Up to the Challenge

Green operations, the quality of paperboard, and increases in paperboard pricing are other elements that impact how you do business.

State of the industry

In packagePRINTING’s annual State of the Industry Report: Folding Cartons, several issues prevailed for converters of paperboard, including sustainability, ­offshoring, the threat from plastics, and consolidation. According to the report, paper packaging is expected to post marginal advances or continue to decline in most competitive markets through 2010 due to inroads from plastic. Chinese paper production combined with mills closing in America means converters must start looking at foreign suppliers to stay competitive. Consolidation, a result of the cost of doing business, is occurring and will continue to occur.