Market Report: Another Board Price Increase Could Crush Recent Gains

摘要

One has to walk before one can run. Box plants in the Great Lakes area are making strides toward running business the way things should be if the industry is to thrive. However, many observers fear that the second-quarter growth warm-up was just a spurt of business based on general optimism. A summer slowdown caused many people in the Midwest to worry. They worry about stumbling over the latest announced containerboard price increase, too. "Sales are slightly up - 5 percent to 6 percent," says Steve Williams, CEO at Elsons International, Cleveland, Ohio. "Volume is sideways."