Caraustar Industries, Inc. announced a price increase of 8.0% on all paper tube and core and protective packaging product lines. The increase will be effective starting with shipments on March 12, 2018.
The increase is in response to strong market dynamics and inflationary cost pressures in transportation (both inbound and outbound), raw materials, chemicals and other material inputs.
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