AICC Drops New Episode Of Breaking Down Boxes: 'Faith Not Fear' Hosts Gene Marino, President, Akers Packaging Service Group, and Joe Morelli, Vice President of Sales & Mar- keting, Huston Patterson Printers and Lewisburg Printing
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
30.124 34.180
-11.9
7.927 8.545
-7.2
Industry Total
Co., speak with Steve Young, AICC Ambassador at Large, in “Faith Not Fear,” the latest episode of Breaking Down Boxes. Young has had a birds- eye view of the industry for decades thanks to his storied career at AICC. “Some people get into the corru- gated business by design, by family
Year-to Date
December 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
400.520 416.189
-3.8
7.979 8.291
-3.8
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
Steve Young
2022 2021
2.4260 2.7360
-11.3
32.5461 33.8321
-3.8
Are you getting a clean cut? Now you can! or by accident. I got in by the grace of God,” said Young. In this episode, he shares a fascinating history of AICC. "Knowing Steve all these years, I knew he would not disap- point. It was great to dig into his history, especially as AICC will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year,” said Marino. Succession plans rarely go off without some bumps in the road. Young discusses the succession process, which elevated him to the head of AICC, and eventually led to his brief departure from AICC in the mid-90s. Young also shares his thoughts on where he thinks the industry is headed. Hear the whole story available now on all major podcast players or at www.AICCbox.org/Boxes .
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Dec. Nov.
2.2603 2.2586
0.1
3.5 3.6
-2.8
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2022 2021
19 20
251 251
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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