containerboard demand showed improvement, increasing 5 percent over the corresponding month last year, reports the Pulp and Paper Products Council, Montreal. North American containerboard production Increased by 144,000...

M-real acquires Kemiart Liners.(53 Percent Interest)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... M-real Corp. acquires Metsaliitto Cooperative's and UPM-Kymmene's stakes, a total of 53 percent, in Kemiart Liners Oy. The purchase price of the shares is about $15.63 million. In addition, M-real's interest beating net debt will increase by...

ADI/PDM rebuilds counter-ejectors.(Improved Production)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... ADI/PDM Trade Group has completed rebuilding two ARC/Doyle counter ejectors to new operating condition. The machines received several updated features to improve performance. The companies that received the rebuilt counter ejectors report a...

Central/Eastern Europe confab set.(First On Paper And Board)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... The first Central/Eastern Europe Paper and Board Packaging Conference will take place Sept. 22-23 at the Hotel InterContinental in Budapest, Hungary. The first conference on paper mad board packaging in Central/Eastern Europe has attracted...

Graphic pkg up, cascades down in 2nd quarter.(More Financial Results)
August 7, 2004... Graphic Packaging Corp., Marietta, Ga., reports net income for its second quarter of 2004 of $.2 million, compared with a second quarter 2003 net loss of $6.4 million. In August 2003, Graphic Packaging International Corp. and Riverwood Holding,...

FBA Executive Conference set.(Sept. 14-15)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... The Fibre Box Association's 17th FBA Independent Corrugator Executive Conference, to be held Sept. 14-15 in Indianapolis, will include a visit to Temple-Inland's Crawfordsville plant. The conference is designed as a quick, intense meeting,...

Heidelberg plans big splash at Graph Expo.(Similar To Drupa)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... During Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2004, Heidelberg USA hopes to bring the success of drupa to life, showcasing significant new advances in printing equipment, including key solutions in prepress, finishing and workflow. Graph Expo takes...

RISI focuses on China.(October 24-26 Conference)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... "China as a Customer and Competitor" is the theme o RISI's 19th North American Forest Products Conference which will be held October 24-26 at the Boston Marriot Cambridge. Topic highlights include: * How Will China Meet Its Demand for...

Magnetic cylinders for corrugated container printing.(Product Update)
August 7, 2004... Bunting Magnetics Co.'s magnetic cylinders for corrugated container printing make mounting and registration quick and simple, eliminating the need for hooks, straps or staples, the company says. Permanent magnets built into the cylinders hold...

UV Metallic Inks Troubleshooting Guide.(Product Update)
August 7, 2004... FRM, a Los Angeles manufacturer of gold and silver inks, offers printers and converters a free UV Metallic Inks Troubleshooting Guide. This guide includes an e-mailed booklet and a poster. To request the guide, send name, company name,...

Bale press.(Product Update)
August 7, 2004... Synmet International's new Impress bale press, a proprietary development of BOA, is available in 200- and 225-ton models and was developed for a long life span and low cost of ownership. The Impress features the greatest pressing strength...

Air Station.(Product Update)
August 7, 2004... MAN Roland's new Air Station provides a soundproof enclosure for a press' floor pumps and blowers. Air Station uses anechoic foam to insulate the units for maximum noise reduction. It saves floor space by vertically mounting the pumps and...

Register early to save.(AICC Fall Training)(Calendar)
August 7, 2004... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) sets early registration deadlines for the following fall programs. These courses benefit owners and executives, sales people, production supervisors (converting and corrugator),...

Average sheet prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 7, 2004... Average Sheet Prices Based upon a survey of sheet plants. Per 1000 sq. ft., 50,000 sq. ft. single item orders, including delivery charges. Southeast/ East South ...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 7, 2004... Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements are as defined in the current ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular (now...

OCC prices soften.(China Still Holding Off)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... With China's economy cooling and Chinese inspectors checking each container of incoming recovered paper more carefully than ever before, domestic board mills find themselves in a position to push the price they're willing to pay for OCC and...

North Central jumps.(Corrugated Shipments)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... The North Central's June corrugated shipments rose 4.1 percent on an average week basis, reports the Fibre Box Association. Last June had one more shipping day (22) than June 2003. The only other region that was close to this increase was the...

Transacted paper stock prices - high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 7, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices - High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

Mark/Trece ups resolution with Agfa.(:Sublima XM Screening For Flexo)
August 7, 2004... Mark/Trece Inc., a flexographic prepress company based in Joppa, Md., upgrades its capabilities by implementing Agfa's :Sublima XM screening for flexo. This lets Mark/Trece offer its customers higher resolution imaging without requiring...

Andrews converting installs AIM folder-gluer.(Signature Series II)
August 7, 2004... Andrews Converting installs a Signature Series II folder-gluer from American International Machinery, Oak Creek, Wis. Known as file company's "middleweight champion," the Series II Model 90 machine has triple carrier construction throughout, a...

Rigid box sales decrease.(NPA Statistics)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... June rigid box sales dropped 7.47 percent to $2,980,336, compared to June 2003 sales of $3,221,035, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. The NPA report reflects sales statistics submitted by...

Rex Corp.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... Rex Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., appoints Jerry Esposito as account executive. Esposito has more than 15 years of industry experience, most notably as vice president for a package design and development firm. He most recently served as a...

Independent Paperboard Marketing (IPM).(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... Independent Paperboard Marketing (IPM), Burlington, Ontario, adds Bill Bryan to its team of paperboard brokers. Prior to joining IPM, Bryan spent several years as a plant manager for MultiWall Packaging. Bryan has spent the past two decades...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 7, 2004... 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 any...

Sun Chemical Corp.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... Sun Chemical Corp., Fort Ice, N.J., names Cynthia Arnold cto. Arnold assumes the role from David Hill. Hill, a member of Sun Chemical's Senior Leadership Team, retains his position of senior vice president, Technology and Operations. He is...

Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 7, 2004... The Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co., Horsham, Pa., appoints C. Robert Tait III as president. Tait succeeds his father, Robert Tait Jr., who steps down after 32 years in senior management and 46 years with the company. Both Taits remain on the...

Obituary.(Obituary)
August 7, 2004... Hank Feldman, a member of Associated Recruiters Group based in Milwaukee, died July 27. Feldman, who lived in Ft. Meyers, Fla., had worked as a recruiter in the corrugated container industry since 1985.

Philly embraces recycling: SSCC has big role: but it took fines to boost the tons collected. Then politics intruded.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)
August 14, 2004... When David Robinson, assistant managing director/recycling coordinator, city of Philadelphia, sat down with executives at Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) a couple of years ago, he had a grand design for recycling in the city. He told them...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 14, 2004... 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...

R-T buys Menasha sheet feeder.(Rock-Tenn Co)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Rock-Tenn Co., Norcross, Ga., acquires Menasha Packaging Co., LLC's Athens, Ala., corrugated sheet feeder facility, Terms were not disclosed. The Athens facility houses a recently-built 98-inch corrugator, capable of producing a variety of...

Financial Co. buys century container: Illinois converter.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Success Financial Services Group, Inc. acquires Century Container Corp., a privately-owned, Broadview, Ill.-based protective packaging company. Terms were not disclosed. Century Container reported gross sales for the six months ending June...

Mid-Cities opens New Calif. facility: Nova Communications to acquire.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Mid-Cities Paper Box, Inc. (MCPB), Bell Gardens, Calif., opens its 30,000 sq ft facility in Orange County, Calif., and has started the second phase of its roll-up acquisition strategy of the print and packaging sector. The company has...

ICPF adds pacesetter, names design finalists: Michelman Inc.(International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's)
August 14, 2004... Michelman Inc., water-based coatings and corrugated packaging equipment manufacturer, is the latest corrugated container industry supplier to join the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) CorrAlliance Advisory Council at the...

Governor visits Central Container: in Minnesota.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Earlier this month, Jim Haglund, president of Central Container Corp. (CCC), Brooklyn Park, Minn., held a fundraiser for Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty at Edinburgh USA, which is across the street from the independent sheet plant that he runs....

Maritime undergoes expansion: installing BHS corrugator.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Maritime Paper Products Ltd.'s Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, manufacturing facility is undergoing an $18 million (Canadian) expansion and modernization. The core component of the project is the installation of a new high-speed BHS corrugator,...

AICC compiling purchasing guide: free in Nov.
August 14, 2004... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) creates a new Equipment Justification Guide to address the various processes box makers go through before they purchase equipment. AICC will contact members who have made equipment...

Carroll Container now Nova Pkg: restructuring.
August 14, 2004... Carroll Container Corp., an independent sheet plant in Marion, Ind., changes its name to Nova Packaging Group, LLC. The new name reflects the company's recent change in leadership, expanded ownership group, and financial restructuring. Call...

Board inventories fall dramatically: AF&PA reports.(American Forest & Paper Association)(Inventory data)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Linerboard inventories at mills dropped substantially between the end of May and the end of June, reports the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). They went from 216,900 tons at the end of May to 190,700 tons at the end of June, a 12.1...

M-real sells Price & Pierce Group: to Gould Paper Corp.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... M-real Corp. plans to sell Price & Pierce Group to Gould Paper Corp. Terms were not disclosed. The sale should be completed by the end of September. M-real acquired Price & Pierce Group in 1998. It is a trading house specialized in...

Paperboard mill performance.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 14, 2004... U.S. paperboard production by furnish, current and cumulative totals in 1000 short tons, as reported by the American Forest & Paper Association. Paperboard Mill Performance Unbleached ...

Producer price indexes - 1982 = 100.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 14, 2004... Producer Price Indexes--1982 = 100 Year April May 2002/2003 2004 2004 Total Paperboard 164.3/162.7 162.3 166.3 Total Paper &...

Midlands Pkg installs KBA Rapida: inline hybrid UV.
August 14, 2004... Midlands Packaging Corp., Lincoln, Neb., installs a KBA Rapida 105 41-inch six-color sheetfed press with inline hybrid UV coating. According to the company, it chose the KBA Rapida 105 for reasons including its high level of automation, run...

Demand for cuttings cools: let's use wood chips.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... The past few weeks has seen a surprising rise in DLK cutup, causing the demand for this recovered paper grade to cool off. The busiest two months of the year for box plants are traditionally September and October. That's when they crank out...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
August 14, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago ...

MacDermid changes distribution: photopolymer plates.
August 14, 2004... Anderson & Vreeland will no longer distribute MacDermid Printing Solutions' photopolymer printing plates. The company will work directly with customers. For those customers who prefer a distribution option, MacDermid is aligned with Enovation...

Apollo sheeters installed in Turkey, Poland: CTS, TSK.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Gap Insaat, Turkey, commissions a new Apollo CTS sheeter at its new Greenfield mill in Turkmenistan. The sheeter was ordered from Valmet Converting in 2003 and commissioned by Apollo in 2004, brought about by Bobst Group's acquisition of...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 14, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Field Container faces 0SHA penalties: proposed $137,500 penalty.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Field Container Co., L.P., Elk Grove Village, Ill., faces proposed penalties of $137,500 after an investigation into alleged workplace safety violations at its Marseilles, Ill., folding carton plant, according to the Occupational Safety and...

EarthShell manufacturing facility chosen: in production by Nov.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... EarthShell Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif., and Meridian Business Solutions (MBS), an EarthShell licensee, release additional details about the purchase order agreement submitted by MBS to Detroit Tool and Engineering (DTE). The initial purchase...

Roman Corp. reports 2Q loss: ceo: 'disappointing'.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Roman Corp. Limited, Toronto, reports a loss of $1.2 million (Canadian dollars) on revenues of $27.2 million for its second quarter 2004 ending June 30. This compares to net earnings of $1,538 on revenues of $28.9 million in the second quarter...

Ink pavilion set for CMM: NAPIM.
August 14, 2004... The National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) will sponsor an ink pavilion at CMM International 2005, scheduled for April 18-21, 2005, in Chicago. NAPIM members will showcase their latest products and technologies in a central...

TAPPI seeks scholarship contributors: $250.
August 14, 2004... TAPPI's Suppliers Committee solicits a $250 contribution from any exhibitor interested in participating in TAPPI's annual scholarship fund. Overage funds are used for giveaways during SuperCorr Expo in November, and all contributors will be...

Confab set for meeting EU mandated targets: package recycling targets.(European Union)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... As the 10 new Eastern European members of the European Union struggle to meet newly mandated package recycling targets, exporters are facing a confusing set of taxes, fees, deposits, and labeling requirements. Top policy expert David...

More job growth ahead: for manufacturing.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... The employment gain last month was disappointing and received wide attention, especially in the stock market. Much of the concern was in Wall Street, where analysts had predicted an unrealistic gain of 250,000 jobs compared to the actual...

St. Claire Pkg picks Advantzware: box software.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Corrugated and folding carton manufacturer St. Claire Packaging, Marysville, Mich., purchases the Windows-based Advantzware box software suite from Advanced Software, Inc., Yardley, Pa. The software automates all plant and office aspects of a...

IP to close Georgia plant: specialty boxes.(International Paper Co.)(Facility closures)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... International Paper Co. will permanently close a Statesboro, Ga., corrugated sheet plant, according to press reports. The Statesboro plant produces specialty boxes. The Statesboro Herald reports the move Hill affect 18 workers and does not...

BASF, Anderson & Vreeland partner: flexo plate distribution.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... BASF's Printing Systems business appoints Anderson & Vreeland Inc. as a distributor for the company's nyloflex photopolymer printing plates in the U.S. and Canada, effective immediately. Anderson & Vreeland will sell and provide technical...

Southern Container .(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Southern Container's Web site, www.southern-container.com, wins a Best of Long Island award from the Long Island Advertising Club. The site is designed by the ECG Group and wins in the e-commerce business to business category. Southern...

Morgan Price & Co.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... James P. Maher, president of recovered paper broker and packer Morgan Price & Co., Miami, was in a plane accident earlier this month and is lost in Honduran territory. The U.S. Embassy and the Honduran government are doing their best to locate...

Challenge Printing Inc.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Ron Kasel joins Challenge Printing Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., as display design manager. He has 25 years of industry experience with a specialty in structural design and has won several industry design awards.

Aquaflex.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Aquaflex hires Scott Smith as technical service engineer covering the Midwest territory. Smith has more than 20 years of experience in the printing industry. Aquaflex, based in Duncansville, Pa., is a branch of the F.L. Smithe Machine Co., Inc....

Weyerhaeuser Co.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Brent Wagner is the new general manager for Weyerhaeuser Co.'s containerboard packaging plants in Beaverton and Portland, Ore. Wagner is a 24 year veteran of the containerboard packaging business, most recently serving as Weyerhaeuser's area...

Temple-Inland Inc.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Temple-Inland Inc., Austin, Texas, elects Cassandra Carr to its board of directors. She has been a senior advisor with Public Strategies, Inc. since 2002. The current size of the board is 11 members, a substantial majority of which are...

Ernie Moon & Associates LLC.(People Update)(Zeres Inc., )(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Ernie Moon starts Ernie Moon & Associates LLC, a sales representation company for the corrugated container industry. The company forms an agreement with Zeres Inc., a Bowling Green, Ohio-based flexographic water-based ink manufacturer, to...

City Carton Recycling.(People Update)(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Garrett "Gary" Paul Brinkmann, joins City Carton Recycling, Iowa City, Iowa, as the company's first north central Iowa regional sales manager. He develops customer recycling programs, identifies equipment needs, and structures confidential...

Innovative Systems Group.(People Update)(Bill Carr )(Brief Article)
August 14, 2004... Innovative Systems Group, Raleigh, N.C., appoints Bill Carr as regional sales manager. Carr has more than 33 years of experience in design, sales and product development management.

C.W. Zumbiel moves operation: from Cincinnati.(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... C.W. Zumbiel Co. is moving its 161-year-old consumer packaging operations from Norwood, near Cincinnati, to a 30-acre site in Hebron, Ky., near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The company has started construction on...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 21, 2004... 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...

Inland building gets new owner.(Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc)(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Hattiesburg, Miss., businessman Ray Sims has recently purchased the former Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc. box plant, reports the Hattiesburg American. But he doesn't see the building being reopened as a business anytime soon. Closed...

Wilton Connor joins Weyco Network.(Weyerhaeuser Co.)(Wilton Connor Packaging )(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Wilton Connor Packaging, Charlotte, N.C., has officially become part of Weyerhaeuser's Retail Experience Network and a cornerstone for the company's two other retail centers to be opened by year-end in Chicago and Los Angeles. ...

NYAD-WP will address China's markets.(Sept. 13 Meeting)(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... The New York Association of Dealers in Waste Paper (NYAD-WP) holds its next meeting Mon., Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Frank's Restaurant, 85 Tenth Ave. at 15th St. in New York City. Guest speaker Peter Wang of America Chung Nan will address...

Industry's M&As detailed: from piper jaffray.(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Corrugated Containers: A Mergers and Acquisitions Review is the latest report from Piper Jaffray, San Francisco. Written by Doug Lawson, vice president and investment banker for the company, the report projects domestic growth at approximately...

Enefco acquires ICD: forms new business unit.(Industrial Cutting Die )(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Enefco, Auburn, Maine, acquires Industrial Cutting Die of Georgia and forms GlobalDie as a new business unit. Terms weren't disclosed. Scott Wherry, founder and president of Industrial Die, will serve as the business trait manager of...

Menasha sells two corrugated plants: to Multi-Wall Packaging.(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Menasha Packaging Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corp., sells its Danville, Va., and Honeycomb, Martin, Mich., plants to Multi-Wall Packaging Corp. Terms were not disclosed. Multi-Wall is a provider of custom corrugated interior packaging...

Paste a big smile over Western Canada.(Market Report)
August 21, 2004... Two-thirds of the way through the year, business in Western Canada is on an upswing. Despite a coalition government in Ottawa, the political climate is calm. Many Canadian companies look to the improving U.S. economy as a bellwether for their...

FPPA Workshop set: in Las Vegas.
August 21, 2004... The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA) 2004 Management Workshop is set for Sept. 21-22 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. The workshop features sessions on key issues impacting both the flexographic prepress industry and business...

Attend AICC managerial training in Atlanta: during SuperCorrExpo.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters )(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will offer for the first time a seven-hour training program for corrugated production supervisors and managers in Atlanta on Nov. 11-13 during the week of SuperCorrExpo. This training...

Corrugated shipments soar: in July.(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... Who would have ever thought that July would be such a great month for box makers? On an actual basis last July's industry shipments of corrugated products (measured in billions of sq ft) rose 3.3 percent over July 2003's number, the Fibre Box...

Fibre Box shipments.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 21, 2004... Fibre Box Shipments United States corrugated/solid fibre product shipments, in billion square feet, as reported by the Fibre Box Association. Corrugated/Solid Cumulative ...

Newsprint mill admits to pollution.(Working On Problem)(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... SP Newsprint executives recently told The Courier Herald in Dublin, Ga., that they have never tried to deny that some of the material in the mill's recycling process gets into the river from the discharge pipe. However, they add that they've...

AF&PA supports WTO plan.(Trade Liberalization)(American Forest & Paper Association )(World Trade Organization)(Brief Article)
August 21, 2004... The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) says the World Trade Organization's recent framework for completing its Doha Development Agenda reflects AF&PA goals and should help achieve trade liberalization in the forest products sector....

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 21, 2004... Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements are as defined in the current ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular (now...