Caraustar Adds to its Building Products Portfolio

Caraustar Industries Inc., an Atlanta-based recycled-content packaging company, has announced an exclusive distribution and agency agreement with Column Form Technology Inc. (CFT) of Sun Valley, Calif. Caraustar will exclusively market and sell CFT’s Column Cast System throughout North America.

Caraustar is already a producer of fiber tubes used to form concrete columns, footings, piers and other structures. Caraustar forms are produced using 100 percent recycled paperboard at multiple manufacturing facilities located across the United States and Canada. Caraustar construction products are marketed as sustainable form solutions for those in the green building segment.

Adding the CFT line will complement Caraustar’s construction products offering, says the company. “The Column Cast System offers a revolutionary new process that yields all the benefits of a true ‘cast-in-place’ concrete post/column, utilizing a highly efficient design, which results in significant labor savings,” says John Lea, Caraustar’s national sales vice president – construction products. “Column Cast won distinction by receiving the 2009 Most Innovative Product Award at the Hanley-Wood World of Concrete exposition,” adds Lea. “Caraustar is pleased to partner with CFT, demonstrating its commitment to deliver new, innovative, sustainable and value-enhanced products to our customers.”