The Best of Both Worlds Gets Better

The small flute segment comprises roughly 9 percent of total corrugated shipments in North America, according to Bob Nebeling, product business manager of corrugator equipment at the Bobst Group. He also reports that the annual growth rate of mini-flute applications is between 12 percent and 15 percent. It's clear that microflute is a growth market, but what isn't so clear is precisely what shape that growth will take. While the largest share of production continues to belong to E- and F-flutes, the introduction of N- and G-flutes may change statistics in the years to come.