by Len Prazych | Apr 20, 2020 | Production, Supplies
Industry shipments of corrugated products increased 9.0 percent, from 31.87 bsf in March of 2019 to 34.73 bsf in March of 2020, the Fibre Box Association (FBA) reported. The increase is partially due to the fact there was one more shipping day in March of 2020....
by Len Prazych | Apr 20, 2020 | Production, Supplies
Hartsville, South Carolina based Sonoco announced that its Board of Directors has approved an $83 million investment to strengthen its uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) mill system in the United States and Canada. The majority of the investment includes transforming...
by Len Prazych | Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Impacts, Production, Supplies
The Fibre Box Association (FBA) has issued a statement addressing the need for the corrugated industry to keep functioning during the coronavirus pandemic. “Manufacturers of corrugated cardboard boxes are working to keep transport packaging flowing to makers of...
by Len Prazych | Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Impacts, Production
People who are staying home to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus are ordering food, clothes, toiletries, and more to their house instead of going to stores. But some are increasingly worried the corrugated boxes their items are delivered in could be...
by Len Prazych | Mar 30, 2020 | COVID-19 Impacts, Production, Supplies
The manufacturers of corrugated cardboard boxes are working to keep transport packaging flowing to makers of essential products including packaging for food and other consumer products, medical and pharmaceutical products, tissue and hygiene products and more amid the...
by Len Prazych | Mar 30, 2020 | COVID-19 Impacts, Production
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, last week released the results of a survey of its general and supplier members on the effects of COVID-19 on their business operations. In a survey conducted in the week of March 16, 89 of the 209 AICC general member...