Real GDP grew 2.9 percent at the annual rate in the fourth quarter, boosted by strength in consumer and business...

The tighter Chinese customs rules, as well as the restricted availability of import permits, haveweighed heavily on the re...

If David Attenborough is the prophet of the anti-plastic generation, Chris Griffin is the pragmatist. As multinationals fr...

A new report suggests containerboard makers at risk of going from heroes to zeroes as far as their shareholders are concer...

Some of Smurfit Kappa’s largest investors have begun pressuring the company to enter into negotiations with the American p...

Printers live by their deadlines and, for that reason, they take few things as seriously. No printer would slip a delivery...

Industry experts say numerous recovered plastics processing facilities are popping up worldwide, as the global market shif...

Amazon announced plans to open its largest facility in Nevada in North Las Vegas, creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs...

While a growing number of people order household products and groceries on-line and wait for Amazon (or another carrier) t...

Written By: Chad Moutray, Ph.D., CBE, Chief Economist, NAM AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing...

Since the earliest days of the packaging industry, as in most any enterprise, progress was incremental and evolutionary. R...

International Paper Co. isn’t likely to back down in its play for Irish packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group Plc and...

US packaging giant International Paper has told major shareholders in Smurfit Kappa that it hopes to secure a friendly tak...

A $1,050 purchase of reusable corrugated boxes and unique box-closing devices has saved industrial manufacturer Belimo USA...

Periodic testing performed to a protocol designed by food safety, microbiology and toxicology experts from the University...

Irish packaging company Smurfit Kappa Group Plc rejected a sweetened 8.9 billion euro ($11 billion) takeover bid from Inte...

"Earlier today we shared our revised proposal to acquire Smurfit Kappa. Let me just say that we’ve followed and admired Sm...

Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa on Monday said it had rejected an increased takeover offer from U.S. rival International Paper, sa...

International Paper Co. isn’t likely to back down in its play for Irish packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group Plc and...

AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing Associations, is pleased to present the "Manufacturing Econom...

Written By: Chad Moutray, Ph.D., CBE, Chief Economist, NAM AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing...

Written By: Chad Moutray, Ph.D., CBE, Chief Economist, NAM AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturin...

There may have been a time when conventional thinking applied to conventional printing for packaging and labels, but those...

U.S. containerboard production was down 3% in February 2018, compared to February 2017 and down 1.1% year-to-date. The mon...

The Board of Smurfit Kappa (the “Board”) announces that it received a revised proposal (the “Revised Proposal”) from Inter...

View International Papers PowerPoint Presentation Proposal to Acquire Smurfit Kappa

According to the  Bureau of Labor Statistics , the median age in the print industry as of 2017 sits at 47.3 years old...

AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing Associations, is pleased to present the "Manufacturing Econom...

AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing Associations, is pleased to present the "Manufacturing Econom...

The modular packaging "THIMM COOLandFREEZE" for temperature-controlled shipping was awarded the iF Design Award 2018. The...

High demand for corrugated packaging continues to stoke interest in investments for machines to produce corrugated case ma...

The old “pathway” of getting product from processors/manufacturers included a distribution channel that would deliver to t...

A former Walmart executive has sued the retailer for misleading e-commerce results, alleging information was falsely...

As Amazon steamrolls over businesses of all kinds, one industry isn’t objecting to their giant looming presence at all: co...

Written By: Chad Moutray, Ph.D., CBE, Chief Economist, NAM AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing A...