Atlantic Paper & Supply is celebrating their 75th anniversary in 2023 and is one of Southern New England’s oldest family-owned sources for industrial packaging & shipping, janitorial, maintenance and safety supplies. Our specialties include custom printed shipping boxes with no minimum and no artwork/plate charges and Vendor Managed Inventory services. We’ll even keep up to a three month supply of specialized/custom inventory for just in time delivery on our fleet of trucks.
After contracting in the first two quarters of 2022, the U.S. economy rebounded in the third quarter, expanding 3.2% at the annual rate. Despite the improvement in activity in the third quarter, significant downside risks remained in the economic outlook, with the risk of a recession elevated. With that said....
The “new normal” is looking a lot like the old normal as U.S. imports continue to fall. Volumes began declining sharply in September and were already close to 2019 levels by the end of last year. They’re expected to pull even with pre-COVID numbers this month and next
The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI declined to 48.8 in November, contracting for the third straight month and falling to the lowest level since June 2020. With worldwide manufacturing activity weakening materially in recent months, firms continued to....
Jobs that have traditionally required a four-year college degree are increasingly accepting applicant skills and experience instead, according to The Wall Street Journal (subscription). The reason? The still-tight labor market.
On the one hand, there are signs that raw material costs continue to decelerate, which is encouraging, while remaining at highly elevated levels. Yet, on the other hand, prices continue to accelerate or exceed expectations in some categories, such as for.......
“Time for the Business Community to make a Political Statement”
This election year is critical for the business community. We have more individuals in the State House who are anti-business. The business community is a well that they draw monies from. They want more of your hard-earned dollars for “their” programs..... READ MORE
January 1, 2023, Warren RI, Taylor Box Company and Burt Rigid Box, Inc. are pleased to announce their combination with respected European secondary packaging group, Pusterla 1880. With established manufacturing sites across the European Union, UK, Moldova, and Tunisia and offices in Asia, Pusterla will enter the North American market through a merger with Burt, located in Oneonta, NY, and the acquisition of Taylor Box in Warren, RI.
Activity contracted for the first time since May 2020, with the ISM® Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index® dropping to 49.0 in November. New orders contracted for the third straight month, with exports falling for the fourth consecutive month, albeit at a slower pace of decline in November.....
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor TurnoverSurvey showed a slight increase in manufacturing job openings in November. NAM Chief Economist Chad Moutray explained what we saw and what it all means...READ MORE
The NAM is calling on policymakers to provide much-needed tax fixes that were not included in the omnibus spending package. These include reversing a tax change that would make R&D much more expensive for manufacturers, hampering their ability to invest and grow.
In the Q4 2022 NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, 68.9% of respondents felt either somewhat or very positive in their company outlook, down from 75.6% in the third quarter. It was the weakest reading since the third quarter of 2020, with growth slowing notably across the board. Indeed, it was the first reading
