Sonoco Products Co. Announces Closure Of RTS Packaging Hartsville, South Carolina based Sonoco Products Com- pany is closing its packaging plant, RTS Packaging, in Scarborough, Maine, in coming months, according to local media. The plant, which employs about 67 people, man- ufactures corrugated partitions, folding cartons, sheeted paperboard and die cut paperboard components. It has been in operation in Scarborough under various owners since the 1980s. Sonoco assumed ownership in 1997. Company spokesperson Roger Schrum said the clo- sure is due to inflation and slumping sales in the folding carton market and that Sonoco is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for the plant, its employees and other affected parties, he said. “Sonoco has operations through- out the East Coast and our employees are eligible to seek employment at other company operations where open- ings may exist,” Schrum said. Sonoco announced a $70 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the US and Canada effective April 10. The company said the in- crease was necessary due to continued inflation and tight- ening market conditions. Sonoco employs approximately 28,000 people globally. Sonoco also plans to increase prices for all converted paperboard products by at least eight percent starting April 15.
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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