Caraustar Receives Supplier Excellence Award from Eastman Chemical

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Caraustar Industries Inc., Atlanta, Ga., USA, reports that its Kernersville, N.C., plant has been awarded Eastman Chemical Co.'s Supplier Excellence Award. To qualify for this award, a supplier must meet certain criteria including on-time delivery performance, conformance to specifications, and continual improvement with value-added projects.

"The Kernersville team supplied Eastman with yarn tubes in 2009 that met the criteria for the award, enabling us to successfully serve our customers' needs, "said Jim Nanney, superintendent of Acetate Yarn at Eastman. Only about 1.5% of the suppliers for Eastman in Kingsport, Tenn., were selected to receive an award for 2009. Caraustar serves the four principal recycled boxboard product end-use markets: tubes and cores, folding cartons, gypsum facing paper, and specialty paperboard products.