Official Board Markets articles from October 2005

Official Board Markets archives from October 2005

Vegas pays off: it wasn't luck that spread among the attendees of this year's annual TAPPI conference in Las Vegas. It was something more valuable: the sense of possibilities.(REPORT FROM TAPPI 2005)
October 1, 2005... Approximately 430 U.S. corrugated converters and their suppliers, as well as colleagues from as far away as Australia, France, Canada Germany, Mexico, the Phillipines, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine, convened in Las Vegas last week to develop...

Transacted containerboard prices.
October 1, 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...

Rita shuts down industry mills.
October 1, 2005... Hurricane Rita, which made its landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border on Sept. 24, affected operations at two paperboard industry mills. The MeadWestvaco Corp. paperboard mill in Evadale, Texas, sustained some wind and water damage and a...

Natick Paperboard Mill will close.
October 1, 2005... The Newark Group, Cranford, N.J., plans to close its Natick Paperboard Mill in Natick, Mass., effective the end of November. "This decision became necessary and unavoidable for two primary reasons," says Robert Mullen, president and ceo....

Durango Georgia auction is set.(IN FLORIDA)
October 1, 2005... An auction to acquire the assets held by the bankruptcy estate of Durango Georgia Paper Co. will be conducted on December 6 at 10 a.m. at the Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Fla. The Durango bankruptcy estate includes a...

SSCC struggles with credit.(ASKS FOR AMENDMENT)
October 1, 2005... On September 23 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, requested an amendment from the company's lending group to avoid the possibility of violating a financial covenant contained in the company's credit agreement entered into on...

Consumers hate damaged packages.(MEADWESTVACO INITIATES STUDY)
October 1, 2005... Just the slightest damage to frozen food packaging can have a direct impact on brand loyalty. Of consumers participating in a recent study conducted by Perception Research Services (PRS), 72 percent viewed the retailer with damaged frozen food...

Osiris adds new client.(Osiris Innovations Group, Materials Management Services Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Osiris Innovations Group, Oxford, Mich., has added a new client, Materials Management Services, Inc., a Detroit-based minority supplier of office, industrial, janitorial, safety supplies, and inventory management. Osiris' supply chain...

Choose to use cycle time data: audit departments one at a time for careful time- and cost-cutting techniques.(AICC AUDIO/WEB CONFERENCE)
October 1, 2005... "Price it the way you run it, and run it the way you price it." Participants in the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) third audio/web conference on "Cycle Time and Team Cooperation" could not have left the 90-minute...

Containerboard demand keeps declining.(PPPC REPORTS)
October 1, 2005... North American containerboard demand in August declined 4.5 percent compared to the same month last year, reports the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC), Montreal. Linerboard demand was down 5.2 percent while medium demand was down 2.9...

Rose City upgrades to SQL server.(FROM AMTECH)
October 1, 2005... Rose City Printing and Packaging has recently signed an agreement with Amtech to upgrade to the SQL Server version of Imaginera. Rose City Printing & Packaging is located in Portland, Ore. Imaginera is Amtech's core system that does everything...

OCC prices sag.(MARKET REPORT)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... With the exception of the West Coast and export (where prices remain stable) OCC prices in all other regions have sagged to one degree or another. The reasons include a mill shutdown (Menasha in the Midwest) and a permanent linerboard machine...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.
October 1, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago ...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.
October 1, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White Cuttings Blanks Shavings Shavings...

Sam's club uses graphic pkg's Z-flute.(Graphic Packaging International Corp.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Graphic Packaging International, Marietta, Ga., reports the first packaging of its Z-flute in a Sam's Club private label product. Z-Flute's performance against corrugated was a key factor in securing the business. Z-Flute competed with...

Stanelco chooses Elwood packaging.(TO PRODUCE FROGPACK)
October 1, 2005... Stanelco PLC has signed an agreement with Chicago-based Elwood Packaging, Inc. to serve as the exclusive manufacturer throughout North America of Stanelco's FrogPack family of container products. Stanelco and Elwood are continuing discussions...

Kramer Carton Co.(People Update)
October 1, 2005... Kramer Carton Co., Sacramento, Calif., recently named Bob Brennan as ceo. He also was elected to the board of directors. Brennan comes to Kramer Carton Co. having served in a variety of roles in the folding carton and packaging business. Most...

TAPPI awards technical honor to Beacon Container's Schultz.(TAPPI SHOW NEWS)
October 1, 2005... Raymond Shultz, director of quality for Beacon Container Corporation in Birdsboro, Pa., has been selected to receive the 2005 TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division Technical Award and Bettendorf Prize. The award, the highest technical honor...

VantagePoint moves headquarters, hires.(TO VANCOUVER)
October 1, 2005... VantagePoint Systems, Inc. a developer of business software solutions for the packaging industry, has moved to new corporate headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. VantagePoint also hires Mark Gates as technical writer, Tanja Boesche as...

Transacted boxboard prices.
October 1, 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...

Digital HighPoint partners with Clemson.(Clemson University )
October 1, 2005... For several years now, Clemson University students have had the opportunity of direct print on corrugated through the facilities at Clemson's Printing and Converting Research Center (PrintCon). Recently, however, three senior graphic students...

JB Machinery signs Technoflex.(SOUTHEAST REPRESENTATIVE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Weston, Conn.-based JB Machinery has signed Technoflex, Inc., Powder Springs, Ga., to be its exclusive representative in the Southeast U.S. Technoflex will be responsible for sales and service of the JB Machinery infra-red (IR) and UV drying...

IPSP offer RFID solutions.(TRAINING AND MORE)
October 1, 2005... International Paper Smart Packaging (IPSP) offers the RFID Core Compliance[TM] solutions to help customers meet retailer requirements and gain a thorough understanding of the technology. IPSP offerings range from basic tagging to...

Twenty attend new AICC sales training.(INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
October 1, 2005... Twenty sales representatives from independent corrugated converters participated in AICC's new "Renewing Your Sales Force" intermediate level training on Sept. 20-21 in Charlotte, N.C. The session was facilitated by a 19-year sales veteran from...

Chicago TAPPI event includes plant tours.(NOV. 1-3)
October 1, 2005... The TAPPI "One Box Set Up Course" Nov. 1-3 in Oak Brook, Ill., will present an aggressive approach to efficient and cost effective box manufacturing. The course is designed for senior operators, superintendents, regional engineers, production...

MeadWestvaco to close N.J. plant.(HEALTHCARE PACKAGING)
October 1, 2005... MeadWestvaco Corp. will discontinue operations at its folding carton plant in Pine Brook, N.J. The facility converts bleached paperboard into folded, printed cartons, and prints labels and inserts for pharmaceutical and healthcare products. The...

Southern Graphics buys two Esko CDIs.(AT PRINT '05)
October 1, 2005... Southern Graphics Systems (SGS), Louisville, Ky., ordered two Esko-Graphics Cyrel Digital Imager (CDI) Advance 500 with Optics 80 computer-to-flexo plate imagers at Print '05 earlier this month. The sale brings the total number of CDIs at SGS...

Break away from maturity.(BREAKFAST WITH PBP AT CPP)
October 1, 2005... "Mature" is a nice term often used to describe the corrugated container industry. Frank Perkowski, an industry analyst and president of Business Development Advisory, Marietta, Ga., characterized that term for an audience of manufacturers from...

DistriPakUSA show gets website.(ONLINE PRESENCE)
October 1, 2005... The NPTA Alliance has launched a website in conjunction with its new show, DistriPakUSA[TM]. The site, www.distripakusa.com, will be the clearinghouse for all information related to the wade show, including regular exhibitor and attendee...

The Grossman Group, Inc.(People Update)
October 1, 2005... The Grossman Group, Inc. adds Mark Naro to its staff. He will be an account manager. He has been involved in the waste removal/reduction/recycling industry for 18 years.

0siris Innovations Group.(People Update)
October 1, 2005... Michelle Ferry joins Oxford, Mich.-based 0siris Innovations Group, a supply chain management software supplier, as a business services manager. Ferry will be managing the implementation, training and customer support teams. Prior to joining...

SSCC partners with marketing firm.(JOINT VENTURE)
October 1, 2005... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, has created an alliance with Daymon Worldwide, Stamford, Conn. Daymon is a private label consumer product sales and marketing firm. Daymon will serve as SSCC's primary resource for brand...

ADI/PDM installs counter-ejector.(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... ADI/PDM Trade Group, Sylvania, Ga., installed a servo lift system on an ARC/Doyle counter-ejector at Lamb and Associates Packaging, Inc., Maumelle, Ark. The servo lift allows the counter-ejector to run outside glue tabs and heavy diecuts...

Cyrel Digital Imager (CDI) Spark 4260.(Product Update)
October 1, 2005... Esko-Graphics offers the Cyrel Digital Imager (CDI) Spark 4260, a flexo imager designed for all digital flexo plates up to 42 by 60 in. The Spark 4260 provides variable resolutions from 2,000 to 4,000 ppi on a job-to-job basis and is capable of...

Lemanic DRive.(Product Update)
October 1, 2005... The Bobst Group USA, Roseland, N.J., has launched a new rotary diecutter, the Lemanic DRive. It replaces the DR 82 and eventually will replace the DR 67. It exists in four standard versions: the DRive 67, 82, 85, and the V-DRive. The V-DRive...

Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses U.S.A., Inc.(People Update)
October 1, 2005... Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses U.S.A., Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill., appoints Richard Cochran as project manager, a newly-created position. Cochran has been in the printing press field since 1979. The company also names Dennis Dessilla, previously...

Heidelberg.(People Update)
October 1, 2005... Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, promotes Karl Saueressig to head of worldwide product line management. He succeeds Bent Mortensen, who now heads the Asia-Pacific region. Saueressig will oversee the offset, computer-to-plate, prinect workflow,...

Industry approves standard.(GOOD NEWS FOR WAX ALTERNATIVES)
October 8, 2005... The corrugated packaging industry has ratified a new, voluntary standard establishing repulpability and recyclability requirements for containers that have been treated for water and water vapor protection, such as wax alternatives. The...

Consulting firms offer services in Europe.
October 8, 2005... United Kingdom-based Pira International and Moore & Associates, Atlanta, have entered a long-term business agreement to bring paper recycling market consulting services to the European market. The team will offer a range of recovered paper...

Transacted containerboard prices.
October 8, 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...

Rock-Tenn to close N.C. plant.(FOLLOWING ACQUISITION)
October 8, 2005... Rock-Tenn Co. is closing its Marshville, N.C., folding carton plant in the second quarter of fiscal 2006. It will transfer the majority of the Marshville facility's current production to its Marion and McDowell plants, also located in North...

GPI seeks covenant amendment.(Graphic Packaging Corp.)(Brief article)
October 8, 2005... Graphic Packaging Corp., Marietta, Ga., says that due to inflationary pressures and an inability to pass through all cost increases it will seek an amendment to its $1.6 billion credit agreement in order to avoid any potential violations....

AICC sets training schedule.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters )(Brief article)
October 8, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will offer a variety of training programs in November for production, customer service and sales personnel. They include: * "Lean QuickStart for Production" and "Lean QuickStart...

Pepperidge Farm goes paperboard.(WITH SONOCO'S HELP)
October 8, 2005... Pepperidge Farm, Norwalk, Conn., selected Hartsville, S.C.-based Sonoco's 90 by 30 SonoWrap pack for the national product launch of its Whims line. New Whims cookies come in two different product forms, Crispy Waves snacks and Crunchy Clusters...

Industry veterans get their due.(IN LAS VEGAS)
October 8, 2005... At last month's Corrugated Packaging Conference in Las Vegas, TAPPI recognized some of its members for their significant contributions to the industry in the past year. For 2005, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s Dave Carlson received TAPPI's...

GP to trim 1,100 jobs.(NONE IN PACKAGING DIVISION)
October 8, 2005... Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, is cutting 1,100 jobs in a broad restructuring that aims to save $100 million a year. All the cuts will come from its tissue division, where it plans to idle up to four tissue paper machines.

Exhibitor deadline approaching.(CHICAGO TAPPI TRADE FAIR)
October 8, 2005... The Oct. 15 deadline for table reservations at the Chicago TAPPI 23rd Table Top Trade Fair is fast approaching. The event will be held Nov. 1 at the Wyndham Drake Hotel, Oak Brook, Ill., from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. Space is limited to 66 tables...

Amtech upgrades Corr-a-Box.(SOFTWARE SALE)
October 8, 2005... Bensalem, Pa.-based Amtech will upgrade Corr-a-Box Packaging, Rexdale, Ontario, to the SQL Server version of Imaginera. Imaginera is Amtech's core system, which has estimating, scheduling, job costing, and accounting capabilities. The Microsoft...

Ink maker ups prices.(10 PERCENT)
October 8, 2005... Graphic Sciences Inc., Portland, Ore., will implement a 10 percent price increase for its commercial ink products. It will be effective Oct. 10. The company cites rising energy, transportation and raw materials costs.

Free Kiwiplan CD shows benefits.(SOFTWARE SUPPLIER)
October 8, 2005... Kiwiplan, Cincinnati, a corrugated and packaging industry software supplier, has released an interactive brochure on CD that demonstrates the benefits Kiwiplan products deliver to box plants, sheet plants, sheet feeders, and folding carton...

Harper conducts Anilox roll study.(QUALITY CONTROL)
October 8, 2005... Anilox roll supplier Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., has completed a blind quality control study. Its operations in Charlotte, Green Bay, Wis., and Bangkok, Thailand, received and filled fictitious anilox roll orders without the...

Alliance adds folder-gluer.(TANABE)
October 8, 2005... Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC, Spokane, Wash., has reached an agreement with Tanabe Machinery Co., Ltd. to become the exclusive sales and marketing channel outside Asia for the Tanabe specialty folder-gluer. Alliance is currently...

Forest Resources acquires Ivex Packaging.(M&A)
October 8, 2005... Forest Resources LLC recently closed its acquisition of Ivex Protective Packaging Corp., Bridgeview, Ill., from Alcoa Inc. Terms weren't disclosed. Ivex Packaging supplies cohesive packaging materials, singleface corrugating materials,...

Productivity and Waste Survey available.(FROM FBA/TAPPI)
October 8, 2005... FBA/TAPPI will release the biennial "Productivity and Waste Survey" on Oct. 10. With this survey, companies can evaluate their productivity, waste and starch consumption data against participating plants from various countries. It contains a...

Canadian Company buys Chinese packager.(ACQUISITION)
October 8, 2005... Pacrim International Capital Inc., Toronto, has struck a deal to acquire control of Chinese corrugated packaging company Hua Sheng Paper Products for $61.5 million (U.S.), the Canadian Press reports. Pacrim entered an agreement to buy PRC...

Weyco's Grogan will keynote PSI meeting.(IN MIAMI)
October 8, 2005... Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Peter Grogan will be the keynote speaker at the Paper Stock Industries' (PSI) 44th annual convention at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach, Fla., November 9-11. Other highlights of the meeting include a session on...

CMM accepting abstracts for 2007.(CONFERENCE SESSIONS)
October 8, 2005... CMM International show management invites converting and package printing professionals to submit abstracts for possible presentation at CMM International 2007. The 2007 program will take place Jun 4-7 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention...

MeadWestvaco improves dietary drink's look.(HIGH-QUALITY GRAPHICS)
October 8, 2005... Joint Juice, a dietary supplement for arthritis sufferers, enlisted Atlanta-based MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems to create a secondary package for its 8-oz short cans. Using a six-color hexachrome process in combination with a high-gloss...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.
October 8, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago ...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.
October 8, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White Cuttings Blanks Shavings Shavings...

China keeps rolling along.(CONSUMING RECOVERED PAPER)
October 8, 2005... China's consumption of U.S. recovered paper is a major factor in the 12.6 percent year-over-year increase in exports of this material through the first seven months of this year, reports the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). Between...

MCP-4.(Product Update)
October 8, 2005... Valco Cincinnati's MCP-4 adhesive system pattern control offers four-channel outputs, each capable of multiple glue patterns, four product sensor inputs, and optional integral automatic glue flow control. The MCP-4 can be used for many of...

P3400 label printer applicator.(Product Update)
October 8, 2005... The P3400 label printer applicator from Videojet Technologies Inc. has a standard 14-in. unwind reel that results in fewer label changes and increased uptime. It features premium-quality thermal transfer printing for high-resolution bar codes...

"Maintaining UV curing equipment".(Product Update)
October 8, 2005... UV Process Supply, Chicago, has developed the "Maintaining UV Curing Equipment" manual. This reference describes how various components in UV curing can cause complications and how to avert these common pitfalls. Topics covered include UV lamp...

HRMS pleased with seminar format.(FOUR TRACKS)
October 8, 2005... The HRMS Client Support Seminar drew more than 100 attendees from about 70 locations on Sept. 11-14. The 30-year-old software company held this year's seminar at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego. HRMS designed the event's...

Midwest scrap buys a Harris Shredder.(FOR MO. SITE)
October 8, 2005... Peachtree, Ga.-based Harris Shredders, a division of Harris Waste Management Group Inc., has sold its Mega Shredder HS125125 to Midwest Scrap Management, Inc., St. Joseph, Mo. Midwest Scrap will install the shredder at its 53-acre site in...

GP honors plant for safety.(IN TEXAS)
October 8, 2005... Georgia-Pacific (GP), Atlanta, awarded its Waxahachie, Texas, box plant the Chairman's Safety Award for working 500,000 hours with no recordable accidents, the Waxahachie Daily Light reports. Chairman and CEO Pete Correll visited the plant...

CSN adds two bobsts.(INSTALLATION NEWS)
October 8, 2005... Color Spectrum Network (CSN), Marietta, Ga., has added two new multi-function machines: a Bobst SPanthera 106-LER embossing diecutter with blanking and a Bobst Mistral 110 A-2 CS folder-gluer equipped with the source tagging and CD insertion...

AICC region 11 to hold sales talk.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters )(Brief article)
October 8, 2005... AICC Canada Region 11 will hold an "Achieving Excellence Workshop" Oct. 21 at the Mississauga (Ontario) Convention Center. George Moretti, president of GM Training & Consulting Group, will present a sales talk that focuses on effective use of...

Visy raises board prices.($30/TON)
October 8, 2005... On October 3 Visy Industries, Conyers, Ga., raised its linerboard and medium prices paid by noncontract customers and its own corrugators by $30/ton.

Rock-Tenn reports $40 increase.(ON BLEACHED PAPERBOARD)
October 8, 2005... Rock-Tenn Co.'s Paperboard Division reports a $40 per ton price increase on bleached paperboard, effective October 24. Rock-Tenn's Paperboard Division has distributed notices of the price increase to its customers.

Rigid box sales increase.(ALMOST 12 PERCENT)(Brief article)
October 8, 2005... January-August rigid box sales increased 11.57 percent to $31,167,045 compared to $27,934,096 for the same period in 2004, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. The NPA report reflects sales...

Ecomac.(Product Update)
October 8, 2005... Bini & Co. offers the Ecomac, a machine that assembles the Ecopal[R], a recyclable paper pallet. The Ecomac makes pallets from 15.7 by 11.8 in. to 48 by 48 in. The machine's structure allows for quick size changes that don't require the...

Pallet Dawg[TM].(Product Update)
October 8, 2005... The Raymond Corp. supplies the Pallet Dawg[TM] pallet guard for all lift trucks with class two fork carriage. The guard directs a lift truck's impact force to the center stringer of the pallet, instead of the top boards, preventing damage to...

FEFCO calls for industry adaptation.(FIGHT BACK AGAINST RPCS)
October 8, 2005... Corrugated box producers will have to plan for change and adapt to the challenges of a rapidly shifting market if they aren't going to fall even further behind competing materials, particularly returnable plastic crates (RPCs). That was...

SouthCorr sets plant safety record.(SouthCorr Packaging L.L.C.)(Brief article)
October 8, 2005... SouthCorr Packaging, an Asheboro, N.C.-based sheet feeder plant, broke a safety record of 596 days without a lost-time accident that was previously set in 1998. The new record was set in April. On August 21, SouthCorr reached two years...

Registration now for Color Management event.(AT CLEMSON)
October 8, 2005... Clemson University's annual Color Measurement & Management Symposium will be held Nov. 9-11. A series of roundtable discussions, seminars and practical laboratory demonstrations will guide attendees in maintaining control of color reproduction...

IP completes purchase.(MOROCCAN BOX MAKER)
October 8, 2005... International Paper (IP), Stamford, Conn., has completed the acquisition of a majority share of Compagnie Marocaine des Cartons et des Papiers (CMCP), a Moroccan corrugated packaging company. On Sept. 16 (see p. 3 of OBM's Sept. 24 issue), the...

Graphic Packaging Corp.(People Update)
October 8, 2005... Graphic Packaging Corp., Marietta, Ga., elects Daniel Blount as senior vice president and cfo. He has served as the acting cfo since Sept. 1, after John Baldwin resigned from the position. Blount was cfo of Riverwood Holding, Inc. prior to the...

International Paper's Shorewood Packaging Business.(People Update)
October 8, 2005... International Paper's Shorewood Packaging Business, New York, names Brad Tackberry general manager of the display business. Tackberry joined Shorewood Packaging in 1996 and most recently served as the director of manufacturing for North...

HarperScientific[TM].(People Update)
October 8, 2005... Bob Cizmar joins HarperScientific[TM], Charlotte, N.C., as a technical product specialist. He has more than 27 years experience in the flexographic printing industry

Adhesive Mixing Equipment LLC.(People Update)
October 8, 2005... Adhesive Mixing Equipment LLC, Manheim, Pa., appoints Don Berlin as product manager. Berlin, formerly of E. T. Oakes Corp., will oversee sales and marketing efforts and will identify new markets for the company.

FAA will Scrutinize Boxes.(Federal Aviation Administration)
October 15, 2005... Earlier this month the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) that it is exploring new testing protocols that could make it more difficult for hazmat shippers to send hazardous materials by...

Transacted containerboard prices.
October 15, 2005... Transacted containerboard prices Northeast East Southeast/ North West Central South Central Central 42# Fourd. Kraft ...