PCA Closes Manufacturing Sites In Pennsylvania, North Carolina Lake Forest, Illinois based Packaging Corporation of Amer- ica (PCA) is closing multiple manufacturing sites before year’s end, the company revealed in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices this month. The end-of-year cuts come as the corrugated specialist also integrates newly acquired assets from Greif’s container- board network into its U.S. footprint. PCA is closing a full-line plant in Allentown, Pennsylva- nia, come December 1, impacting 60 employees. Weeks later, come December 19, PCA plans to shutter a full-line plant in Salisbury, North Carolina, affecting 108 workers. These announcements follow PCA’s closure of a corrugat- ed plant in Georgia at the start of this year. PCA noted on its most recent second-quarter earn- ings call in July that it had some downtime at mills to align with lower demand, resulting in year-over-year and quar- ter-to-quarter declines in total containerboard production. Recent estimates suggest containerboard site closures announced across the industry this year have resulted in a nearly 10 percent reduction in North American capacity. The U.S.-only company recently completed its $1.8 bil- lion acquisition of Greif’s containerboard business, which came with mills in Virginia and Ohio, plus sheet feeder and corrugated plant locations across the country.
AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. REGION 42# Kraft liner 26# Semi-Chem. Medium $ 900.00-925. 00 $ 825. 00 -$850.00 U.S. Average CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton. 42# Kraft Liner 26# Semi-Chem Medium East $970.00 $960.00 West $1,015.00 $995.00 REGION
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ed in Rock Hill to manufacture its packaging products. In addition to the new operation, the company also currently operates a recycling center in Rock Hill. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster expressed, “Pratt Industries investing $92.5 million in a new facility in York County is a big win for South Carolina’s recycling industry. This project will create 116 new jobs and marks an important step forward in strengthening our state’s reputa- tion in sustainability and manufacturing.” For more information about Pratt, visit www.prattindus- tries.com.
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