STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ON THE OFFENSIVE
Supporting customers with vendor-managed inventory, structure designs, artistic design, and input in working with the manufacturing process are a few of McLaughlin's ideas for cementing the printer/customer relationship.
Falling numbers: A bad thing?
The American Forest & Paper Association's (AF&PA) 42nd Annual Survey says total paper and paperboard capacity declined 1.3 percent in 2001. It also quotes production of folding carton grades as falling 3.8 percent during the first seven months of 2001 (compared to 2000), reporting the first decline ever recorded in aggregate domestic capacity. According to the survey, total folding boxboard capacity (including recycled, bleached, and unbleached) will show only modest changes during the survey period. In particular, folding boxboard capacity is estimated to have decreased by 0.9 percent in 2001; it is expected to rise just 0.2 percent in 2002, 0.1 percent in 2003, and then hold steady in 2004. What does this mean for folding carton converters?
- Companies:
- Flexographic Technical Association
- Places:
- United States