Up to the Challenge
Consolidation has proved challenging, but paperboard converters are still finding success as long as they find their niches.
Paper, paperboard, and pulp capacity
In March, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its 47th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity. It indicates that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity continued to edge lower in 2006, declining 1.6 percent to 97.7 million short tons. U.S. paper and paperboard capacity contracted 4.7 percent in the period from 2000 through 2006, or at an average annual rate of 0.7 percent. The survey further indicates that paper and paperboard capacity will decline another 0.7 percent this year, and then re-expand nearly one percent during 2008 and 2009. (Look for packagePRINTING’s Top Folding Carton Converters listing next month.
- Companies:
- Heidelberg
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