Cartonmakers Must Accentuate Positives

Threats and best bets

Mirroring the business focus that dominated consolidations, cartonmakers' most-often cited concerns for 2000 center on big-picture economic and strategic issues. packagePRINTING's Folding Carton Converters Survey revealed converters to be most consumed with maintaining profit margins (69%), controlling operating costs (55%), and finding new markets (53%). When asked to zero in on new markets, converters cast the strongest vote (31%) for CD/computer games' potential in 2000, followed by nutraceuticals (11%), and specialty foods (11%).