No Boom Boxes (Carton Converter Profiles)

Though some negative factors are afoot, carton converters continue to eke out profits.

by Susan Friedman, Editor

The slowing economy, coupled with board price pressures and rising energy costs, have prompted many bigger players in the folding carton market--Caraustar, International Paper, and Mead among them--to issue decreased end-of-2000 earnings projections in recent months.