Cartonmakers Must Accentuate Positives

Focus was evident in the sure-handed, big-picture thinking behind this past year's heavy consolidation traffic. In Packaging Strategies' Packaging Outlook 2000 Report, Karen S. Kaplan, senior consultant for Jaakko Poyry Consulting NA, confirms 1999's folding carton consolidations were largely strategic. Transaction objectives included divesture of non-core businesses, acquisition to create leading marketshare levels, and acquistion to gain end-use specialization.