Folding Cartons: Fighting on Several Fronts

2006 and beyond

At the end of last year, PPC released its annual report titled, “Trends: Industry Outlook and Market Data Report.” Prepared by RISI, a division of Paperloop, it has a somewhat more promising outlook for 2006 and 2007 saying that “most segments of the market should recover within the next two years.” Its 5-year projections call for tonnage to increase at an average annual rate of 0.4 percent from 2005 through 2009, with a more substantial average annual rate of 3.8 percent when measured in dollars.