Case Study
Reducing Large Cores for Scrap
Riverwood International Corporation of West Monroe, LA, a large manufacturer of printed paperboard beverage carriers, faced a major problem disposing of 300 tons a year of 12"diameter x 1/2" wall fiber cores because the local landfill would no longer accept them. Beverage carriers are produced at this facility on five rotogravure presses and one flexographic printer that, together, use 120,000 tons of board a year. Riverwood Internationa