- Pushing boundaries
You'll never know how far you can go until you try. That phrase just might sum up the nearly 200 entries to the 63rd annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition. Organized by the Paperboard Packaging Council ( www.ppcnet.org ), the contest was judged during January in Arlington, VA, and the winners ......
- Awards Time!
Gravure printers and paperboard converters were honored recently by their respective peers in annual design and print-quality competitions sponsored by the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (New Madison, OH) and the Paperboard Packaging Council (Alexandria, VA). MeadWestvaco takes PPC President's Award For the second year in a row, paperboard converter ......
- Thinking inside the box, carton & tray: paperboard
packaging provides perks ranging from better microwave cooking to
earthfriendliness.
ADVANCED PAPERBOARD packaging materials and structures are offering food processors an increasingly broad array of benefits, including superior microwave cooking results, on-the-go convenience and retail differentiation. In addition, improvements in recycled paperboard are making packaging constructed partially or entirely from recycled board more popular for frozen items and shelf-stable products ......
- Smurfit-Stone container to acquire St. Laurent Paperboard for 1.19 times revenue
The Deal: The Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., North America's largest manufacturer of paperboard packaging, will buy St. Laurent Paperboard, Inc. for nearly $1 billion in cash and stock. According to the terms of the transaction, St. Laurent's shareholders will get $12.50 in cash and one-half Smurfit-Stone share for each of their ......
- Cartonmakers put their best to the test...
Each year, the U.S. paperboard packaging industry produces millions of cartons to protect, transport and market thousands of consumer products. Dedicated craftsmen take pride in the packages they manufacture, show concern for quality and demonstrate an attention to detail that is the hallmark of the best of American industry. This ......
- Innovations
First Impression First impressions mean a lot. Just ask the Washington, DC-based Milk Processor Education Program ( www.whymilk.com ). Its "St. Louis School Milk Test" increased sales an average of more than 12 percent per school, partly through the use of colorful, new paperboard packaging. The test, which involved about ......
- US demand for beverage containers is projected to
advance at an annual pace of 2.2 percent through the year 2003 to 217
billion units.
US demand for beverage containers is projected to advance at an annual pace of 2.2 percent through the year 2003 to 217 billion units. Rising personal incomes, favorable demographic trends, a flurry of new product introductions and the ongoing development of underutilized distribution channels will all buoy beverage consumption, and ......