First Half 2006 Showing Momentum for Paperboard Shipments

ALEXANDRIA, VA—The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) announced that folding carton shipments reached an estimated $4.7 billion and 2.9 million tons in the first half of 2006. When compared with the first quarter of 2005, shipments in dollars increased by 4.2 percent, while tons increased by 4.7 percent.