Official Board Markets articles from June 2003

Official Board Markets archives from June 2003

Shipments show year-over-year increase. (Folding Carton Industry).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... After two years of registering negative growth, the folding carton industry recently took a turn for the better, reports the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC). April marked the third consecutive month in 2003 to show year-over-year increases...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
June 7, 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...

Visy to build box plant.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... New York City is expected to sign an agreement to help Visy Paper build a corrugated box plant next to its existing recycled paperboard mill in Staten Island, reports Recycling Today. A Visy spokesperson stressed that as of late last week...

SSCC buys Arko Paper Products. (Two Folding Carton Plants).(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has acquired the operations of Arko Paper Products Co., Inc., a folding carton producer with plants in Piscataway and Plainfield, N.J. The purchase price was approximately $30 million. Arko Paper Products...

Eurocan goes on strike. (Kitmat Goes Down).(Communication, Energy and Papermakers Union of Canada)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Late last month members of Local 298 of the Communication, Energy and Papermakers Union of Canada, one of two unions representing workers at the company's Eurocan Pulp & paper mill, rejected the company's final offer in the current collective...

President Bush signs new tax law. (Designed To Stimulate The Economy).
June 7, 2003... As we all know, the economy in general and the manufacturing sector in particular, has been stagnant for awhile, writes Mitchell Klingher of M.S. Ackerman and Co. for the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters. In response to...

Want to join the $100,000 Club? The root problem is that sales people don't have a clear vision. (Sales Made Member).
June 7, 2003... Money isn't everything--or is it? In sales, one thing is certain--the ability to have control over, and thereby increase, your own income is a primary attraction of this profession. This is borne out by the fact that successful sales...

OBM stock index.(Illustration)
June 7, 2003... OBM Stock Index Ticker Close % Change Exch. Company Symbol 6/4/03 This Week NASD Amcor Ltd. AMCR 22.10 0.45 NYS Boise Cascade ...

Canada's recovered paper consumption (metric tons) April 2003.(Illustration)
June 7, 2003... Canada's Recovered Paper Consumption (metric tons) April 2003 All PAPER AND BOARD Producers (including estimates for non-reporting companies) RECEIPTS Imports...

Bay has new owners. (Corrugated Supplier).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... The assets of Bay Machinery Co., Toledo, Ohio, were acquired last month by the new Bay Machinery Co. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The company was purchased from Warren Reuther, owner of Bay Corrugated Container,...

Empire to rep Latitude Machinery. (Covering North/Central America).(Empire Corrugated Machinery)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Empire Corrugated Machinery, Hunt Valley, Md., is appointed the exclusive sales representative for Latitude Machinery Corp., a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of corrugated equipment. Empire will cover the North and Central American markets. ...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
June 7, 2003... 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 current Paper Stock Industries' Standards and Practices...

OCC market report. (Steady As She Goes).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Export OCC prices on both coasts have been increasing over the past couple of weeks but to date the only domestic regions affected are on the West Coast. Throughout the country a number of integrated board mills are taking some major...

Esko-Graphics hosts Users Group. (Hot Topic Is Prepress).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Attendees of the Association of Esko-Graphics Users Group (AEG) annual meeting last month in St. Louis left with substantial appreciation of Esko-Graphics' prepress applications and a greater knowledge of current prepress technologies, the...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
June 7, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Pine to deliver keynote address. (AICC Fall Meeting).(B. Joseph Pine II)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... B. Joseph Pine II will speak at the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) fall meeting on how independent converters can rise above the commodity mindset. His keynote address will kick off the meeting, to be held this year...

Greif reports 2Q results. (Higher Net Sales).(Greif Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Greif, Inc., Delaware, Ohio, reports second quarter net income of $5.7 million, compared to $3.6 million for the second quarter 2002. Net sales rose 7 percent to $423.6 million for the quarter 2003 from $396.9 million last year. Sales were 3...

Transacted boxboard prices. (Higher Net Sales).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Net sales for the Industrial Packaging and Services Division rose 12 percent to $343.4 million from $306.6 million the prior year, led by a 29 percent increase in Europe. Operating profit rose to $13.6 million, before restructuring charges. ...

Noteworthy news. (Higher Net Sales).(Harper Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Harper Corp. of America names Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, Flexographic College of the Year for the second year in a row. Dunwoody's Graphics and Printing Technologies program offers an associate degree in flexography and...

PPC starts e-newsletter. (Up-To-The-Minute News).
June 7, 2003... The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has implemented an e-newsletter to provide members with current information on association issues and calendar events. It includes links to packaging news on the web. "PPC Live: Up-to-the-minute e-News on...

Rock-Tenn rolls out paperboard tray. (For Frozen Foods And Bakery).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Last week Rock-Tenn Co., Norcross, Ga., introduced Formations[TM], its newest line of customized paperboard packaging solutions. The new preformed paperboard tray is positioned to meet the increasing demands in the marketplace for branded...

Hycorr has new China rep. (Completely Covered).( Fortune Industrial Supplies Co., Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Hycorr Machine Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich., has chosen Fortune Industrial Supplies Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, as its new exclusive sales agent for the People's Republic of China. Fortune has become one of the market leaders in China's corrugated...

AICC Region 6 to hold golf outing. (Benefiting ICPF).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Region 6 will hold its golf outing on Monday, July 21 at the Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Ill. The proceeds benefit the ICPF education fund. The driving range opens at...

Chromas Technologies changes name. (Back To Aquaflex).(Aquaflex, Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Chromas/Aquaflex, Montreal, has made a corporate name change from Chromas Technologies to Aquaflex, Inc. "The Chromas Technologies name was an earlier name change from the original name of Aquaflex," President and CEO Maher Hanna says....

Absolutely Micro Clean represents new lines. (Cambridge And Wandress).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Absolutely Micro Clean, LLC is now representing Cambridge Applied Systems and Wandres in addition to the Micro Clean line of anilox roll cleaning systems. Wandres specializes in the "micro-cleaning" of web surfaces before printing....

Hyperware installs at Midwest Packaging. (Estimating System).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Midwest Packaging, Rockford, Ill., purchases Hyperware's BoxPro 6.5 estimating and order entry system. Midwest also buys Hyperware's plant data collection/job costing module. For more information, call 314-644-4458 or visit...

Greif, Inc. (People Update).(promoted Robert Zimmerman to vice president and treasurer)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Greif, Inc., Delaware, Ohio, promotes Robert Zimmerman to vice president and treasurer. He assumes responsibility for all global treasury activities for Greif's businesses. Zimmerman joined the company in 2000 as global cash manager and was...

TAPPI's Corrugated Packaging Division Leadership Council. (People Update).(Mike Donnell is the newest appointed member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry council)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Mike Donnell, vice president of manufacturing services, Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc., is the newest appointed member of TAPPI's Corrugated Packaging Division Leadership Council. Donnell joins Council members Craig Hoyt of Buckeye Boxes...

Great Lakes Packaging Corp. (People Update).(Dick Jordan joins company as a graphics sales manager)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Dick Jordan joins Great Lakes Packaging Corp., Germantown, Wis., as graphics sales manager. He comes to the company with extensive sales and management experience in the graphic packaging industry.

Harper Corp. of America. (People Update).(appointed Gordon Smith technical account manager for Northeast region wide web sales)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., appoints Gordon Smith to technical account manager for Northeast region wide web sales. Smith, who has more than 16 years of packaging industry experience, will oversee wide web anilox sales in...

International Boxboard Sales, Inc. (People Update).(president and co-owner Don Reid celebrated 56 years in the pulp and paper industry)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Don Reid, president and co-owner of International Boxboard Sales, Inc., Newmarket, Ontario, last week celebrated 56 years in the pulp and paper industry. He began his career in 1947 with Howard Smith Paper Mills. He also has worked for E. B....

Cascades is awarded a Phenix. (For Sustainable Development).(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... The Cascades paper manufacturing complex in Kingsey Falls, Quebec, is awarded a Phenix in the "Expertise in Sustainable Development--an industry that has implemented an environmental management system" category. The Phenix de...

Shorewood adds Signature gluers. (For Improved Run Speed).(Shorewood Packaging Corp. is using Signature Select's high-speed folder-gluers)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Shorewood Packaging Corp.'s Toronto, Canada, and Eugene, Ore., facilities have added Signature Select high-speed folder-gluers. Productivity gains of up to 40 percent have been reached with the use of modular makeready parts as well as the...

A&V distributes Cortron eXact. (Flexo Exposure System).(Anderson & Vreeland)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2003... Anderson & Vreeland (A&V), Fairfield, N.J., is now a distributor of Cortron eXact flexo exposure systems. eXact exposure systems feature automated operation and tuned reflector technology, providing angular control of illumination for...

Associations say 'wake up'. (Goes Beyond China).
June 14, 2003... The No. 1 concern among board converters in the U.S. today is the relocation of their customers to cheaper overseas manufacturing facilities, primarily in Asia. Almost every converter interviewed for the 2003 Paperboard Packaging Census Report...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... Transacted Containerboard Prices 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...

Government to test cargo security.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... The federal government has released more than half the money allocated for demonstrations of cargo-container security, including five projects at Seattle and Tacoma ports. The Transportation Security Administration will spend $13.3 million in...

Cascades to build new IT center.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Cascades Inc. will build a new information technology center by December. The 23,000-sq-ft building will regroup Cascades' in-house software development. The Kingsey Falls, Quebec, facility, will cost about $3 million. It will house more...

Chesapeake revises 2003 guidance. ($11 Million Payment).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Chesapeake Corp., Richmond, Va., has revised the company's guidance on its 2003 financial performance as a result of a settlement of indemnification obligations to St. Laurent Paperboard Inc. The settlement relates to the 1997 sale of a kraft...

Menasha opens Honeycomb plant. (In Martin, Mich.).(Menasha Packaging Co.)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Menasha Packaging Co., Neenah, Wis., has added Honeycomb to its product offerings. The operation was launched earlier this year with the addition of a new manufacturing facility in Martin, Mich. Honeycomb is a material consisting of kraft...

Diamond, ACM sign agreement. (For Diagnostic Kits).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... ACM Medical Laboratory, one of New York's largest clinical laboratories, signed a new three-year agreement with Rochester, N.Y.-based Diamond Packaging to produce ACM's new KitKaddy[TM], which streamlines the distribution of diagnostic specimen...

Pac-Edge expands in Southeast. (New Facility).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Pac-Edge Corp., a manufacturer of edge protection products made from recycled paperboard, recently opened a new packaging company in Richburg, S.C. Production is scheduled to begin later this month. The goal of Pac-Edge is to increase the...

Sun and InkSure ink marketing agreement. (Under The SunSure Name).(InkSure Technologies Inc, Sun Chemical Group B.V. )(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Sun Chemical Group B.V. and InkSure Technologies Inc., a developer of covert encoded-ink authentication solutions, have launched a strategic marketing alliance. The two companies will offer machine-readable ink-based brand and document...

Perfect Carton installs folder-gluer. (Latest Edition Machinery).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Perfect Carton, Chicago, installs the latest edition Series II Signature[TM] folder-gluer from American International Machinery, Inc. (AIM). The 44- and 36-inch size machine includes the new AC servo vacuum feed and the exclusive four- and...

OBM stock index.(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... OBM Stock Index Key: NYS = New York ASE = American NASD = NASDAQ(s) = Stock split Mon = Montreal Ticker Close % Change Exch. Company Symbol 6/11/03 This Week NASD...

Valley Container installs Martin diecutter. (For The High-Graphics Market).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Bridgeport, Conn.-based Valley Container installs a new three-color Martin 115-inch DRO into its 125,000 sq ft production facility. This acquisition adds to the company's two-color Staley rotary diecutter, two-color Martin 924 and full design...

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s Buffalo, N.Y., corrugated container complex recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification. Certification recognizes the complex's achievements in quality and environmental standards. The complex consists of two...

Producer price indexes--1982=100.(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... Producer Price Indexes--1982=100 Year Feb. Mar. Apr. 2001/2002 2003 2003 2003 Total Paperboard 172.1/164.3 166.8 164.6 163.5 Total...

Paperboard mill performance.(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... Paperboard Mill Performance U.S. paperboard production by furnish, current and cumulative totals in 1000 short tons, as reported by the American Forest & Paper Association. Unbleached ...

Caraustar Manufactures winning package. (Blister And Strip Packaging).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... The Clifton Primary Contract Packaging Operations, Clifton, N.J., of Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, coordinated the design and manufactured the 2002 winner of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council's Compliance Package of the Year...

Containerboard inventories shrink. (Liner Down Substantially).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Linerboard inventories at mills dropped 12.3 percent between the end of March and the end of April, reports the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). Specifically, they went from 257,600 tons in March to 225,900 short tons in April....

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $40-45 (0)...

Carton sales continue to improve. (Up 4.11 Percent).(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
June 14, 2003... April folding carton sales were up 4.11 percent to $30 million compared with April 2002, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) Billed Sales Statistical Program. Meanwhile, rigid boxes were down 6.65 percent to $3 million...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 14, 2003... Jay Youngling, one of the new owners of Bay Machinery Co., Toledo, Ohio, is no longer with People's Capital and Leasing Corp. He was an officer in the financial services company. However, he resigned last month. People's Capital has no...

TAPPI reduces conf. fees. (Just $599).(2003 TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Conference)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... The conference registration rates for the 2003 TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Conference, Oct. 12-15 in Dallas, will be just $599 for pre-registered TAPPI members. "A lot of effort has gone into developing an innovative, quality program for...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
June 14, 2003... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Reverse auction strategies offered. (For Printing Providers).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Pressured to reduce expenses in the current soft economy, print buyers are turning to reverse auctions and insisting that their print providers participate. A new study offers insight, tactics and checklists for creating a proactive strategy to...

Graphics, diecutting classes open. (Training).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) is still accepting registration for two upcoming graphics and diecutting training classes at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis., June 23-26 and August 25-28. The class,...

BCM gives record amount to students. (Scholarships).(BCM Inks)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Six Clemson University graphics communication students received scholarships from BCM Inks, Cincinnati, in memory of BCM's late technical director Werner Sattler. This is the ninth consecutive year for the BCM Inks/Werner Sattler scholarship...

TAPPI accepting CorrPak entries. (Deadline Is Aug. 15).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... TAPPI's Corrugated Packaging Division is sponsoring CorrPak[R] 2003. This event recognizes the finest commercially-produced corrugated package products manufactured between September 1, 2002 and August 15, 2003. This competition will be held in...

TAPPI Scholarships now available year-round. (For Box Plant Personnel).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... The TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division Awards and Scholarship Committee is opening up the availability of scholarships throughout the year. Company scholarships are available from MHI, BHS and Bobst. These companies have provided funding for...

Harris has new distributor. (Ohio Baler Co.).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Harris Waste Management Group, Peachtree City, Ga., signs Cleveland-based Ohio Baler Co. as a new distributor for Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The agreement includes sales and service for all Harris/Selco[R] vertical, horizontal and two-ram...

International Boxboard Sales Inc. (Noteworthy News).(launches website)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... International Boxboard Sales Inc., based in Newmarket, Ontario, launches its new Web site www.internationalboxboard.com. The company provides many grades of boxboard, as well as diecutting, printing and delivery services. Customers can view...

Creative Carton. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Creative Carton, Minneapolis, qualifies for ISO 9001:2000 certification. Achieving this standard required a series of audits and evaluations in all areas of the company's performance. The new standard requires disciplines in customer focus,...

MAN Roland Inc. (People Update).(names Eric Belcher COO)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Eric Belcher of MAN Roland, Inc., Westmont, Ill., moves up from cfo to become coo of sheetfed operations. Belcher, who has held the cfo position since 200, will now oversee sheetfed operations throughout North America.

Ely Enterprises Inc. (People Update).(hires new sales manager)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2003... Mike Mouser is the new sales manager of Ely Enterprises, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. He is responsible for selling industrial recycling equipment for the cleveland and Chicago offices.

Weyco curtails production. (Markets Must Improve).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., will curtail production of its corrugated medium mill in North Bend, Ore., and at its linerboard mill in Kentucky. The Oregon Register-Guard reports that the Oregon mill will shut for at least two...

Transacted containerboard prices. (Markets Must Improve).(Brief Article)
June 21, 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...

Pacific Southwest Container celebrates. (Markets Must Improve).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Pacific Southwest Container (PSC), Modesto, Calif., is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. In 1973, after years of working for large paper companies, Don Mayol, his wife Lois and sons John and Jim, started their own corrugated box...

Yau Bon joins Global Pkg Alliance. (Markets Must Improve).(Yau Bon Offset Printing Co.)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA), Rochester, N.Y., adds Yau Bon Offset Printing Co., Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, as a new partner in its international organization of independent packaging companies. Yau Bon, a folding carton manufacturer,...

2003 training schedule for the folding carton industry.(Calendar)
June 21, 2003... High Speed Diecutting Learn to set up and run a diecutter to achieve maximum production. Four Days $1300 June 10-13, Sept. 9-12 Blanking and Production Learn to set up and run a diecutter with blanking. Four Days $1500 June 24-27,...

2003 training schedule for the corrugated industry.(Calendar)
June 21, 2003... SPO Diecutter Operator Learn to set up and run a diecutter for maximum production. Five Days $1300 April 28-May 2, Nov. 3-7 Mechanical Maintenance for Diecutters (SPO) Learn to maintain your diecutter for the highest level of...

Great Northern Paper reopens as Katahdin. (Six Months Closed).
June 21, 2003... The Bangor (Maine) Daily News last week reported that Katahdin Paper Co., formerly Great Northern Paper, Inc., is back in production after nearly six months. About 400 people are filling shifts at the East Millinocket mill. Both the East...

Triangle Dies & Supplies to move HQ. (Steel Rule Dies).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Triangle Dies & Supplies, Inc., Bellwood, Ill., plans to move its laser and manufacturing divisions together this August in one building in Batavia, Ill. Maximizing operational capacity is the company's goal for its headquarters; it is...

Pros share tips for workplace safety. (Safety Series).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Two box plant safety experts outlined ways to keep the workplace safe at the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) June Safety Series seminar, recently held in Atlanta. Dick Seymore, general manager, Corrugated Container...

Kraft Machinery to offer TCY line. (Exclusively Agents).(Tien Chin Yu Machinery Manufacturing Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Atlanta-based Kraft Machinery Inc. is now the exclusive North American sales agent for Tien Chin Yu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TCY). Kraft will supply TCY flexo folder-gluers and flexo printing rotary diecutters. The Taiwan-based...

Sonoco supplies Nestle Canada. (Paperboard Cans).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Nestle Canada, Inc., North York, Ontario, selects Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., as its exclusive supplier for paperboard cans used to package certain Nestle products in Canada. Sonoco will supply packaging solutions for Nestle powdered beverage...

Carolina Container installs Amtech. (Database Applications).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... Carolina Container Co., High Point, N.C., converts platforms to Amtech's, Bensalem, Pa., MSSQL Server platform. It is running the consolidated database version of Imaginera, Amtech's core system, using Citrix and Terminal services. The software...

Optimism drifts in from upper plains. (Market Report).(Industry Overview)
June 21, 2003... There is a ray of hope in the industry and it is drifting in from the North Central region of the country. Nobody is throwing parties but there is a glimmer of optimism. "Things are maybe picking up a notch," says Joel Tilsner, president...

OBM stock index.(Illustration)
June 21, 2003... OBM Stock Index Key: NYS = New York ASE = American NASD = NASDAQ(s) = Stock split MON = Montreal Ticker Close % Change % Change Exch. Company Symbol 6/18/03 This Week This Year...

New innovations for its sheeting equipment. (Product Update).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... MarquipWardUnited introduces new Innovations for its sheeting equipment that are said to promote exceptional efficiency while minimizing waste and delivering high speeds. A new integrated PC-based controls system is now available that is...

Average sheet prices.(Illustration)
June 21, 2003... 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 North...

Fibre box shipments.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
June 21, 2003... Fibre Box Shipments United States corrugated/solid fibre product shipments, in billion square feet, as reported by the Fibre Box Association. Corrugated/Solid Fibre Cumulative ...

Shipments continue to tumble. (Tough Year).(Brief Article)
June 21, 2003... A bit of encouraging news can be found in the Fibre Box Association's recent report that last month's industry shipments of corrugated products rose 1.7 percent on an average week basis. There was one less shipping day in May 2003 (21) versus...