Official Board Markets articles from November 2007

Official Board Markets archives from November 2007

TAPPI CPD holds successful conference.(LAST WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS)(Conference notes)
November 3, 2007... TAPPI's Corrugated Packaging Division (CPD) held a successful conference and CorrExpo show last week Indianapolis. The two-and a half-day conference featured a two-day keynote by motivational speaker Joel Weldon, who discussed how change can...

Transacted containerboard prices.
November 3, 2007... 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...

How RFID technology could benefit Wal-Mart.
November 3, 2007... Retail giant Wal-Mart could gain $287 million in sales if it uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track its inventory, thus avoiding lost sales, reports IDG News Service. The company is preparing to incorporate the...

Recycling organization recognizes Giordano.(SOP PIONEER)
November 3, 2007... In honor of the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, the Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR) recognized and presented a "Certificate of Appreciation" award to Anthony Giordano,...

China's paper making capacity grows.(IN FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF '07)
November 3, 2007... China's paper making capacity during the first eight months of this year increased 16.2 percent over the same period last year, reports ChinaPaperOnline. From January-August 2007, Chinese mills produced 49.8 million metric tons of paper...

AF&PA pushes greenhouse gas reduction.(CLIMATE VISION)
November 3, 2007... To affirm its commitment to reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) and record its progress, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) joins the Department of Energy's Climate VISION (Voluntary Innovative Sector Initiatives: Opportunities Now)...

MeadWestvaco union workers cut lies.(AT COVINGTON BOARD MILL)(United Steelworkers of America)(Brief article)
November 3, 2007... Ninety-six percent of the members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union local at Mead Westvaco's boxboard mill in Covington, Va., have voted to cut ties to the international union, reports The Roanoke Times. Roy Hall, president of the...

Weyco's earnings fall 55 percent.(IN THIRD QUARTER)
November 3, 2007... Weyerhaeuser Co.'s third quarter earnings fell 55 percent because of lower log prices and a deepening decline in the housing market. It earned $101 million, down from $224 million a year earlier. Pretax earnings from its containerboard,...

Abitibi, Bowater complete merger.(NEWSPRINT PRODUCERS)
November 3, 2007... AbitibiBowater Inc. has completed its previously publicized merger of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc. With pro forma revenues of approximately $8 billion last year, AbitibiBowater is the third largest publicly traded paper and forest...

Shorewood launches enhanced Web site.(HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS)(Website overview)
November 3, 2007... Shorewood Packaging, a New York-based business of International Paper, has introduced an enhanced Healthcare Solutions Web site to provide customers with detailed information about its extensive offering of packaging products and services for...

Graphic arts catalog.(Product Updates)
November 3, 2007... "Selecting and Getting the Most Out of Your Ink Delivery System" is only one of the sections with valuable information in Graymills' new 2008 graphic arts catalog. In addition to being a resource for ink delivery systems, filters, tanks and...

On-site test creaser tool.(Product Updates)
November 3, 2007... Mansfield Board Machinery Ltd offers its on-site test creaser tool, designed to demonstrate sample crease profiles using customer board. The portable unit has interchangeable wheels and quickly shows the result of a particular profile on...

Is price all there is?(DON'T IGNORE VALUE)(Brief article)(Column)
November 3, 2007... Is price the only thing your buyer cares about? Is price the primary way you sell? Is a cheap price the basis for your long-term sales strategy? Consider this. If you believe that a cheap price is the best way to go, you are diminishing...

Norampac completes Red Rock sale.(LINERBOARD MILL)
November 3, 2007... Norampac, Montreal, has completed the sale of its Red Rock linerboard mill, located in North West Ontario, Canada. North American Logistic Services is buying this mill. Terms weren't disclosed. Norampac owns seven containerboard mills and...

Jones talks sustainability at industry conference.(GOING GREEN IN CANADA)(Conference news)
November 3, 2007... On Oct. 25, London, Ontario-based Jones Packaging sponsored a one-day "green action plan" conference for the packaging industry. According to an article in The London Free Press, "businesses discussed how to be more sustainable--quickly...

Altogether Recycling to host student tours.(ON 'AMERICA RECYCLES DAY')
November 3, 2007... On Nov. 15, North Denver students in grades 5 through 12 will tour the area's new Altogether Recycling[TM] plant as part of the celebration of America Recycles Day. "When children learn at a young age the importance of recycling, they...

TAPPI's CPD awards honors.(DURING INDIANAPOLIS MEETING)
November 3, 2007... TAPPI's Corrugated Packaging Division (CPD) honored three individuals with division awards during its meeting held last week in Indianapolis. The 2007 TAPPI CPD Technical Award and Harry J. BettendorfPrize has been awarded to Sun Chemical's Bob...

NJPRA to host holiday party.(ON DEC. 11)
November 3, 2007... The New Jersey Paper Recycling Association (NJPRA) will hold its annual Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Red Room of The Brownstone, Paterson, N.J. This year's festivities begin at 6 p.m. and will include an extensive cocktail...

KBA hosts open house.(IN VERMONT)
November 3, 2007... From Oct. 12-14, KBA North America welcomed more than 120 North American customers to its open house event. Held in the newly enlarged Customer Center, the program provided a venue for newly named ceo and president, Holger Garbrecht, to...

Average sheet prices.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
November 3, 2007... Average Sheet Prices Based upon a survey of sheet plants. Per 1000 sq. ft., 25,000 sq. ft. single item orders, including delivery charges. Southeast/ East South...

MeadWestvaco board mill douses fire.(IN S.C.)
November 3, 2007... MeadWestvaco's board mill in North Charleston, S.C., experienced a fire on Oct. 28 in one of its electrical control rooms. It was extinguished within two hours and no one was injured. As of press time the company was still assessing the cause...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Statistical table)
November 3, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News (1) (4) (6) Chicago ...

OCC prices level off.(MARKET REPORT)(old corrugated containers)
November 3, 2007... Throughout October OCC prices either stabilized or softened, China is backing off now, so export pricing stopped rising. OCC generation is up but not as much as normal for this time of year. The warm weather (especially in the Southeast and...

Color reproduction with an offset press.(Product Update)
November 3, 2007... MAN Roland and System Brunner have developed a better way to achieve optimum color reproduction with an offset press, while maintaining color consistency throughout the entire press run. Called okBalance[R] the innovation goes beyond measuring...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Statistical table)
November 3, 2007... Transacted paper stock prices--high grades. For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White New DLK News Cuttings Blanks ...

AF&PA renews alliance with OSHA, PPSA.(WORKPLACE SAFETY)
November 3, 2007... The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) renews its alliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Pulp and Paper Safety Association (PPSA). Under the renewal agreement, the scope of the alliance will be...

HIDE-Pack and Domino Integrated Solutions Group have jointly launched radio-frequency identification (RFID)-enabled Smart Boxes through the HIDE-Pac[TM] system.(Product Updates)
November 3, 2007... HIDE-Pack and Domino Integrated Solutions Group have jointly launched radio-frequency identification (RFID)enabled Smart Boxes through the HIDE-Pac[TM] system. HIDE-Pack is a patent-pending technology that eliminates the need for a paper label...

Recycled die board.(Product Updates)
November 3, 2007... Sonoco launches Revo[TM], the world's first recycled die board for steel rule rotary cutting dies. The boards are made almost entirely from recycled paper and water-based resin. As a joint development between Sonoco and PSC Global, the...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Product Updates)
November 3, 2007... 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...

Tidland to present e-seminar.(ON ERGONOMIC WINDING)
November 3, 2007... Learn the keys to a successful ergonomic program in a new one-hour online seminar delivered by Tidland on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. The free "Tech Tips" seminar will focus on ergonomic considerations in the industrial...

FTA's 2008 awards season under way.(FLEXO EXCELLENCE)
November 3, 2007... The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is now accepting entries for both its 2008 Graphic Design Awards and its 2008 Technical Innovation Award. The aim of its graphic design competition is to recognize the outstanding...

Multidimensional materials.(Product Update)
November 3, 2007... Unifoil Corp.'s new nonlaminated, recyclable UniLustre[R] and Holographic UniLustre[R] are brilliant multidimensional materials that spark designers' imaginations and help printers, converters, and end users grow business. The proprietary...

Smurflt-Stone fundraising drive hits $1.1 million.(FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY)
November 3, 2007... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) recently presented the American Cancer Society with a $134,000 donation to benefit the Hope Lodge Center in St. Louis. For more than a decade, Smurfit-Stone's recycling division has sponsored...

Analog plate but with a digital workflow.(Product Update)
November 3, 2007... Following in the footsteps of ExSpect[TM], its patented analog plate with a completely flat topped dot, PRP Flexo has achieved the same profile within a completely digital environment, thereby enabling the same print advantages of its analog...

Why do private equity firms love packaging?(LOOK AT CARTON INDUSTRY)
November 3, 2007... The packaging industry is being reshaped by a continuing wave of private equity-led mergers and acquisitions, says William J. Hornell, managing director, Mesirow Financial, Chicago, in Packaging Perspectives. Part of this increase is simply a...

Peltz produces movie.(FORMER PAPER RECYCLER)(Highway 51 Productions)(Brief article)
November 3, 2007... The forced evacuation of 8,500 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was headline news. Now it is the subject of a major documentary set for theatrical release by art independent film production company. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Heidelberg unveils eCall.(NO MORE WAITING ON THE PHONE)
November 3, 2007... At the recent Graph Expo exhibition in Chicago, Heidelberg unveiled its new web-based remote service, eCall. Operators of presses equipped with eCall can automatically send an error message generated by the press to the responsible...

Carton report will help identify trends.(CROSS-REFERENCED DATA)
November 3, 2007... Research and Markets, Dublin, Ireland, now offers Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and Its Foreign Trade (1997-2009). It's an in-depth analysis of the industry's structure, competitive landscape, internal financial...

Bobst InTouch[TM] now serves Canada,.(CUSTOMER CONNECTION)(Bobst Group Inc.)(Brief article)
November 3, 2007... Roseland, N.J.-based Bobst Group North America has made InTouch--the direct customer connection--available to Bobst customers in Canada. Launched in 2005 in the U.S., InTouch provides customers a convenient means to check parts availability,...

Adko.(People Update)(Joe Adkison honored with International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking 2007 PEAK Award)(Brief article)
November 3, 2007... For his significant achievements in leading others to consensus and solutions, Joe Adkison, president of, is honored with the International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking's (IADD's) 2007 PEAK Award. PEAK recognizes the most positive...

Outage will hurt PCA.(AT LINERBOARD MILL)
November 10, 2007... Packaging Corp. of America (PCA), Lake Forest, Ill., a supplier of containerboard and corrugated boxes, experienced a major, unplanned outage on Oct. 24 at its Counce, Tenn., linerboard mill. It will result in lost production and hurt its...

Transacted containerboard prices.
November 10, 2007... 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...

IP plans to raise white top prices.
November 10, 2007... International Paper (IP), Memphis, is telling its white top linerboard customers that it plans to increase prices for this grade by $60 per ton, effective with shipments on Dec. 3. The company produces 400,000 tons of white top per year. Other...

SSCC's Salinas, Calif., box plant under investigation.(WORKERS COMPENSATION SCANDAL)
November 10, 2007... On Nov. 1, the Monterey County (Calif.) District Attorney's Office told the media that it is continuing to probe allegations that employees at the Salinas box company of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) were pressured not to file workers'...

KapStone reports Q3 increase.(UP 26 PERCENT)(KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 10, 2007... KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Northfield, Ill., reports third quarter 2007 net sales of $66.2 million, up $1.9 million, or 2.9 percent, and operating income of $12.9 million, up 25.6 percent over the same quarter last year. ...

Rock-Tenn's sales increase 6.2 percent.(IN FOURTH QUARTER)(Financial report)
November 10, 2007... Rock-Term Co. reports earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 30 of $0.50 per diluted share and for the fiscal year then ended of $2.07 per diluted share. The company reported net income of $21.5 million, and $28.7 million for the prior year...

Rand-Whitney might receive grant.($6.4 MILLION)(Rand-Whitney Container Corp.)(Brief article)
November 10, 2007... Rand-Whitney Containerboard, Montville, Conn., could soon receive almost $6.4 million in ratepayer-funded incentives for a power-generating turbine the company installed in its recycled board mill in 2005, even though the turbine went online...

Cascades' earnings are up.(UP $6 MILLION)
November 10, 2007... Cascades Inc. reports net earnings of $16 million (Canadian) for the quarter ended Sept. 30. This compares with net earnings of $10 million for the same period in 2006. Improved operating income and net earnings compared to Q2 2007 are...

Rock-Tenn Co.(People Update)
November 10, 2007... Rock-Tenn Co.'s board of directors appoints Bettina Whyte as a director, filling an existing vacancy. She is to hold office until the annual shareholders meeting in 2009, or until her successor is qualified and elected. Whyte, 58, was...

AF&PA praises house bill passage.(U.S-PERU TRADE)
November 10, 2007... Last week Donna Harman, president and ceo of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) praised the House of Representatives' passage of the H.R. 3688-United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. "This free trade...

FBA, TAPPI help companies benchmark plant performance.(BIENNIAL SURVEY)
November 10, 2007... The Fibre Box Association (FBA) and TAPPI have recently released the biennial Productivity and Waste Survey, which provides benchmarking data that is unavailable from any other source. With the information provided in this report, companies can...

Fire damages Weyco's Yakima box plant.(NO INJURIES)
November 10, 2007... The Associated Press reports that a fire damaged the Weyerhaeuser corrugated box plant in Yakima, Wash. Investigators told reporters that the fire began around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, in a scrap pile in the paper roll room. The blaze then moved...

S&P raises SSCC's corporate credit rating.(NOW A B+)
November 10, 2007... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s (SSCC) corporate credit rating was recently raised by Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services from B to B+. S&P called the company's outlook stable, and raised the senior secured ratings of Smurfit-Stone's...

IP sees boost in Q3 results.(OVERALL PRICE IMPROVEMENT)(International Paper Co.)(Financial report)
November 10, 2007... International Paper (IP), Memphis, Tenn., has reported preliminary third-quarter 2007 net earnings of $217 million compared with net earnings of $190 million in the 2007 second quarter and $224 million in the third quarter of 2006. Amounts in...

Caraustar Industries' sales fall.(DOWN 10.7 PERCENT)
November 10, 2007... Atlanta-based Caraustar Industries reports that sales from continuing operations for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, were $209.6 million, a decrease of 10.7 percent compared to sales of $234.7 million for the same quarter in 2006. The...

Adhesive melters.(Product Update)
November 10, 2007... Nordson Corp.'s AltaBlue TT adhesive melters deliver enhanced flexibility, reliability, durability, and performance to product assembly, packaging and paperboard converting operations. They provide the ability to process a wide range of...

First-time exhibitors see the opportunity at SuperCorrExpo.(NEXT SEPTEMBER)
November 10, 2007... As more exhibitors begin to focus on their plans for SuperCorrExpo, TAPPI reports a rise ill the number of first-time exhibitors. In recent weeks, 22 first-timers have reserved booth space for the September 2008 exposition. According to...

Impressions celebrates 40 years of business.(IN MINNESOTA)
November 10, 2007... In October 1967, Mark Jorgensen Sr. opened a small, privately held, family-owned and -operated folding carton converter. Today, Impressions Inc. has grown to be in the top 1 percent in size for the industry. To celebrate the milestone, 40...

Making lean work for you.(HEARD AT PPC FALL MEETING)
November 10, 2007... Norm Bodek, president, Strategos, is very well-versed in the manufacturing quality concepts that have come out of Japan, including single minute exchange of die, quality function deployment, total production maintenance, mad Lean manufacturing....

Limited seating available for Amtech's seminar.(COST MODEL TRAINING)
November 10, 2007... There are still a limited number of scats available at Amtech's Advanced Model Design CEC, which is taking place on Monday, Nov. 19, in Willow Grove, Pa. The seminar will focus on various ways the cost model can be developed to fit distinct...

AF&PA calls for entries.(2008 RECYCLING AWARDS)
November 10, 2007... Entry forms for the 2008 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Recycling Awards are now available at www. paperrecyclingawards.org. Categories include: * AF&PA Business Leadership Recycling Award * AF&PA Community Recycling Award...

Board inventories dip.(AF&PA REVEALS)
November 10, 2007... Total containerboard inventories (includes both mills and box plants) slid 0.9 percent last September, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports. Specifically, they went from 2,393,900 tons at the end of August to 2,371,800 tons...

Seminars for engineers to present 'web handling & converting'.(TWO-DAY COURSE)
November 10, 2007... "Web Handling and Converting," a two-day technical seminar from Madison, N.J.-based Seminars For Engineers, takes place Nov. 28-29 in Chicago. The program covers tension control, nips, roller design, spreading and wrinkling, slitting and...

Producer price indexes - 1982=100.
November 10, 2007... Producer Price Indexes - 1982=100 Year July Aug 2005/2006 2007 2007 Total Paperboard 175.5/192.0 198.9 198.9 Total Paper &...

Paperboard mill performance.
November 10, 2007... 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 ...

Transacted paper stock prices - low grades.
November 10, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices - Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago ...

Colonial Carton celebrates double-digit growth.(ATTRIBUTES TO KBA PRESSES)
November 10, 2007... Colonial Carton Co., a Clayton, N.C.-based pharmaceutical folding carton manufacturer, is reporting more than 40 percent sales growth thanks to the use of two KBA Rapida 105 41-inch sheetfed presses. Both the four-color and seven-color press...

Diamond packaging unveils sustainability initiative.(GOING GREEN)
November 10, 2007... "greenbox" is folding carton converter Diamond Packaging's new approach to researching, designing, and implementing packaging solutions that are innovative and sustainable. The initiative balances business with environmental considerations by...

Weyco purchases three automated paper testing systems.(FROM LORENTZEN & WETTRE)
November 10, 2007... Weyerhaeuser Co. has added three Lorentzen & Wettre Autoline 400 systems to its board mills in Albany Ore., Campti, Okla., and Valliant, La. The company has purchased a total of 11 L&W Autoline systems. "L&W Autoline 400 performs paper or...

Freight costs hit paper recyclers.(THROUGHOUT THE WORLD)
November 10, 2007... Attendees at the Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR) recent Paper Division meeting expressed their concerns about higher freight rates, increasing oil prices, and a volatile U.S. dollar as hurting the paper recycling market, reports...

Transacted paper stock prices - high grades.
November 10, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices - High Grades White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings Blanks Shavings ...

How to do the impossible: independent box maker benefits from implementing a formal training program.(PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENTS)(Bates Container Inc.)
November 10, 2007... A few years ago, Bates Container's management found it had a difficult time communicating with its employees on exactly what the company goals were. So the independent box maker decided to implement a formal training program, which turned into...

Target joins ranks of PVC reducers.(GOING GREEN)
November 10, 2007... Target Corp., the Minneapolis-based, fifth-largest U.S. retailer with $59 billion in revenues a year, is joining a growing list of dozens of companies that are eliminating or reducing its polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or vinyl, in products and...

Bobst InTouch[TM] exceeds $25 million sales milestone.(ONLINE PARTS SYSTEM)(Bobst Group Inc.)(Brief article)
November 10, 2007... According to Alex Gigon, director of customer service and support operations for Bobst Group North America, Roseland, N.J., InTouch[TM], the company's online system for parts, has now exceeded $25 million in sales. Begun as a small-scale test...

Creative packaging installs ADI ejector.(NEW UNIT)
November 10, 2007... Creative Packaging, Garden City, Ga., installed a Mini/Counter/Ejector from ADI/PDM Trade Group. It was put behind a free-standing Comet folder-gluer. For more information, visit www.arcdoyle.com or contact Jim McDonald at 912-564-2400 or...

Great Northern Corp.(People Updates)(appointment of John R. Davis )(Brief article)
November 10, 2007... A leadership succession plan for Great Northem Corp., Appleton, Wis., will be implemented at its annual board meeting in April 2008. At that time, John R. Davis will assume the position of corporate ceo, in addition to his role as president of...

Temple-Inland Inc.(People Updates)
November 10, 2007... Temple-inland Inc., Austin, Texas, has made several personnel changes, including promoting Chris Mathis to director of investor relations. Mathis, 34, was most recently vice president of resource planning for the building products group. He...

Georgia-Pacific LLC.(People Updates)
November 10, 2007... Georgia-Pacific LLC, Atlanta, promotes Bill Frerking from chief counsel of its building products businesses to vice president and chief sustainability officer. In this newly created position, Frerking is responsible for the company's overall...

Smurfit-Stone.(People Updates)
November 10, 2007... Eve Rae plans to retire after 31 years of service with Smurfit-Stone and its predecessors, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Effective Nov. 5, Bruce McLennan was promoted to succeed Rae as vice president of international sales for market pulp &...

Smurfit-Stone, GP eye Weyco assets.(POTENTIAL $5.5 BILLION SALE)
November 17, 2007... The Financial Times Ltd's dealReporter media outlet reports that three of its sources have confirmed that Weyerhaeuser Co. "has sent books out to prospective buyers for its containerboard business... Although between five and seven parties...

Georgia and S.C. to develop port.(Sonny Perdue)(Mark Sanford)(Brief article)
November 17, 2007... Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford are working to develop a new port on the Savannah River in Jasper County. Under the proposed agreement, the Georgia Department of Transportation would sell the port...

Transacted containerboard prices.
November 17, 2007... 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...

Smurfit-Stone pleads not guilty in injury probe.(IN SALINAS, CALIF.)
November 17, 2007... According to a report by The Herald, Monterey, Calif., certain Smurfit-Stone employees at the Salinas, Calif., box plant allege that they "were suspended without pay after being injured on the job as a means of discouraging insurance claims."...

IP purchases IOS sheet plant.(SOUTHWESTERN EXPANSION)
November 17, 2007... According to the El Paso (Texas) Times, International Paper (IP) purchased a corrugated sheet plant in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and a satellite facility in Chihuahua from International Outsourcing Services. The company reportedly wants to...