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The $41 billion paperboard box and container industry has experienced stonger growth on a dollar and volume basis during the 1990s due to the current economic expansion. This in-depth analysis covers all sectors of the industry, including: corrugated and solid fiber boxes; folding boxes; sanitary food containers; fiber cans, drums, and similar products; and setup boxes. The report includes data on total sector shipments and shipments by product and/ or end-use market, price trends, the number of sector manufacturers and plants, plant cost structure and profitability, an analysis of material and labor inputs, capital expenditures, shipments and operating ratios by state, exports by major country of destination, and imports by major country of origin. Profiles are also included of 17 leading paperboard and paperboard container manufacturers.

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Scope And Methodology

The SBI Market Profile on Paperboard Boxes and Containers is a guide to the growth- and profit-oriented opportunities in this industry. This comprehensive database covers U.S. shipments, end-use market purchases, exports, imports, the cost structure of domestic plants, and the competitive environment. In addition, the leading manufacturers are profiled in order to review major competitor strategies.

Paperboard box and container industry trends are analyzed in the Executive Summary Section (Section 1). U.S. shipments are compiled from U.S. Department of Commerce surveys. Shipment data is for all domestic manufacturers, whether plants are owned by U.S.- or foreign-based companies and whether or not plants specialize (50% or more of total facility revenues) in one of the industry’s product sectors. The section tracks dollar and quantity shipments and pricing trends. Monthly production and pricing trends are analyzed from Federal Reserve Board and Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys, respectively. Import data is derived from U.S. Customs records, while export shipments are compiled by the Department of Commerce.

SBI also utilized Department of Commerce surveys to investigate the industry’s cost structure and plant profitability (Section 2). Data trends include the number of plants specializing in the industry’s product sectors, plant shipments, and the share of shipments allocated to payroll, other labor costs, and material costs. From this analysis, SBI calculated the industry’s gross plant profit margin. SBI also tracked the industry’s purchases of the major material inputs — paper and paperboard, printing ink, adhesives, petroleum wax, and plastics products, as well as the prices for these commodities. In addition, the industry’s labor situation was evaluated including the number of employees, shipments per employee, and production worker average wages and weekly hours. The industry’s capital spending trends were analyzed as well. This section also includes the sales and profit data for 17 leading paperboard and paperboard container manufacturers.

Section 3 is an analysis of end-use market purchases and factors affecting demand. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis is used as a benchmark to evaluate purchases of paperboard boxes and containers for 46 end-use markets. Demand was estimated based on trends in the overall economy and production trends for 27 manufacturing end-use markets.

Sections 4 through 8 evaluate the shipments and industry trends for the five major sectors of the paperboard box and container industry — corrugated and solid fiber boxes; folding boxes; sanitary food containers; fiber cans, drums, and similar products; and setup boxes. Each section includes total sector shipments and shipments by product and/or end-use market, price trends, the number of sector manufacturers and plants, plant cost structure and profitability, analysis of material and labor inputs, capital expenditures, shipments and operating ratios by plant employee-size, the number of manufacturers by product line, shipments and operating ratios by state, exports by major country of destination, and imports by major country of origin.

SBI supplements U.S. Department of Commerce data with individual company sales data in order to calculate company market shares in the corrugated and solid fiber box and folding paperboard box sectors. Company sales statistics are compiled as part of an effort to provide competitor intelligence on the industry’s leading manufacturers (Section 9). Annual reports, databases, and trade journals were searched for growth- and profit-oriented strategies. Action-oriented executives are urged to use this comprehensive statistical database and competitor information to develop new products, target growing end-use markets, expand foreign market sales, and initiate profitable operating strategies. Executives are urged to compute their own company’s market share and compare their company’s own operating ratios to the industry averages as part of this process.

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