Cartonmakers Must Accentuate Positives

More operations-oriented concerns, though cited as important by a high percentage, came up as less pressing to the industry overall; these included finding/retaining skilled labor (47%), keeping pace with new technology (36%), and justifying capital equipment purchases (22%).

One new technology carton converters should not be overly concerned with, according to the Pulp & Paper study recently released by the Freedonia Group, is the Internet. The study claims that while electronic commerce will limit gains in certain types of business forms and other papers, paperboard packaging will benefit from increasing shipments of goods.