Packaging Briefs –TUESDAY, JUNE 1

RockTenn announces price increase on CartonMate bleached paperboard products
RockTenn announced a $50 per ton price increase on CartonMate® bleached paperboard products. Price increases are effective with shipments on June 28, 2010.

Pregis Corp.'s Hexacomb business unit announces price increase in Northern Europe
Pregis Corp.'s Hexacomb business unit is announcing a 6% price increase on all grades and sizes of its product line shipped to customers in the U.K., Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. The price increase is effective on or after June 1, 2010. The latest price increase has become necessary due to additional upward pricing pressure from paper, fuel and adhesives. Testliner has risen approximately EUR 30 per ton over April, which puts the increase at more than 25% since October 2009.

.