1.   Analysts see some weakness in demand for linerboard, which is used to make corrugated boxes.

2.   All the melons are shipped by truck, mostly in thick corrugated cardboard boxes, rather than in rows on hay.

3.   But no companies have been more successful in this than those that make linerboard and corrugated boxes.

4.   Companies that make linerboard, the brown lining used in corrugated cardboard boxes, are expected to show the largest earnings declines.

5.   Deputy Chairman Smurfit said the company is looking at a number of small acquisitions of corrugated box plants to increase its capacity to convert paper into corrugated boxes.

6.   Deputy Chairman Smurfit said the company was looking at a number of small acquisitions of corrugated box plants to increase its capacity to convert paper into corrugated boxes.

7.   For instance, corrugated boxes -- which pack televisions, personal computers and video cassette recorders -- are increasingly more expensive to manufacture.

8.   He has a wary eye on slowing demand for paper and corrugated boxes.

9.   Linerboard is a raw material used to make corrugated cardboard boxes.

10.   Linerboard, used in making corrugated cardboard boxes, is viewed as a leading economic indicator and barometer for other paper prices.