Throughout 2003, while the U.S. economy was on a tear, Patrick J. Moore was stuck at the starting gate. As chief executive of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., the world's biggest maker of corrugated-paper shipping boxes, Moore could only watch enviously as sales numbers rose and rose again―but not in his industry. For the paper business, the trendlines mostly continued the other way, with corrugated-box sales down for an unprecedented fourth year in a row.
展开▼
机译：整个2003年，当美国经济不景气时，帕特里克·摩尔（Patrick J. Moore）停留在起跑线上。作为世界最大的瓦楞纸运输箱制造商Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.的首席执行官，摩尔只能羡慕地看着销售数字的上升和上升，但在他的行业却没有。对于造纸业务，趋势线主要以相反的方式继续发展，瓦楞纸箱销售连续第四年下降。
展开▼
