North Central competitive as ever but boxmakers enjoying prof Stable year

摘要

A combination of relatively stable containerboard demand, recent price increases, and industry consolidation has independent box makers in the US North Central region reporting that they have been doing well, even as the industry is in its traditional slow season. Box shipments in the region that includes the Chicago metropolitan area, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas dropped more than 3% in October, but year- to-date were up nearly 1%, according to industry statistics. The big Chicago area market showedji more than 4% drop for the month and was up fractionally for the year.