Containerboard production was up 0.7 percent compared to April 2017 and up 0.7 percent year-to-date. The month-over-month average daily production compared to March 2018 was 0.5 percent lower. The containerboard operating rate was 98.3 percent, 2.5 percentage points higher than the same month last year. Production for exports was 3.0 percent lower than April 2017 and 5.8 percent lower year-to-date.
http://afandpa.org/media/news/2018/05/17/american-forest-paper-association-releases-april-2018-containerboard-report
Related Posts
Second Quarter 2020 U.S. GAAP Summary: Net sales of $1.2 billion decreased 1% as reported. Currency had a negative impact on total net sales of $42 million or approximately 4%. Net earnings were $100 million, or $0.64 per diluted share. Special Items had a negative impact of approximately $18 million on net earnings in the quarter, which was largely due to restructuring and restructuring associated charges of $14 million ($11 million, net of taxes).
While marketing focus steadily shifting from a mass to a more personalized approach, and each consumer increasingly has their own individual tastes and needs, analogue printing technologies such as gravure and flexography can not always caater to such requirements. This has lead to vendors needing to create an ever increasing variety of products but of smaller quantities, a phenomenon which has led to a constant reduction in the size of production lots. The Miyakoshi MJP30AXF includes features such as: *Water based ink, safe for food packaging *Minimizing of inventories and waste helping to achieve sustainable goals *Optimized production with a variety of small jobs on one single web *High resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi with latest inkjet printhead technology *Digitally printed white, enabling high quality colour reproduction *750 mm(30 inch) print width and 50 meter per minute printing speed *No make-ready time such as plate/drum making, and ink change.
Sonoco announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning July 15, 2021. Sonoco said the price increase was in response to continuing strong demand across its U.S. and Canada mill network which has driven order backlogs to near historical levels as well as stepped up inflationary pressures from energy, freight, papermaking chemicals and packaging materials.