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  • AICC Comments Concerning Announced – Containerboard Price Increases

    The Executive Committee of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) expresses alarm at the recent price increase announcement of $50/ton by many integrated containerboard suppliers effective in March 2005. At a time when most North American manufacturers, the major consumers of our products, are beginning to recover from a protracted slowdown, we believe this…

  • A Growing Market : Retail Ready Packaging

    ICCA on their annual meeting in 2005 already mentioned that Retailer Packaging is becoming more and more important in the corrugated industry as rought two third of corrugated products end up in the retailer power continues to escalate with their influence encompassing many different aspects of the packaging supply chain. This trend is likely to…