Axios Nabs AnotherTop-10 Customer
Axios employs a proprietary Safe Quality Food (SQF)-certified washing process to sanitize its pallets after each use. Superior strength-to-weight ratio and advanced track-and-trace capabilities are among other features making the Axios solution an increasingly popular choice for producers of perishable goods. Axios supplies pallets and logistics to four of the five largest egg producers in the United States, and now 10 of the top 40.
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Driven by E-commerce, Box Sales Show Highest 2-year Growth Rate Since 1993-94
The box business is back, suggest data that show North American shipment growth exceeding 2% in 2016-2017 – the fastest consecutive annual growth since 1993-1994. Yet today’s converting sector has evolved radically over the past decade, reshaped by the same forces that are driving its expanding output. E-commerce, corporate consolidation, and global trade shifts are among the factors explored by Volume 2 of The Future of North American Containerboard: A Strategic View, released by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry.
“E-commerce is the immediate cause of growing box shipments, but its implications can’t be understood in isolation,” said Sarilee Norton, 35-year industry veteran and author of the new study, as well as Volume 1, released in 2017. “We must consider it in the context of rapid industry consolidation, higher materials costs as well as higher plant productivity, and a changing vision of packaging’s role in the customer experience.”
rs of old corrugated cardboard (OCC), is deeply affected by the challenges converters face.