The growth of flexible bags, pouches, and wraps, as well as rigid carriers and containers made from plastics, has created a serious challenge to the dominance of the folding paperboard box.
The folding paperboard box industry is highly integrated. This means that the leading producers of folding paperboard boxes also produce the folding boxboard used to make the product.
The growth of flexible bags, pouches, and wraps, as well as rigid carriers and containers made from plastics, has created a serious challenge to the dominance of the folding paperboard box.
The U.S. folding paperboard box industry was made up of about 575 establishments. Shipments by the U.S. folding carton industry were concentrated in four main regions: North Central, Eastern, Southern, and Pacific.
Food and beverage products represented some of the best markets for the folding paperboard box industry, with strong growth reported in packaging materials for both the bottled and canned beverages.
Folding grades have to be flexible enough so that when the board is folded to make a box--such as a cereal box--the surface will not split or crack.
Food and beverage products represented some of the best markets for the folding paperboard box industry, with strong growth reported in packaging materials for both the bottled and canned beverages and dry food.
Folding cartons are manufacturered out of paperboard. A majority of paperboard material is made from recycled material. So, the question cannot be answered without determining what the box is made out of. Most large companies today are [self-acclaimed] environmentally friendly and use recycled paperboard.
Products include folding paperboard boxes such as cereal boxes; folding cartons; frozen food containers; ice cream containers; folding sanitary food pails, such as those used for takeout food from restaurants,
In some retail applications, corrugated products and carded "blister packs" (paperboard backings that hold a molded plastic insert) have been used as a substitute for paperboard boxes
The value of setup paperboard box product shipments in 1984 was $466.1 million
The value of setup paperboard box product shipments in 1986 was $552 million
The value of setup paperboard box product shipments in 1987 was $436 million