http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging A publication edited for management and other key personnel involved in the manufacturing and marketing segments of the paperboard packaging industry. 2008-05-09T23:39:19Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Boiler-Explosion-Closes-IPs-Mill/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515274?ref=25 One worker was killed and 17 others were injured in an explosion on May 3 at an International Paper Co.'s Vicksburg linerboard mill in Redwood, Miss. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/515274null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Weyco-Plans-to-License-RFID-Tagging-Process/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515283?ref=25 The radio frequency identification (RFID) application process for manufacturing RFID-tagged paperboard that Weyerhaeuser developed is in the works to be licensed to International Paper and other firms. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/515283null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Metro-Waste-Plans-New-Facility/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514419?ref=25 Metro Waste Paper Recovery Inc., Toronto, plans to open a new 80,000 sq ft multi-stream recycling and processing facility in Vancouver this summer. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514419null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Products/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514417?ref=25 Products 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514417null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/M-real-Phases-out-Certain-Offerings/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514430?ref=25 Finnish manufacturer M-real Corp. has sent a letter to its customers acknowledging that it has streamlined its product line: 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514430null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/OCC-Prices-Tumble/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514423?ref=25 Although the specific price drops varied from region to region, most domestic board mills are now clearly in a position to dictate OCC prices. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514423null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Mexico-Holds-Seventh-Annual-Meeting/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514431?ref=25 The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Mexico held its seventh annual meeting April 24-25 in Monterrey, Mexico. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514431null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/1Q-Earnings-Reports-Released/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514422?ref=25 International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., has reported preliminary first-quarter 2008 net earnings of $133 million, compared with net earnings of $327 million  in the 2007 fourth quarter and $434 million  in the first quarter of 2007. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514422null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/People-Update/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514416?ref=25 People Update 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514416null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Joins-CPA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514420?ref=25 The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) has welcomed the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) as co-sponsor, joining with the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and the Fibre Box Association (FBA) to support and expand the corrugated container industry’s efforts on sustainability and related issues. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514420null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/MAN-Roland-to-Host-Open-House/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514428?ref=25 Using the theme of “Make No Small Plans,” MAN Roland will host an open house at its Westmont, Ill., Graphic Demonstration Center June 23-24. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514428null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Holds-2008-Innovator-of-the-Year-Competition/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514421?ref=25 The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) and Board Converting News (BCN) have released a call for entries for the 2008 Innovator of the Year (Machinery) Competition, which will be held in conjunction with the AICC 2008 Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-26 in Atlanta. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514421null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/MWV-Receives-SFIreg-PEFC-Certifications/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514424?ref=25 Richmond, Va.-based MWV has received chain of custody certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) chain of custody standards. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514424null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Amtech-to-Install-CAD-Interface-at-Boxes-Inc/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514427?ref=25 Amtech Software has sold its CAD Interface to Boxes Inc., St. Louis. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514427null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/CCTI-Celebrates-75-Years/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514426?ref=25 The Composite Can and Tube Institute (CCTI) will hold its 75th annual meeting June 7-9 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514426null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/MarquipWardUnited-Hits-Record-Sales-Mark/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514432?ref=25 MarquipWardUnited has reached record sales of its SheetWizard sheeter, which will be on display at the drupa exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, next month. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514432null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/NTHS-Inducts-Harpers-into-Hall-of-Fame/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514425?ref=25 Ron and Katherine Harper, founders of Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., have been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society Hall of Fame for Educational Excellence. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514425null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Cover+Story/Greenstar-Is-No-Paper-Recycling-Greenhorn/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514418?ref=25 Recently I had the opportunity to interview paper recycling industry veteran Steve Ragiel, ceo, Greenstar North America, a Houston-headquartered business established last October. 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/192008/514418null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/IP-Rock-Tenn-and-Temple-Inland-Release-1Q-Earnings/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513448?ref=25 International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., has reported preliminary first-quarter 2008 net earnings of $133 million, compared with net earnings of $327 million in the 2007 fourth quarter and $434 million in the first quarter of 2007. 2008-04-30T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/513448null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/AICC-Joins-the-Corrugated-Packaging-Alliance/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513446?ref=25 The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) has welcomed the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) as co-sponsor, joining with the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and the Fibre Box Association (FBA) to support and expand the corrugated container industry's efforts on sustainability and related issues. The co-sponsorship was approved by the CPA and each organization's board of directors. 2008-04-30T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/513446null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/PCA-Linerboard-Mill-to-Lay-off-Workers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512790?ref=25 The Valdosta (Ga.) Daily Times reports that "in a restructuring move, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) in Clyattville [Ga.] will reduce its hourly workforce [at its linerboard mill] beginning May 1. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512790null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/People-Update/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512758?ref=25 People Update 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512758null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Sonocos-1Q-Results-Suffer/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512770?ref=25 Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., says its first quarter earnings were 13 cents per diluted share, compared with 52 cents per diluted share earned in the first quarter of 2007. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512770null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Global-Economic-Power-Is-Evolving/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512773?ref=25 The collective dominance of the U.S., Europe and Japan is giving way to a greater dispersal of global economic power, says Peter Frandina, senior manager, Accenture. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512773null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/DuraCorp-Changes-Name-Brand-Identity/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512792?ref=25 Lewis Center, Ohio-based DuraCorp LLC, which manufactures thermoformed paper products, has changed its name to SOLUT! 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512792null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/PCA-Reports-Record-1Q-Results/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512789?ref=25 Lake Forest, Ill.-based Packaging Corp. of America (PCA) reports record first quarter 2008 net income of $32 million compared to first quarter 2007 net income of $31 million. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512789null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Cover+Story/GPI-to-Close-Carton-Operation/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512759?ref=25 Graphic Packaging International (GPI), Inc., Marietta, Ga., plans to discontinue folding carton manufacturing at its operations in Middletown, Ohio, by the end of the third quarter. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512759null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/SSCC-to-Acquire-Calpine-Corrugated/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512760?ref=25 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) has signed a letter of intent to take controlling interest in Calpine Corrugated LLC, an independent corrugated container producer based in Fresno, Calif. Terms weren't disclosed. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512760null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-to-Present-Blueprint-for-Sustainable-Packagin/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512764?ref=25 At 1:30 p.m. Eastern time May 20, the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will present a one-hour installment of its audio/Web series. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512764null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Spring-to-Speak-at-NJPRA-Meeting/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512772?ref=25 The New Jersey Paper Recycling Association (NJPRA) will hold its next meeting on May 19, with Tim Spring as the guest speaker. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512772null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Sales-Locomotive-Gains-Steam-on-West-Coast/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512769?ref=25 Like a big old locomotive gathering steam, 2008 started out really slow and stressful on much of the West Coast. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512769null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AFampPAs-Agenda-2020-to-Partner-with-UKs-WRAP/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512765?ref=25 Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has become a member of the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, a special project of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512765null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/SSCC-Cuts-Losses/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512768?ref=25 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, reports a first quarter 2008 adjusted net loss of $24 million. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512768null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Pontin-Creates-RFID-System/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512761?ref=25 Recovered paper dealer Pontin srl-VIPA Group, Italy, in partnership with Eximia Co., has created a RFID tracking system that allows it to provide customs authorities with the specific data they need to accept containers of recovered paper. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512761null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/March-Box-Shipments-Rise/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512787?ref=25 On an average week basis, industry shipments of corrugated products rose 2.7 percent last month, the Fibre Box Association (FBA) reports. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512787null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AFampPA-Revises-2007-Production-Estimate/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512788?ref=25 U.S. containerboard production for 2007 has been revised upward by 84,700 tons, or 0.24 percent. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512788null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Pratt-Making-Progress-on-New-Board-Mill/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512767?ref=25 Construction of Pratt Industries' 35,000 sq ft recycled linerboard mill in Shreveport, La., is in the beginning stages and running on time, reports The Shreveport Times. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512767null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Potlatch-to-Evaluate-Spin-off-of-Pulp-Based-Busine/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512791?ref=25 Potlatch Corp.'s board of directors has authorized management to evaluate a potential tax-free spin-off of the Spokane, Wash.-based company's pulp-based businesses. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512791null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Shorewood-to-Open-Carton-Plant-in-Mexico/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512762?ref=25 Shorewood Packaging's newest manufacturing facility Shorewood de Mexico, located in Aguascalientes, Mexico — will provide high-end packaging solutions for multinational companies in Latin America. 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/182008/512762null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Shorewood-Opens-Folding-Carton-Plant-in-Mexico/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511806?ref=25 Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, has the completed of the first phase of its strategy to expand into Latin America. Its newest manufacturing facility ? Shorewood de Mexico, located in Aguascalientes, Mexico ? was established to provide high-end packaging solutions for multinational companies in Latin America. 2008-04-23T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511806null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/SSCC-to-Acquire-Calpine-Corrugated/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511698?ref=25 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) has signed a letter of intent to take controlling interest in Calpine Corrugated LLC, an independent corrugated container producer based in Fresno, Calif. Terms were not disclosed. 2008-04-23T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511698null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Eska-Receives-FSC-Certification/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512249?ref=25 The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has certified Eskaboard, Eskapuzzle, Eskamono, and Eskaduo — making the manufacturer of these brands, Eska Graphic Board, the first graphic board producer to acquire the FSC certificate for recycled board products. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512249null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Amtech-Installs-New-Biz-at-Boxes-Inc/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512250?ref=25 NewBiz, Amtech’s sales force automation and workflow software, is being installed at St. Louis-based Boxes Inc. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512250null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/IP-spent-25M-in-Lobbying-Efforts/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512469?ref=25 The Associated Press reports that Memphis, Tenn.-based International Paper Co. (IP) “spent nearly $2.5 million lobbying the federal government last year on trade, tax and energy issues… including farm spending, energy legislation, trade with Russia, China and Brazil, and other trade issues, including legislation banning the use of illegally harvested wood products imported from overseas.” 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512469null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Menasha-Packaging-Looks-to-Expand/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512465?ref=25 According to the Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent, the Menasha Packaging Co. is planning to construct a 47,000 sq ft addition to its Neenah wide web plant that would require the purchase and demolition of the adjacent Sky Club East, a longstanding supper club. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512465null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/People-Update/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511202?ref=25 People Update 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511202null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Chicago-TAPPI-to-Host-Trade-Show/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511416?ref=25 Chicago TAPPI’s afternoon trade fair will occur from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 6 at the Marriott Oak Brook, Oak Brook, Ill. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511416null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Freedonia-Releases-US-Cosmetic-Toiletry-Container-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512241?ref=25 According to the Cleveland-based The Freedonia Group Inc., U.S. demand for cosmetic and toiletry containers is projected to increase 2.8 percent per year to 25.5 billion units in 2012. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512241null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Clemson-FFTA-to-Host-Flexography-Seminar/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512246?ref=25 The 2007 installments of Clemson University’s “Digital Proofing for Flexography” seminar was so popular that this year South Carolina University’s Department of Graphic Communications has once again scheduled it for twin sessions to ensure the class size stays small. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512246null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Act-Would-Hurt-Mill-Water-Supply/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512244?ref=25 The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) is expressing concern that S.1870, the Clean Water Restoration Act, would dramatically change the scope of the Clean Water Act and “could have potentially adverse consequences for private forest landowners, wood products and paper mill operations throughout the country, as well as the very operations that provide clean and safe water.” 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512244null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Bell-Grows-Judiciously/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512247?ref=25 Over the past couple of years Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Bell Inc. has experienced significant growth, adding new accounts such as Barilla Pasta and Wells’ Dairy. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512247null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Phoenix-Challenge-to-Host-Two-Events/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511359?ref=25 The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing flexo through education and awareness, will be hosting two events to further its cause. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511359null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/RecycleBank-Adds-30-Million/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512464?ref=25 Incentive-based recycling rewards company RecycleBank, Philadelphia, has raised $30 million in funding via numerous venture capital firms, reports Resource Recycling. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512464null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Metro-Waste-Earns-Supplier-Recognition/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511357?ref=25 Catalyst Paper’s Paper Recycling Division (PRD) has named Metro Waste Paper Recovery as the recipient of its 2007 Supplier of the Year Award. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511357null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Metro-Waste-Earns-Supplier-Recognition/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511328?ref=25 Catalyst Paper’s Paper Recycling Division (PRD) has named Metro Waste Paper Recovery as the recipient of its 2007 Supplier of the Year Award. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511328null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Smurfit-Kappa-Ireland-Selects-Core-Business-Softwa/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511412?ref=25 Vancouver, British Columbia-based VantagePoint Systems will implement its Business VantagePoint™ software in three corrugated box plants and seven specialty packaging plants of Smurfit Kappa Ireland. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511412null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Caribbean-Packaging-Upgrades-to-HRMS-Gen2/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512248?ref=25 Caribbean Packaging Industries of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, has upgraded its business software to Rohde Software Gen/2, the latest version of HRMS Inc.’s core business software for corrugated packaging manufacturers. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512248null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Cascades-Battles-Market-Challenges/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512242?ref=25 Alain Lemaire, president and ceo, Cascades Inc., Montreal, is telling his employees and investors the good times are over, reports The Gazette. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512242null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/UCratereg-Offers-New-Packaging-Choice/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512243?ref=25 Laminations®, a part of Great Northern Corp., has introduced UCrate®, a cost-effective, sustainable choice for protecting long and narrow products during shipping and handling. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512243null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Confirms-Executive-Leadership-Forum-Speaker-W/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512245?ref=25 Christopher Mercer, ASA, CFA will present “Wealth Creation, Asset Management and Estate Planning” at the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters’ (AICC’s) Independent Business Leadership Executives Forum. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512245null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Diamond-Packaging-Wins-Environmental-Leadership-Aw/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512459?ref=25 On April 8, Diamond Packaging was recognized as one of Rochester, N.Y.’s greenest companies during a luncheon event sponsored by the Rochester Business Journal and Bank of America at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512459null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Maersk-Plans-Rate-Increase/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512463?ref=25 Shipping line Maersk, Madison, N.J., is telling its customers that effective May 1 there will be a general rate increase implemented for all dry cargo, including recovered paper. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512463null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Spring-Meeting-Educational-Sessions-Out/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511358?ref=25 The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) has introduced the 2008 Spring Meeting Live Learning Center. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511358null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-Region-7-to-Host-Meeting/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512462?ref=25 Region 7 of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will hold its meeting and golf outing event June 26-27 at the South Bend (Ind.) Marriott Hotel. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512462null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Fitch-Assigns-Nine-Dragons-Paper-lsquoBBB-rsquo/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512240?ref=25 Thomson Financial reports that “Fitch Ratings assigned a long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) of ‘BBB-,’ with stable outlook, to China-based Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd.” 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512240null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Amtech-Achieves-Gold-Certified-Partner-Level/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512466?ref=25 Fort Washington, Pa.-based Amtech Software has achieved the Gold Certified Partner Level with Microsoft Corp. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512466null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/High-Desert-Recycling-Relocates/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512467?ref=25 High Desert Recycling relocates from Fernley, Nev., to Sparks, Nev. The company points to lower fuel costs and a closer proximity to its fiber supply as factors in the move. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512467null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Franklin-Boxboard-Avoids-Shutdown/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511313?ref=25 The Middletown (Ohio) Journal reports that Franklin Boxboard Corp. will remain open. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511313null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Products/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511203?ref=25 Products 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511203null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/China-Industry-to-Improve-Report-Says/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512238?ref=25 AsiaPulse reveals that investment strategy reports for the second quarter, newly released by securities research institutes in China, widely favor stocks of the domestic paper making industry, largely on the ground of environmental protection policies to eliminate outdated production capacities, paper product price rises, and appreciation of the Chinese currency. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512238null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Hodges-Optimistic-about-PT-Paper/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512239?ref=25 According to an article in the Port Townsend (Wash.) Leader, new Port Townsend Paper Corp. President and CEO Charles Hodges is optimistic about the future. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/512239null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Cover+Story/Can-Cooler-Corrugating-Cut-Costs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511204?ref=25 With corn now costing more than $6 per bushel and oil at $113 a barrel (and climbing), controlling energy costs is on the mind of every corrugator plant throughout this country. 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/172008/511204null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/New-CEO-Hodges-Optimistic-about-PT-Paper/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510477?ref=25 New Port Townsend Paper Corp. President and CEO Charles Hodges is optimistic about the future. 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/510477null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Cascades-Battles-Market-Challenges/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510472?ref=25 Alain Lemaire, president and ceo, Cascades Inc., Montreal, is telling his employees and investors the good times are over. 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/510472null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/China-Industry-to-Improve-Report-Says/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510476?ref=25 released by securities research institutes in China, widely favor stocks of the domestic paper making industry, largely on the ground of environmental protection policies to eliminate outdated production capacities, paper product price rises, and appreciation of the Chinese currency. 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/510476null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Recycled-Board-Will-Experience-Modest-Increases/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509891?ref=25 In its recently-released 48th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) states that the decline in recycled paperboard capacity last year followed a string of declines that began in 2001 and were particularly large in 2005 (-4.7 percent) and 2006 (-3.1 percent). 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509891null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Talent-Search-Can-Never-End/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509899?ref=25 You would think that Steve Klinger, president and chief operating officer, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, spends most of his time studying financial reports, visiting mills and box plants, and handling administrative duties. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509899null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Branham300-List-Names-VantagePoint/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509900?ref=25 Vancouver, British Columbia-based VantagePoint Systems Inc. has been included on this year’s Branham300 listing, the most comprehensive listing of publicly traded and privately held information technology (IT) companies in Canada. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509900null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Cover+Story/Carton-Market-to-Steady-Itself/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509882?ref=25 Folding carton sales dollars grew 3.7 percent in 2007 and are expected to rise 5.5 percent a year through 2010, reports the Paperboard Packaging Council?s (PPC) Industry Outlook and Market Data Report. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509882null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Smurfit-Stone-Plans-Plant-Expansion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509893?ref=25 The Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat reports that Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. plans to expand its Highland, Ill. box plant by razing its century-old brick building to make way for a more modern structure. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509893null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Containerboard-Consolidation-Could-Continue/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509895?ref=25 International Paper’s (IP) $6 billion purchase of Weyerhaeuser Co.’s packaging assets last month was the first large deal among North American containerboard makers in a long while, but it’s unlikely to spell an end to consolidation in the sector, report Reuters. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509895null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Rocky-Mountain-Recycling-Survives-Fire/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509897?ref=25 According to The Spectrum, a St. George, Utah, newspaper, large bundles of recycled paper and paperboard at the local Rocky Mountain Recycling plant caught fire April 2. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509897null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Gibraltar-Packaging-Faces-Lawsuit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509894?ref=25 Bloomberg.com reports that Hastings, Neb.-based Gibraltar Packaging Group Inc. is being “sued by an investor attempting to halt its sale to a Canadian rival.” 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509894null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/MWV-Agrees-to-Sell-Mill-to-KapStone/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509887?ref=25 Last week Richmond, Va.-based MeadWestvaco Corp. reached a definitive agreement to sell its kraft paper mill in North Charleston, S.C., and related assets to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. for $485 million in cash, subject to certain closing adjustments. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509887null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/emOBMem-Will-Start-Publishing-Chicago-OCC-Export-P/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509892?ref=25 For the past few years Official Board Markets (OBM) has been publishing old corrugated container (OCC) export prices for New York and Los Angeles. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509892null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/OCC-Takes-lsquoJumborsquo-Leap-Ahead/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509889?ref=25 Corrugados De Baja California, a Tijuana, Mexico-based division of Orange County Container Corp., recently installed the Rapidex RapidSet Jumbo finishing machine. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509889null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Total-Containerboard-Inventories-Rise/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509890?ref=25 Total containerboard inventories (box plants and mills combined) rose 1.2 percent between the end of January and the end of February, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509890null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Boise-Completes-Linerboard-Expansion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509888?ref=25 Last month Boise Inc., Boise, Idaho, finished its 50,000-ton linerboard expansion at its mill in DeRidder, La., adding capacity and reducing fuel use. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509888null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/People-Update/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509881?ref=25 People Update 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509881null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Newark-Group-Might-Close-Franklin-Boxboard/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509884?ref=25 The Middletown Journal reports that The Newark Group, based in Cranford, N.J., could close its Franklin Boxboard Corp. in Franklin, Ohio, on June 2. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509884null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AFampPA-Calls-for-Swift-Approval-of-Trade-Agreemen/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509896?ref=25 The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) is urging Congress to approve the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) quickly, maintaining that this pact would benefit the U.S. forest and paper industry and advance the economic interests of both the U.S. and Colombia. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509896null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/PPC-Competition-Showcases-True-Innovators/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509883?ref=25 All Packaging Co., Aurora, Colo., won the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) President Award in its 65th National Paperboard Packaging Competition. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509883null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/IADDFSEA-Choose-Atlanta-to-Host-2009-Odyssey/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509898?ref=25 The International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) and the Foil Stamping and Embossing Association (FSEA) have chosen the site for the 2009 IADD/FSEA Odyssey — the only trade exhibition targeted specifically to diecutting, diemaking, foil stamping, embossing, and other trade finishing processes. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509898null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/SuperCorrExporeg-2008-Nearly-Sold-Out/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509885?ref=25 Exhibit space for SuperCorrExpo 2008 is more than 90 percent sold out, and sales remain brisk. 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/162008/509885null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/MeadWestvaco-Agrees-to-Sell-Mill-to-KapStone/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509238?ref=25 Earlier this week, Richmond, Va.-based MeadWestvaco Corp. reached a definitive agreement to sell its kraft paper mill in North Charleston, S.C., and related assets to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. for $485 million in cash, subject to certain closing adjustments. KapStone has committed financing for the entire purchase price. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/509238null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/Boise-Completes-Linerboard-Expansion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509240?ref=25 Last month Boise Inc., Boise, Idaho, finished its 50,000-ton linerboard expansion at its mill in DeRidder, La., adding capacity and reducing fuel use. However, it notes that substantial cost increases are being experienced, particularly in the Pacific Northwest at its mills in Wallula and St. Helens. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/509240null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/AICC-to-Host-Financial-Seminar/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508170?ref=25 The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) will once again offer its School for Financial Managers & Controllers. 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/508170null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/Domestic-OCC-Prices-Stabilize/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508173?ref=25 The U.S. recovered paper industry’s continuing struggle to find containers to ship materials overseas has led to a significant dent in export old corrugated container (OCC) pricing. 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/508173null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/RadTech-Sessions-Focus-on-Sustainable-Packaging/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508172?ref=25 At RadTech UV&EB Technology Expo & Conference, taking place May 5-7 in Chicago, a session on May 5 will discuss the role ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable inks/coatings play within sustainable packaging. 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/508172null HTML http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/OBM+Breaking+News/FBAAICC-Releases-Occupational-Injury-Report-Award-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508168?ref=25 A new report from the Fibre Box Association and the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters, the 2007 FBA/AICC Corrugated Container Industry Annual Report of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, has found a continued decrease in recordable case incidences. 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/data/articlestandard/paperboardpackaging/152008/508168null HTML