INDUSTRY CALENDAR NOVEMBER 8-10 Digital Packaging Summit: Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. NOVEMBER 16 AICC 37th Annual West Coast Golf Tournament: Straw- berry Farms Golf Club, Irvine, California. NOVEMBER 17-19 AICC Mexico 2021 Annual Meeting & Trade Show: Cami- no Real Hotel, Monterrey, Mexico. DECEMBER 10-12 ICPF Holiday Weekend in New York: The Muse New York. FEBRUARY 1, 2022 Chicago TAPPI: What’s New in Corrugated Program: Chicago, Illinois. FEBRUARY 13-17, 2022 AICC West Coast Ski Meeting: The Peaks Resort & Spa, Telluride, Colorado. APRIL 6-8, 2022 AICC Spring Meeting: JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, California. SEPTEMBER 19-22, 2022 AICC/TAPPI 2022 Corrugated Week: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas.
over-month growth, in spite of continuing unprecedented obstacles (including the Imports Index moving into con- traction territory) and ever-increasing demand. Meeting demand remains a challenge, due to hiring difficulties and a clear cycle of labor turnover: As workers opt for more attractive job opportunities, panelists’ companies and their suppliers struggle to maintain employment levels. Disrup- tions from COVID-19, primarily in Southeast Asia, continue to have an impact on many industry sectors. Congestion at ports in China and the U.S. continues to be a headwind, as transportation networks remain stressed. Demand re- mains at strong levels, despite increasing prices.” Among the 16 manufacturing industries reporting growth in October are: Apparel, Printing & Related Support Activities; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Computer & Electronic Products; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; and Paper Products.
Graphic Packaging Announces Completion Of AR Acquisition
Board Converting News® is published weekly by NV Business Publications, in association with Corrugated Today®, Recycling Markets®, Flexo Market News®, International Paper Board Indus- try®, and Folding Carton Industry®. Editorial and Marketing office: PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802. Subscription Rates in U.S. and Canada $223 per year or $355 for two years. Overseas rate per year $355 USD. Current issue single copies (pre-paid only) $8.50 in U.S. (elsewhere $9.50); add $5.00 per order for shipping & handling. No part of this publication may be transmit- ted or reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Robyn Smith - President/Publisher: rsmith@nvpublications.com Len Prazych - Vice President Atlanta, Georgia based Graphic Packaging Holding Com- pany, a leading vertically-integrated provider of sustain- able fiber-based consumer packaging solutions, has announced the successful close of its acquisition of AR Packaging Group AB, Europe’s second largest producer of fiber-based consumer packaging. The acquisition accel- erates Graphic Packaging’s growing position serving con- sumer packaged goods companies around the world with sustainable fiber-based packaging alternatives.
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