Mark Arzoumanian

A dismal box business climate has put a knife right through the heart of the latest attempt by integrated containerboard producers to get a $60 per ton price increase implemented this month.

"If we can't be sustainable in every way, then our company doesn't deserve to exist, says James Hannan, president and ceo, Georgia-Pacific Corp. (GP), Atlanta.

"I'm old enough to say, 'Do what I say and not what I did,' Dean Mitchell, president, The Mitchell Group, says with a smile.

When Wichita, Kan.-headquartered Koch Industries, the largest private company in America (according to Forbes), purchased Georgia-Pacific Corp. (GP) in Nov. 2005, the two companies first went through the traditional honeymoon phase, says Ben Pratt, senior vice president, Market-Based Management,...more >>

Lou Sardella, chairman and founder, Sun Automation Group, Sparks, Md., openly admits that when he started the company 23 years ago, he made some major mistakes.

The key is to use fewer resources to create more value.

Harry Epstein, vice president/innovation, HAVI Global Solutions, Downers Grove, Ill., enjoys his vacations.

Late last month International Paper (IP), North America's largest containerboard producer with a 29 percent market share, informed its customers that it will be raising containerboard prices by $60 per ton on Oct. 1.

Orange Country Container likes being in customers' back yards. That's why today you will find its plants throughout Mexico.

It's a slam dunk. This month, integrated containerboard producers successfully implemented a $55 per ton price increase.