State of the Folding Carton Industry

Can'ts versus won'ts

Optimism tempered by individual circumstances keynotes the outlook among folding carton industry professionals. With a new litho press that lets him run up to eight colors plus coatings on both sides, Pitts is raring to take on the new business that he's sure is out there. At Carded Graphics, he says, there is "no anticipation of a downturn at all." A bit more conservatively, Tsai says that although K-1 Packaging is maintaining a "nice and steady" pace of business today, it stands in "stark contrast" to the faster beat the packaging industry was marching to 10 years ago.