Industry News

Is more foreign boxboard finding its way into the US market?

01 Jun 2016 By Dustin Jalbert, economist, paper packaging The unprecedented growth in global boxboard capacity has understandably generated some concerns about how effectively the marketplace can absorb these volumes in the near term, particularly in a weak global economic environment. China’s aggressive expansion into virgin boxboard has been well in excess of both domestic and even global demand growth for virgin boxboard over the last several years, and now market players await the impact of another salvo of capacity from Europe. The European projects alone will add roughly 1.2 million metric tons of folding boxboard capacity (FBB) capacity through 2017. We have explored these and other global trends in our recent World Boxboard Study.

TricorBraun Team Member Earns IoPP Packaging Professional Status

25 Apr 2018 Yang Li was awarded the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation from the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). Yang Li, global business coordinator at TricorBraun, St. Louis, Mo.,

Familiar Names, a New location and a New Attitude

20 Apr 2017 Familiar Names, a New location and a New Attitude April 19-20, 2017 (right before PaperCon2017) Kristi Ledbetter, TAPPI’s Converting Division Manager, and I had the privilege to revisit a company

Farrell Appointed SVP, Supply Chain, for Graphic Packaging International (1/16/2018)

21 Nov 2018 Farrell Appointed SVP, Supply Chain, for Graphic Packaging International (1/16/2018) Farrell Appointed SVP, Supply Chain, for Graphic Packaging International (1/16/2018) Mike Farrell will have

Sack and kraft packaging demand is shifting to consumer application

01 Mar 2017 JOHN NELSON World demand for sack and kraft paper used in packaging is set for healthy annual growth of three percent across the next five years, according to the latest exclusive research from Smithers Pira.

Corrugated Industry Stands Solid on New Package Cleanliness Research and Sustainability Facts

04 Mar 2015 The first corrugated box was produced in the United States in 1895.