Caraustar Hiking Prices

Caraustar announces tube and core product line price increase.

Caraustar Industries, Inc. announced that it will raise prices up to 6 percent on all paper tube and core product lines, effective with shipments on or after March 20, 2006. Existing surcharges that may have been implemented on these specific product lines during the fourth quarter of 2005 will be eliminated on March 20, 2006.

Increases in paperboard pricing and other raw material costs associated with the manufacture of tubes and cores has necessitated this increase. Caraustar continues to be dedicated to providing customers with superior quality products and value-added service at competitive prices.