Official Board Markets articles from May 2005

Official Board Markets archives from May 2005

Why retail is rising: will corrugated display and box makers take advantage of this opportunity?(GOODBYE MASS MEDIA)
May 7, 2005... How often do you record (or TIVO) your favorite television programs? And what happens when you watch them and the commercials start? You fast forward, right? You're not alone. Consumers are forsaking mass media in droves. Who will benefit from...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 7, 2005... 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 be...

MeadWestvaco to close paper machine.( )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... MeadWestvaco Corp. plans to indefinitely shut down the No. 5 paper machine at its mill in Covington, Va., to improve overall cost structure and streamline production. The shutdown, scheduled for the third quarter, is in line with the company's...

Franklin buys $1.15 billion stake in Weyco.(Franklin Mutual Advisors acquires Weyerhaeuser shares)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Franklin Mutual Advisors acquires a $1.15 billion or 7.1 percent stake in Weyerhaeuser through the acquisition of 16.96 million shares from March 15 to April 28. San Mateo, Calif.-based Franklin Resources, the largest publicly held U.S....

Can corrugated stay on top?(industry market condition)
May 7, 2005... For the corrugated industry, image is a big problem. "We're not seen as being innovative--we need to change that," says Dwight Schmidt, executive director of the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA). "We've got an image that encourages...

EFC is newest Griffin client.(Equipment Finance Corporation)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Equipment Finance Corporation (EFC) has enlisted the services of Griffin Communications, a marketing communications firm. EFC recently has begun running a series of ads designed to raise the company's profile among box makers. Other...

Average sheet prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 7, 2005... 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...

U.S. rigid box sales up.(EASTERN REGION SHOWS STRONG GROWTH)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... January-March rigid box sales increased 3.27 percent to $10,497,302 compared to $10,164,637 for the same period in 2004, according the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. The NPA report reflects sales...

New equipment, market for GLS.(FUEGO IN NORTH AMERICA)(GLS Companies)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Minneapolis-based GLS Companies recently received a Fuego 110 A2 CS, making them the first company in North America with this Bobst folder-gluer. "We're using the Fuego to take over work handled by an older folder-gluer, but mostly to bring...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
May 7, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard News News Paper Cuttings (6) (8) (1) (4) Chicago $60-65 (0)...

OCC prices soften.(old corrugated containers )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Downtime is having its intended effect in the Northeast as board mill after board mill shuts for weeks at a time. Why? The orders for their finished goods have fallen off. To just keep producing so that containerboard rolls can sit in some...

NYAD to hold Night at Track.(AT THE MEADOWLANDS)(New York Association of Dealers, Paper Mills' Supplies Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... The New York Association of Dealers in Paper Mills' Supplies, Inc., is holding its next event, "A Night at the Track" on Wed., May 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J. Nonmembers are welcome; business-casual...

Paper Recycling Conference speakers set.(EXPERT PANEL)
May 7, 2005... The 2005 Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show has lined up its speakers for the keynote session, "As The World Turns: Fiber Flow Dynamics." The panel, moderated by Bill Moore of Moore & Associates, features Ming Chung of Nine Dragons, Al...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Illustration)
May 7, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Nipson, Pitman sign agreement.(DISTRIBUTION UNION)
May 7, 2005... Nipson America, Elk Grove Village, Ill., signs a distributor agreement with Pitman Co., Totowa, N.J. The distribution partnership establishes Nipson as Pitman's digital printing manufacturer of choice for packaging companies, converters and...

AICC offers virtual conferences.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) unveils a new series of 90-minute audio/web conferences in customer service, which expands upon AICC's online customer service training program. Kim Nelson, general manager, Royal...

Vacumet buys Proma Technologies.(METALLIZED PAPER)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Vacumet Corp., Wayne, N.J., acquires the assets of Proma Technologies, Franklin, Mass. Terms weren't disclosed. The Franklin facility will become part of Vacumet's Metallized Paper Division. "The newly expanded Metallized Paper Division...

Amtech sells to Dura-Fibre.(SOFTWARE SALE)
May 7, 2005... Amtech sells its E-Motion software to Dura-Fibre, LLC, Menasha, Wis. E-Motion is Amtech's e-commerce software suite, which will allow Dura-Fibre's customers to enter orders, request quotes, check inventory, release shipments, and communicate...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 7, 2005... Transacted Boxboard Prices 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...

Printing and converting join forces.(SEPTEMBER 9-15, CHICAGO)(PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05)
May 7, 2005... PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05, happening September 9-15 at Chicago's McCormick Place, will focus on the link between commercial printing and package printing. Commercial printing equipment manufacturers have seen that some package printer needs can...

Bobst Open House highlights mid-range advances.(NO-BLINK BLANKING)(Angle Lock)
May 7, 2005... New technology is making mid-range platen diecutting more economical and do-it-yourself blank manufacturing an affordable and profitable option for converters, according to the Bobst Group. The company demonstrated this at an open house held...

Georgia-Pacific.(James Taylor, Rick Wachsler appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Atlanta-based Georgia.Pacific promotes two employees. James Taylor, former sales and marketing director of the company's Kraft division, has been appointed director of sales for the company's bleached board business. Rick Wachsler will succeed...

People's Capital and Leasing Corp.(John Bernhardt appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... People's Capital and Leasing Corp., Bridgeport, Conn., hires John Bernhardt as vice president of sales for the Southwest. His office is based in Tyler, Texas.

Maxcess International.(Marcel G. Hage appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Maxcess Interational, the Oklahoma City-based parent company of Fife, MAGPOWER and Tidland, names Marcel G. Hage group vice president, North America. In addition to leading the sales and marketing efforts for Maxcess, Hage will lead the Tidland...

MAN Roland Inc.(David Doucette appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... MAN Roland Inc. appoints David Doucette as district sales manager for Southern California and Las Vegas. The company has enlisted Doucette, a 25-year veteran of the graphic arts industry, to bring advanced sheetfed technology and new business...

OASIS Alignment Services, Inc.(Larry Kubale appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... OASIS Alignment Services, Inc., based in Rochester, N.H., names Larry Kubale account manager, Midwest regional office, located in Appleton, Wis. Kubale has more than 25 years of experience in maintenance and manufacturing management in the pulp...

Obituary.(John J. Ardizzi died)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 7, 2005... John J. Ardizzi, 74, a retired corrugated support analyst for Bensalem, Pa.-based Amtech Software and Futura Services, died April 14. He began his career in 1957 and joined Amtech in 1986 as a software systems trainer. He was subsequently...

Smurfit-Stone's i2i site goes live.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s website )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. launches the i2i business unit website www.i2iservices.com. The site features information about the company's i2i (innovation to implementation) business, including operating locations, products and services. Site...

Greif Inc.(John Lilak resigned)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... John Lilak, executive vice president of Greif Inc., Delaware, Ohio, will retire Oct. 31. He also served as president of the company's timber subsidiary Soterra LLC. Beginning Nov. 1 Lilak will work for Greifin a limited capacity on special...

Praxair Surface Technologies.(Randy Davidson appointed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2005... Praxair Surface Technologies, Alsip, Ill., appoints Randy Davidson as sales representative for its North American printing business. Davidson is responsible for developing and growing Praxair's laser engraved ceramic anilox roll business in...

Will JSG and Kappa merge?(Jefferson Smurfit Group PLC, Kappa Packaging)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Jefferson Smurfit Group (ISG), Dublin, Ireland, is in talks with Kappa Packaging, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, to possibly form a $6.4 billion packaging company. Last week JSG said the two companies "confirm that they have commenced...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 14, 2005... 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...

Southern Container buys Regal Corrugated.(Regal Corrugated Box Co.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Southern Container Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., is purchasing Philadelphia-based Regal Corrugated Box Co. Inc.'s business and certain assets. Terms weren't disclosed. The business will be transitioned to Southern's Lancaster, Pa., and Dayton, N.J.,...

Gulf States sale eliminates jobs.(Gulf States Paper Corp., Rock-Tenn Co.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Tuscaloosa-Ala.-based Gulf States Paper Corp. will eliminate 67 jobs as a result of the sale of its paperboard division to Atlanta-based Rock-Tenn Co. Gulf States says the payroll reduction will total $4.1 million a year. Gulf States will...

Oracle Pkg buys R.J. Reynolds Pkg.(Oracle Packaging, R.J. Reynolds Packaging L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Folding carton converter Oracle Packaging, Tulsa, Ok., buys R.J. Reynolds Packaging, LLC, Winston-Salem, N.C. Terms weren't disclosed. "This acquisition allows us to add a new facet," says J. Scott Dickman, ceo of Oracle. "The RJR plant...

Fiber consumption is up.(AF&PA SAYS)(American Forest & Paper Association)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Total fiber consumption by the U.S. paper industry--wood, pulp, recovered paper, and nonwood fibers--rose 2.9 percent to 94.3 million tons ha 2004, according to the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). This increase, a result of the...

PACE, USWA agree to merge.(United Steelworkers of America with Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers to form United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... The largest industrial union in North America was formed last month when United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) leaders signed an agreement creating USW--the United Steel, Paper...

IP recognized for fruitful design.(AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD)(International Paper)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... International Paper (IP) received an American Graphic Design Award at the annual Graphic Design USA competition for the colorful designs printed on the DEFOR trays it supplies to Pro-Fruit, the New Jersey-based fruit importer. Pro-Fruit ships a...

Harper selects Flexo High School of Year.(PHOENIX CHALLENGE)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School of Mississauga, Ontario, has been selected the 2005 Harper Flexo High School of the Year for its outstanding performance in the Eighth Annual International Phoenix Challenge Flexo Skills Competition,...

Market report: Northeast markets dull.
May 14, 2005... Markets in the Northeast, reflecting the broader regional economy, are sputtering along in low gear. While there are bright spots, most companies report a small, but still troubling, trend downward. "Things are pretty stagnant," says Jim...

Budget Box updates Imaginera.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Amtech upgrades Dallas-based Budget Box to the SQL Server version of Imaginera. Imaginera is Amtech's core system, which does everything from estimating to scheduling to job costing and accounting. The Microsoft platform will provide Budget...

AICC accepting design competition entries.(DEADLINE IS ON OCTOBER 7)
May 14, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) is accepting entries for its 12th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition, "Revolutionary Design: Independent Innovation." The competition gives first place, second...

Board demand slips.(containerboard)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... North American containerboard demand decreased slightly last March, down 1.3 percent compared to the same month last year, the Pulp mad Paper Products Council (PPPC), Montreal, reports. Linerboard demand was down 3.3 percent and was partially...

Why have OCC prices softened?(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Since the beginning of this year overcapacity and low operating rates in China have had a tempering effect on OCC prices, says David Clapp, senior economist, World Fiber Service, RISI. He was a featured Paper Recycling Session speaker at last...

Canada's recovered paper consumption (metric tons) March 2005.(Illustration)
May 14, 2005... Canada's Recovered Paper Consumption (metric tons) March 2005 All PAPER AND BOARD Producers (including estimates for nonreporting companies) RECEIPTS ...

Mid America buys Vista Fibers.(RECOVERED PAPER)(Mid America Recycling Co.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Mid America Recycling Co. (MAR), Des Moines, Iowa, one of the nation's largest multi-material recycling companies, purchases Vista Fibers, Dallas, Texas. Terms weren't disclosed. Vista Fibers, with five recycling plants located in Dallas,...

Converter receives Gillette Award.(Boutwell, Owens and Co.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Folding carton converter Boutwell, Owens & Co., Fitchburg, Mass., received the Gillette OmniMark Supplier Award during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston on April 28. The Gillette OmniMark Award recognizes...

Lean manufacturing take two.(AICC EVENT)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (MCC) offers a lean manufacturing program specifically for corrugated and paperboard industry production managers and supervisors: Lean QuickStart for Production. Lean manufacturing and...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
May 14, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News (1) (4) (6) Chicago ...

Sonoco receives HR honor.(human resource)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Human resource experts name Hartsville, S.C.-based Sonoco to the 2005 Top 20 U.S. Companies for Leaders list. The list is sponsored by global human resources services firm Hewitt Associates and The Human Resource Planning Society, a network of...

UK Smurfit plant installs Kiwiplan.(supply chain management software installed, Kiwiplan Europe Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Kiwiplan Europe has been awarded the contract to install its full manufacturing system at Smurfit's Chelmsford plant. The Chelmsford plant is the last Smurfit corrugated box plant in the United Kingdom to install Kiwiplan's supply chain...

AICC golf outing set.(REGION FIVE)
May 14, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters region five will hold its annual golf outing at the Flossmore Country Club, Flossmore, Ill., on Mon., July 25. Lunch, dinner and contests are included. Space is limited. For more information,...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 14, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White New DLK News Cuttings Blanks ...

Chesapeake reaches settlement.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Chesapeake Corp. has reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a final settlement resolving the investigation into issues related to the company's restatements of quarterly earnings in 2000. The issues subject to...

Accurate Box installs Asitrade MPC-IV.(Accurate Box Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... The Bobst Group recognizes Paterson, N.J.-based Accurate Box Co. as the first North American installation of an Asitrade MPC-IV inline laminator. "We were one of the first Asitrade installations in the U.S. That was in 1986. We have now...

Record first qtr for People's Capital.(People's Capital and Leasing Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... People's Capital and Leasing Corp., Bridgeport, Conn., achieves a record first quarter for 2005. Sales volume for the period ending March 30 was approximately $70 million from 76 transactions. Senior Vice President of Sales Kevin Hartney...

Two board mills to raise prices.(Pekin Paperboard Co. and Michigan Paperboard Co.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Two Midwestern companies are raising prices, citing rising recovered paper, energy, transportation, insurance, and chemical costs as the causes. Pekin Paperboard Co., Pekin, Ill., will raise prices on all grades by $35 per ton with...

Cascades reports loss.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Cascades Inc., Kingsey Falls, Quebec, reports net earnings of $0 (Canadian) for the quarter ended March 31. Excluding certain specific items, the company recorded a net loss of $1 million for the same period. This compares with a net loss of $6...

Corpap installs rebuilt aerator.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Corpap, Inc. has purchased a factory-rebuilt Woodward Jogger Aerator Model S/500 for its new plant in Longueuil, Quebec. This installation is Corpap's second Woodward machine; the first was at the company's original plant in Markham, Ontario....

FBA/TAPPI to conduct survey.(Fibre Box Association, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... The Fibre Box Association (FBA) and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) are collaborating to conduct the 2005 Productivity and Waste Survey. The last survey took place in 2003. The Productivity and Waste Survey...

AICC trains companies in Ohio, Texas.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... In early May the AICC held training events in Columbus, Ohio, and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. In Ohio, AICC and Mark Neely Seminars, based in Santa Monica, Calif., partnered to offer a two-day in-house training program, "Negotiating Strength," to...

Caraustar wants to raise prices.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Caraustar, Austell, Ga., plans to raise prices on all coated and uncoated recycled paperboard grades by $35 per ton. The increase will become effective with shipments on May 23. Despite the positive impact of improved mill operating rates,...

Stafford Cutting Dies, Inc.(president receives award)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Clemson University honored Clint Medlock, president of Stafford Cutting Dies, Inc., with the 2005 Top Cat Award. Faculty members select one or more people annually who have contributed significantly to the welfare of the Clemson graphic...

Fibre Box Association.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... The Royal Group's Robert McIlvaine is the Fibre Box Association's new chairman. Weyerhaeuser's Dan Pyne is first vice chairman while Green Bay Packaging's Tom Herlihy is second vice chairman.

International Paper.(awards)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Tim Boyle, national account manager, container, International Paper, has been honored for achieving professional excellence in sales and marketing. It is his second time to receive this award. He works with companies such as Maytag, Electrolux...

Jamil Packaging Corp.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Jamil Packaging Corp., Mishawaka, Ind., makes several new hires. Randy Miller and Don Klejnot join Jamil's management team, and Pete Leuthold becomes the company's industrial designer. Together the three bring more than 48 years of experience.

Corenso North America.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Corenso North America, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., appoints Thomas F. Janke to president and business area director. He joined the company in 1996 as a sales representative for cores and tubes, with a focus on paper mill business. He was promoted...

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... David L. Wagger joins the staff of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) as director of environmental management. He also will head the implementation of ISRI's Recycling Industries' Operating Standard (RIOS), an...

Smurfit-Stone joins Hang Yick.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. forms joint venture with Hang Yick Paper Products Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, has entered a joint venture with Honk Kong-based Hang Yick Paper Products Co. Limited, a corrugated sheets and packaging producer. With this investment, Smurfit-Stone broadens the printing and...

Fibre Box Association.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2005... At the Fibre Box Association's (FBA) recent annual meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dwight Schmidt was named to replace Bruce Benson as president of the FBA when Benson retires in February 2006. Schmidt currently serves as executive director of...

Board prices keep slipping.(INCREASE? FORGET ABOUT IT)
May 21, 2005... While a few integrated containerboard producers are still trying to raise their prices by billing independent box makers $50/ton more for kraft linerboard and semichemical medium (effective with May 1 invoices), the chances of them getting more...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... 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...

Southern Container buys former Bicknell-Fuller.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Southern Container Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., comes to an agreement with Liberty Diversified Industries to purchase its Boston packaging facility, formerly Bicknell-Fuller. Terms weren't disclosed. The business will be transitioned to Southern's...

Boise kills IPO.(Boise Cascade Co)(Initial public offerings)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Boise Cascade Co. is withdrawing its plans to go public, citing adverse market conditions. The company and its equity sponsor, Madison Dearborn Partners, had hoped to sell 16 million shares to the public and begin trading on the New York Stock...

Corrugated Supplies expands.(Corrugated Supplies Co)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Corrugated Supplies Co. (CS), Bedford Park, Ill., plans to invest $25.5 million and create 60 new jobs over the next five years in New Haven, Ind. The corrugated sheet maker will purchase a 474,029 sq ft building, call it CSC-Indiana, and share...

Norampac to close Montreal plant.(PLANT CLOSURE)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Norampac Inc. will close its Montreal corrugated box plant during the second quarter of 2006. The closure is part of a global reorganization of its Quebec activities, which includes an investment plan totaling close to $30 million. The...

Numbering enhances Zippo packaging.(Zippo Manufacturing Co. contracts Paradise Packaging Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Zippo Manufacturing Co. challenged the design team at Paradise Packaging, Inc. to develop a creative package that would enhance the "collectability factor" of two new lines off-limited edition keepsake lighters--one commemorating the Three...

Radius offers tips on getting lean.(LEAN IS KEEN)
May 21, 2005... In a recent study done for the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI), 57 percent of the companies surveyed said that they were planning to initiate a lean manufacturing project in the next three years. From this finding and other results,...

Monroe to introduce die ejection product.(Monroe Rubber & Plastic Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Monroe Rubber & Plastic Inc. will exhibit its cutting-edge technologies for the diecutting industry at The Odyssey Show, June 15-16, in Atlanta. Attendees will have one of the first opportunities to see the new Pro-Pel die ejection product,...

ADI/PDM rebuilds, supplies pads for machines.(ADI/PDM Trade Group)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... ADI/PDM Trade Group rebuilds and supplies spare parts for all ARC/Doyle and W.V. Doyle Enterprise machines from its new manufacturing plant in High Point, N.C. Serviceable equipment includes counter-ejectors, folder-gluers, mounter-proofers,...

gPAL, an economical, automatic robot palletizer.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... To answer the growing need for quality, Bobst introduces the gPAL, an economical, automatic robot palletizer. Corrugated boxes frequently travel on automatic conveyors; therefore, blank pile quality needs to be exceptional for these lines to...

PMMI predicts machinery growth.(Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) forecasts a 7 percent growth in packaging machinery sales in the U.S., to an estimated $5.91 billion. The predicted increase follows three consecutive years of growth following the economic...

PPC to hold capital expense meeting.(Paperboard Packaging Council)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) will hold a financial meeting, "Maxing Capex: Getting the Most from Capital Expenditure Planning and Budgeting," on June 8-9 in St. Louis. The workshop is not just for converters and chief financial...

Amtech upgrades Berry Packaging.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2005... Bensalem, Pa.-based Amtech upgrades Barry Packaging, Inc., Tampa, Fla., to the SQL Server version of Imaginera. The software estimates, schedules, and performs job costing and accounting tasks. For more information, call 215-639-9540 or visit...