Official Board Markets articles from May 2009

Official Board Markets archives from May 2009

Australia's 'cardboard king' dies.(Richard Pratt remembered)
May 2, 2009... The man who built up his family's corrugated container business to a $3.6 billion fortune lost his battle with prostate cancer April 28. Self-made billionaire Richard Pratt, 74, died just hours after criminal charges against him were dropped in...

Transacted containerboard prices.
May 2, 2009... 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...

IPC opens $10 million plant.
May 2, 2009... Integrated Packaging Corp. (IPC) has opened a new, $10 million, 90,000 sq-ft manufacturing plant in New Brunswick, N.J. It will house a new high-tech BHS corrugator. The new BHS corrugator will create operating efficiencies in the box...

SSCC linerboard mill shutdown extended.
May 2, 2009... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, says it will extend the 10-day shutdown of its Frenchtown, Mont., linerboard mill by another 30 days due to market conditions. An estimated 280 workers will be laid off until June 1. The No. 2...

Morphy acquired by Royal Containers.(TRANSACTION IN ONTARIO)(Morphy Containers Ltd.)(Brief article)
May 2, 2009... The wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Containers Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, has acquired the assets of Morphy Containers Ltd., London, Ontario. Terms were not disclosed. This purchase will enhance the company's production capabilities and...

AICC Mexico meeting postponed.(PROMPTED BY HEALTH CRISIS)(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
May 2, 2009... Due to the current health crisis in central Mexico, the AICC Mexico board of directors has decided to postpone the AICC Mexico Annual Meeting and Trade Fair which was to take place May 21-22 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Tlalnepantla, Mexico....

MWV to make restart decision.(FIVE MACHINES CURRENTLY SHUT DOWN)
May 2, 2009... MeadWestvaco (MWV), Richmond, Va., will evaluate in this month whether it will restart one of five machines it shut down April 1 at its paperboard mill in Evadale, Texas, the Beaumont Enterprise reports. About 36 employees at Evadale were laid...

Walki[R]Pack Bio X.(Product Update)
May 2, 2009... Walki[R]Pack Bio X is a polymer-coated board with a biodegradable polymer coated surface launched by Walki Group. It is fully biodegradable, nontoxic, food safe, recyclable, and contains no heavy metal content. Walki-Pack Bio X will not...

PPC Week combines three programs.(JUNE 8-12)(Paperboard Packaging Council)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
May 2, 2009... The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) is combining three engaging and informative programs into the association's first-ever PPC Week, June 8-12, at its headquarters in Springfield, Mass. PPC's Folding Carton Boot Camp will be held in...

CardPak sponsors TICCIT program.(PLANTING TREES)(Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees Program)(Brief article)
May 2, 2009... CardPak, Solon, Ohio, is joining with the Solon schools and the Paperboard Packaging Council in sponsoring the Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees Program (TICCIT). The outreach and education program highlights the renewability and...

Bell returns to his roots at TFC: after five years at Sonoco, he is back in Virginia, better prepared.(FAMILIAR TERRITORY)
May 2, 2009... Andrew Bell is once again a big fish in a little pond. The 41-year-old new vice president of marketing for TFC Recycling, Chesapeake, Va., is back on familiar turf. He began his career in recycling back in 1998 with Manchester Recycling in...

RT's Profits more than double.(LOWER MATERIAL COSTS)(Rock-Term Co. )(Financial report)
May 2, 2009... Rock-Term Co. (RT), Norcross, Ga., posted second-quarter profits that were more than double what they were a year ago, due primarily to lower costs for materials. For the three months ending March 31, net income was $37.4 million. That was...

Clearwater to idle paperboard machine.(AT IDAHO MILL)
May 2, 2009... Clearwater Paper, Spokane, Wash., will temporarily lay off about 50 employees at its paperboard mill in Lewiston, Idaho, starting May 4, the Associated Press reports. The layoffs are expected to last a week. Matt Van Vleet, a company spokesman,...

OCC prices settle.(MARKET REPORT)(old corrugated containers )
May 2, 2009... Over the past four weeks OCC prices can best be described in three words: quiet and stable. Yes, $5 per ton bumps up occurred in the Northeast and on the West Coast. But this was more board mills reacting to a strong export market. The healthy...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.
May 2, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago ...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.
May 2, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings Blanks Shavings ...

Boxboard prices remain very stable.(MILLS MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND)
May 2, 2009... Producers of boxboard grades are doing everything in their power to keep their prices stable. For the most part, they're succeeding at matching soft demand by taking market-related downtime. The transacted boxboard price chart on this page...

Malnove installs new KBA press.(OUT WITH THE OLD)
May 2, 2009... KBA North America, Williston, Vt,, and Dallas, Texas, has replaced a 50-in. press with a new KBA Rapida 142 56-in. seven-color press at Malnove, Inc., the largest independent folding carton manufacturer in North America. The new press was...

Transacted boxboard prices.
May 2, 2009... 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...

Transacted paper stock prices.
May 2, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices Export/how Grades All prices are Port FAS Mixed Paper News OCC Chicago $45-48 (+12) 66-69 (+11) 75-78 (+17) New York 63-66...

Confab will include recovered paper pricing workshop.(BY MOORE & ASSOCIATES)
May 2, 2009... The Paper Recycling Conference and Trade Show's Pricing Workshop will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. June 7, the first day of the conference at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The workshop will provide a perspective on recovered paper pricing to industry...

Mark Andy offers economic assistance.(SAVINGS ON EQUIPMENT)(Brief article)
May 2, 2009... Mark Andy, St. Louis, has a new Partner for Progress program, designed to assist printers and converters eager to move their business forward in today's tough economic times. The program centers on the Mark Andy 2200, a benchmark in...

AICC will hold annual meeting in Las Vegas.(WITH PACK EXPO)(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
May 2, 2009... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will hold its 2009 Annual Meeting and 14th International Package Design Competition in conjunction with Pack Expo Las Vegas 2009, Oct. 5-7. Pack Expo will be held at the Las Vegas...

Honey Cell installs solar panels.(30 PERCENT SAVINGS ANTICIPATED)
May 2, 2009... Honey Cell Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., recently added more than 1,100 solar energy panels to its roofing system installed by Mercury Solar Systems, Inc., New Rochelle, N.Y. The solar photovoltaic power system on its roof is 200 kW and generates...

TAPPI offers discount on market reports.(FROM PIRA)
May 2, 2009... TAPPI now offers members discounted prices on select market reports from Pira International. Backed by 80 years of experience in the paper, packaging and printing industries, Pira reports provide exclusive insight into market drivers,...

Cascades recognized as a 'greenest employer'.(IN CANADA)
May 2, 2009... Cascades, Kingsey Falls, Quebec, has attained the ranks of Canada's greenest employers in 2009. This recognition by Mediacorp is given to employers that blend environmental values into their corporate culture and demonstrate initiative in this...

Dynamic dies offers expanded customer service.(FASTER QUOTES, ELECTRONIC CONFIRMATION)
May 2, 2009... Dynamic Dies, Inc., Holland, Ohio, has rolled out its new Premier Customer Service Plan in a continual effort to meet the expanding needs of its customers. With this new plan, customer service hours will be expanded. This new customer service...

DURO-TAK[TM] RRP.(Product Updates)
May 2, 2009... DURO-TAK[TM] RRP adhesives from Henkel Corp., Bridgewater, N.J., provide the benefits of two-part performance formulations in a one-part package. The formulation of the adhesives allows for higher amounts of reactive groups to be present while...

Pile turner.(Product Updates)
May 2, 2009... Woodward Jogger Aerators, Inc., Brick, N.J., has added a new, low-cost pile turner to its product offering. The mobile unit is self-propelled and battery powered, with a built-in charger. It transports and turns loads up to 28 in. by 40 in.,...

Intrigue[TM].(Product Updates)
May 2, 2009... Wausau Paper, Wausau, Wis., now offers [Intrigue.sup.TM], a line of fine packaging papers specially developed for use in luxury packaging applications, including uncoated papers for labels, retail bags, and boxes. Intrigue packaging papers are...

ReNew[TM] Green.(Product Updates)
May 2, 2009... Flexo Concepts, Plymouth, Mass., launches ReNew[TM] Green anilox circulation system and general pressroom cleaner. It is designed to improve anilox performance and simplify anilox and general surface cleaning for flexographic and sheetfed...

ICCA-WCO summit draws international crowd.(IN TOKYO)
May 2, 2009... More than 170 delegates from 80 associations and companies met for the Second Biennial International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA)--World Containerboard Organisation (WCO) Corrugated Containerboard Summit April 20-23 at the Imperial Hotel...

MWV receives $77 million for alternative fuel use.(FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS 'ON TRACK')
May 2, 2009... MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV), Richmond, Va., received payments totaling about $77 million in April related to an allowable alternative fuel excise tax credit from the Internal Revenue Service, which represents a period of about 12 weeks of fuel...

SCA to close 11 corrugated box plants.(WILL CUT 2,200 JOBS)
May 2, 2009... Sweden-based SCA is expected to reduce annual costs by approximately $208 million by initiating an efficiency improvement program. The program includes closing 11 corrugated box plants in Europe and cutting 14 percent of its workforce, which is...

Harper supports Clemson's packaging institute.(DONATES SUPPLIES)
May 2, 2009... Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., is a strong supporter of the state-of-the-art new Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. It has donated to the program's stock of anilox rolls, proofing...

Bobst installs diecutter and folder-gluer.(AT WEST COAST CENTER)
May 2, 2009... Bobst Group North America, Roseland, N.J., has installed a Commercial 106 E Autoplaten[R] diecutter and Visionfold 110-A2 CS folder-gluer at its West Coast Training and Demonstration Center located in Advanced Die's Santa Fe Springs, Calif.,...

KBA expands partnership with KBR.(EXCLUSIVE CANADIAN DISTRIBUTION)
May 2, 2009... KBA North America, Williston, Vt., and Dallas, is expanding its partnership with KBR Graphics Ltd. by naming the Canadian firm as its new exclusive Canadian distribution channel for all KBA sheetfed press products, service, and parts for...

PZ Pilot Pro[R].(Product Update)
May 2, 2009... Squid Ink Manufacturing, Inc., Brooklyn Park, Minn., has introduced its new PZ Pilot Pro[R] hi-resolution inkjet printing system featuring the Xaar 380 printhead. The PZ Pilot Pro is an affordable new device for printing high quality bar codes...

ICCA forecast suggests adding value.(CORRUGATED GROWTH IN ASIA)
May 2, 2009... The International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA) has released the ICCA Global Corrugated Forecast 2008-2012. It contains information on the following: * Global economic prospects; * Forecast of global corrugated demand; * Key...

Clearwater, IP earnings improve.(ALTERNATIVE FUEL TAX CREDIT FACTOR)
May 2, 2009... Clearwater Paper Corp., Spokane, Wash., reported net earnings for the first quarter of 2009 of $13.6 million compared to net earnings of $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2008. Significantly higher earnings for the consumer products segment...

Alliance develops inventory management system.(WITH UPM RAFLATAC AND SEEONIC)(Brief article)
May 2, 2009... UPM Raflatac, Seeonic and Alliance, a RockTenn company, have deployed a new generation of Alliance's MAXRPM[TM], an inventory management system for retail promotional items that uses RFID technology to provide retailers and manufacturers with...

AICC will co-locate with Pack Expo.(14TH ANNUAL DESIGN COMPETITION)
May 2, 2009... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) is co-locating its 2009 Annual Meeting and 14th International Package Design Competition with Pack Expo--Oct. 5-7 in Las Vegas. Entries in AICC's 14th International Corrugated Package...

International Forest Products Corp. (IFP).(People Update)
May 2, 2009... International Forest Products Corp. (IFP), Foxborough, Mass., promotes Daniel Moore to the position of chief operating officer. He has more than 25 years of experience in the forest products industry and joined IFP in 1988. Since that time he...

Obituary.(Obituary)
May 2, 2009... Michael Dempsey, a member of the board of directors of Greif, Inc., Delaware, Ohio, passed away April 29 in Columbus, Ohio. Dempsey, 52, a resident of San Diego, had been a director since 1996.

Containerboard prices tumble.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
May 9, 2009... Over the past couple months, the tough stance taken by integrated kraft linerboard and semi-chemical medium producers has weakened substantially. While one producer (International Paper) is still willing to walk away from the temptation to...

Smaller paper producers want tax credit retained.
May 9, 2009... Several mid-size independent U.S. pulp and paper producers are considering forming a coalition that would work to retain the U.S. alternative fuel mixture tax credit, reports Forestweb. They want to cap the amount of the credit available...

Transacted containerboard prices.
May 9, 2009... 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...

Graphic Packaging complies with NYSE.(AVERAGE SHARE PRICE OVER $1)
May 9, 2009... Graphic Packaging Holding Co., Marietta, Ga., received notification from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that as of April 30, the company's 30-day average share price was above $1, restoring the company's compliance with the minimum share...

Chesapeake acquisition completed.(NEW U.K. HEADQUARTERS)(Irving Place Capital Management, L.P.)(Oaktree Capital Management, L.P)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... Chesapeake has completed its financial restructuring through an acquisition by private equity institutions Irving Place Capital Management, L.P. and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. The sale effectively marks the completion of the...

Yes, waste does matter.(FRAGILE TIMES)
May 9, 2009... I've read that the "ability to learn faster than your competitors is the only truly sustainable competitive advantage." Considering that, learn and embrace that waste is your enemy. Not only for a few major and immediately understood waste...

Creative papers death was preventable.(WORKER SAFETY REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... A report on worker safety reveals that the death of a 24-year-old worker at a corrugating medium mill owned by Creative Papers Inc., Worcester, Mass., could have been prevented had the mill properly installed safety guards on the machinery,...

MOD-PAC's folding carton sales grow.(REVENUE UP)
May 9, 2009... MOD-PAC CORP., Buffalo, N.Y., reported revenue of $12.3 million for the first quarter of 2009, which ended April 4, up 6.5 percent compared with the first quarter of 2008. Sales growth was driven by increased demand for its custom folding...

A&V distributes for Flint Group.(PRINTING PLATES AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT)
May 9, 2009... Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. (A&V) will be distributing Luxembourg-based Flint Group Flexographic Products' line of nyloprint[R] printing plates and processing equipment for letterpress printing applications. A&V, a leading distributor of...

Boise shows improvement.(IN FIRST QUARTER)
May 9, 2009... Boise Inc., Boise, Idaho, reports a net loss of $900,000 for first quarter 2009, compared with a fourth quarter net loss of $15.5 million. Boise's first quarter 2008 net loss was $16.4 million, which includes the combined packaging and paper...

Rock-Tenn paperboard mill certified.(CHAIN OF CUSTODY)
May 9, 2009... The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has given Norcross, Ga.-based Rock-Tenn Co.'s specialty paperboard products mill in Aurora, Ill., a chain of custody certification. The Aurora mill is a leading North American producer and converter of 100...

Containerboard inventories drop.(REPORTS AF&PA)
May 9, 2009... Total containerboard inventories (at mills and box plants combined) fell 4.5 percent between the end of February and the end of March, the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) states. Specifically, they went from 2,541,000 tons at the...

Report teaches Packaging Innovation.(FROM PACKAGING STRATEGIES AND PTIS)
May 9, 2009... Packaging Innovation: A Key Business Tool and Enabler for Growth and Profitability is now available for purchase. Written by Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions (PTIS) and with content directed and published by Packaging Strategies, the...

FTA recognizes best in flexography.(DURING ANNUAL FORUM)
May 9, 2009... The Flexographic Technical Association's (FTA) Excellence ha Flexography Awards were presented on May 3 at FTA's 2009 Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Winning top prize in their respective categories for the title of Best of...

Sumter Packaging pledges $50,000 to ICPF.(SUPPORTS PROGRAMS)
May 9, 2009... CorrAlliance Partner Sumter Packaging Corp. has pledged $50,000 to support the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF). Sumter Packaging Corp. was founded in 1958 as Kankakee Container Co. in Kankakee, Ill. In 1981, the company...

Paperboard mill performance.
May 9, 2009... 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 ...

Producer price indexes - 1982=100.
May 9, 2009... Producer Price Indexes--1982=100 Percent Change Annual From ...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.
May 9, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices - Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $15-20 (0)...

WM profits hurt by recycling.(REVISING CONTRACTS)(Financial report)
May 9, 2009... Houston-based Waste Management Inc. (WM) saw first quarter profit fall 36 percent. The Associated Press reports declining markets for recycled materials hit the nation's largest garbage collector particularly hard. WM's subsidiary WM Recycle...

Recycling gains made in Canada.(MORE THAN 80 PERCENT)
May 9, 2009... More than 80 percent of Canadians now have access to the recycling of common corrugated boxes and folding cartons, according to a report by the Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPPEC). This benefits businesses because they...

Layoffs extended at SSCC containerboard mill.(EMPLOYEES WANT ANSWERS)
May 9, 2009... Layoffs for 130 employees at Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s (SSCC) containerboard mill in Ontonagon, Mich., were extended through May, WLUC-TV6 reports. Last month the company stopped paying its 80 percent contribution toward the...

M-real saves energy during production.(IN KEMIART LINERS)
May 9, 2009... Finland-based M-real has exceeded its energy saving target in the production of Kemiart liners, reducing its carbon emissions. M-real's Kemiart liners mill saved more than 9 percent of energy per metric ton in its production in 2008, exceeding...

Diamond uses wind energy for package.(ECO-FRIENDLY PERFUME BOX)
May 9, 2009... Diamond Packaging, Rochester, N.Y., has created a new, greener package for Highland Lilac[TM] perfume, which will debut at the 2009 Lilac Festival May 8-17 in Rochester. It created the new packaging with sustainability in mind. The cartons were...

MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) has two new products that further the company's adherence-promoting packaging solutions for the healthcare industry: Shellpak[R] 170 and Dosepak Express[TM].(Product update)
May 9, 2009... MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) has two new products that further the company's adherence-promoting packaging solutions for the healthcare industry: Shellpak[R] 170 and Dosepak Express[TM]. Both packages are designed to support patient adherence to...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.
May 9, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices - High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

Heidelberg Canada will distribute for MacDermid.(PLATE PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT)
May 9, 2009... Beginning June 1 l, Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment Limited will distribute Atlanta-based MacDermid Printing Solutions' sheet photopolymcr plate products and equipment in Canada. MacDermid's full range of products encompasses both analog...

Project Estimating & Tracking.(Product Update)
May 9, 2009... Solarsoft Business Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, launches new software to extend the complex estimating and project tracking capabilities of its HRMS Gen/2 core business software solution. The Project Estimating & Tracking module allows...

Clearwater Paper.(People Update)
May 9, 2009... Clearwater Paper, Spokane, Wash., selects Thomas Colgrove as vice president of pulp and paperboard. He replaces Harry Seamans, who retired from the company on April 30. Colgrove was most recently senior director, family care products, for...

Transacted paper stock prices export/low grades.
May 9, 2009... Transacted Paper Stock Prices Export/low Grades All prices are Port FAS Mixed Paper News OCC (1) (8) (11) Chicago $45-48 (+12)...

Alliance to begin production in Iowa.(192,000-SQ-FT PLANT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2009... Last week, Alliance, the in-store marketing solutions provider company of Rock-Tema, and QPSI, a contract packaging and supply chain solutions company, began production in a new 192,000-sq-ft contract packaging plant in Iowa City, Iowa. The...

Caraustar reports $4.4 million loss.(BOXBOARD VOLUME DOWN)(Financial report)
May 9, 2009... Caraustar Industries, Inc., Austell, Ga., reveals a net loss for the first quarter of 2009 of $4.4 million, compared to 2008 first quarter income of $200,000. Sales from operations for the first quarter ended March 31 were $159.3 million...

Flutes Inc. closing Ohio plant.(Brief article)
May 16, 2009... Flutes Inc., Indianapolis, is closing its Akron, Ohio, plant in mid-June, reports the Akron Beacon Journal. This move will result in 31 lost jobs. The plant opened in 2003. It combined small flute corrugated and high-quality graphics used...

China and India will lead growth.(GLOBAL CORRUGATED DEMAND)(Brief article)
May 16, 2009... Global corrugated box demand is forecast to grow 3.4 percent annually through 2013, says reportlinker.com in a new market research report entitled World Corrugated Boxes Market to 2013. Gains will be driven in part by the advance of small flute...

TAPPI, Clemson offer PRINT 101.(BASICS OF PRINTING SEMINAR)(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)(Clemson University)(Brief article)
May 16, 2009... TAPPI and Clemson University are joining together to otter PRINT 101, the basics of printing seminar, May 20-22 at Clemson University. Attendees can learn the language and tools required to interact more effectively with the technical...

Rescheduled AICC Mexico mtg. to focus on challenges, opportunities.(DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN)(Conference news)
May 23, 2009... Following the postponement of its meeting originally scheduled for May 21- 22 (due to the swine flu crisis), AICC Mexico reports that the meeting will now occur June 25-26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tlalnepantla, Mexico. No changes are...

Chinese develop new way to make medium.(USES COTTON STALK)(Brief article)
May 23, 2009... A technology that uses agricultural discarded materials for corrugating medium production has recently been developed at China's Tianjin Science and Technology University, reports ChinaPaperOnline.com. It says that this signals the success of...

Paper-handle applicator.(Product Update)
May 23, 2009... Roberts PolyPro, Charlotte, N.C., a division of Pro Mach, offers a next generation paper-handle applicator for paperboard packaging that cost-effectively delivers speed, reliability, and accuracy. This new applicator applies the entire Roberts...

Precision sheeters.(Product Updates)
May 23, 2009... MarquipWardUnited introduces a new addition to its range of precision sheeters. The new product, named the "TSKM," represents a major development that offers advanced features and innovative design in a more compact and affordable size--perfect...

Recovered fiber market hit hard.(HEARD AT RPTA TECHNICAL SEMINAR)(Recycled Paperboard Technical Association)(Conference news)(Brief article)
May 23, 2009... "We are in the worst global financial market in decades, if not our lifetime," says Jim Porter, executive vice president, Rock-Tenn, Syracuse, N.Y. He spoke on recovered fiber market conditions at the recent RPTA Technical Seminar in Orlando....

Premier Pkg buys Sharp Shooter.(FROM ADVANTZWARE)(Premier Packaging L.L.C.)(Brief article)
May 23, 2009... Premier Packaging, a sheet plant in Louisville, Ky., has purchased the Sharp Shooter Inventory Software from Advanced Software, Yardley, Pa. The software uses barcode technology with radio frequency antennae and scanners attached to handheld...