Unboxing the China Trade
The containerboard boom with China changed American manufacturing. Its reversal may change it again. For most Americans, the economic relationship between the United States and China did not begin with…
How China Accidentally Built America’s Most Disruptive Boxmaker
The U.S. went from shipping boxes to China… to shipping them to Pratt. For most of the late 20th century, the U.S. paper and packaging industry resembled an old, well-run…
Smurfit WestRock’s Next Great Leap: From Debt to China’s Box Boom
Sometimes you don’t just trim the fat. Sometimes you swing the axe. For Smurfit WestRock, that moment is right now. This is the world’s biggest packaging company. It was born…