US box demand will grow 2.1% per year during the 2015-2016period after being stuck at less than 1%/year growth since 2011, according to RISI VP for paper packaging Ken Waghorne.
Ken Waghorne expects that North American box and containerboard demand will "emerge from its lethargy" in 2015 if consumer spending finally begins to pick up.
He also said, as quoted by Paper Age, that the reason US box demand has lagged so far behind GDP is that "containerboard reflects conditions in nondurable goods manufacturing," which has been lagging overall economic growth.
