Mark Arzoumanian

OBM Editor in Chief Mark Arzoumanian gets an exclusive interview with Madam Yan Cheung, the founder of China's largest containerboard producer. She discusses the company's Los Angeles-based recovered paper-buying arm and what the future holds for the company.

The HPX Academy, which is open to customers and all employees, has 36 courses with three levels of certification.

It's a moment that members of the family-run Indiana Carton (IC), Bremen, Ind., will never forget. Nine years ago, the independent folding carton converter was confronted with a harsh reality: It hadn't kept up with technological developments. Every department was operating with equipment that was...more >>

It's not easy to admit that technology is passing you by. But a couple of years ago, Lewis Eagle, president, Empire Container Corp. (ECC), an independent sheet plant headquartered in Carson, Calif., not only came to that conclusion but realized that if he and his brother, Norm, vice president,...more >>

A very tough economy isn't stopping corrugated box plants from making and selling boxes. But now more than ever their customers can demand perfection in quality and delivery. If quality complaints start coming in, these plants have to look at their machinery and ask some very tough questions. The...more >>

At February's Chicago TAPPI meeting in Oak Brook, Ill., approximately 120 attendees had the opportunity to learn about some of the latest innovations in box making.

When it turned to its employees to innovate, they channeled their resources and pulled it off.

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Walmart's packaging scorecard, which was unveiled two years ago this month, continues to evolve.

When Minneapolis-based Northwest Packaging made the commitment to upgrade its rotary diecutting capacity, it didn't know it would also be committing to becoming a fine printer. Its only regret today? That it waited so long.