Board Converting News, November 6, 2023

Foundation For Packaging Education Fundraiser Set For July 2024 The Foundation for Packaging Education’s second annu- al fundraiser event is set for July 16-18, 2024 at the Silver- ado Resort & Spa in Napa, California. The Foundation is striving to raise $3 million to support educating and training the paperboard packaging workforce. Companies education and training programs through the foundation. Highlights include dinner on the Napa Valley Wine Train, a restored historic train offering a scenic wine country tour, four-course dinner and wine tasting. Guests can also play golf at the Silverado South Course which offers two 18-hole championship golf courses. Other activities include a hands-on cooking ex- perience, lunch, and wine tasting at the Culinary Institute of America, and Napa Valley winery tours, tastings and lunch. Registration is $3,995 per couple; AICC room rate is $399. For more information, contact Laura Mihalick at lmi- halick@aiccbox.org. For more information, visit packaginged.org/donate . can make tax-deductible contributions to benefit AICC’s industry-specific

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2023

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

3 0.911 3 2.734

-5. 6

7. 728 7. 794

- 0.8

Industry Total

September 2023

Year-to Date

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

285.619 305.519

- 6.5

7. 556 7.998

- 5.5

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2023 2022

2. 5387 2. 6314

- 3.5

23.3187 24.8978

- 6 .3

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Sept. Aug.

2.2 15 2 2. 1606

2.5

3. 5 3. 6

- 2.8

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2023 2022

2 0 2 1

1 89 1 91

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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