Carton Converters Awash in Optimism
Dan Stolfi, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Innovative Folding Carton Co., South Plainfield, NJ, agrees it was a good year. "However, the entire folding carton industry is becoming more competitive. The marketplace is extremely cost-sensitive and quality conscious."
"As end-users became a bit more cognizant of their cash flow, they were asking their suppliers, including carton producers, to convert and hold finished product," says Stolfi, who adds that this was particularly prevalent in the pharmaceuticals segment, but the same held true across many other end-use segments as well. "The situation also tied itself to the whole JIT manufacturing concept, but was somewhat skewed as end-users were taking their JIT deliveries from warehoused product instead of directly from the manufacturing floor."
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