ICPF Works (CONT’D FROM PAGE 6)
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month March 2020
By the end of next year, ICPF will have provided over $13 million in donations of equipment and grants to uni- versities, and millions more in design software. Some of the elements of the most recent initiatives enabled by ICPF provided equipment, software and grant awards over the past three years include creation of three new corrugated packaging design labs; funding for addition- al corrugated faculty at four universities; introduction of sales and business into packaging courses; launch of corrugated packaging curricula in two paper science en- gineering programs; creation of a program to promote corrugated packaging to attract high school students into university packaging programs; introduction of digital printing on two campuses; expansion of a packaging de- sign program to include evaluation and testing of corru- gated materials; creation of new packaging degrees and certification programs for undergraduate students; and expansions of existing corrugated testing and packaging design labs. In addition to thanking its corporate partners for en- abling these donations, ICPF wishes to thank TMI, Arden Software, Esko, Gerber Technology and other corrugat- ed suppliers for the discounts and donations provided in support of ICPF’s ongoing Corrugated Packaging Awards Program for universities and students. Visit careersincorrugated.org for more information.
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
34.739 31.870
9.0
7.895 7.588
4.0
Industry Total
Year-to Date
March 2020
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
98.981 94.892
4.3
7.733 7.531
2.7
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2020 2019
2.8653 2.5967
10.3
8.1983 7.8036
5.1
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Mar. Feb.
2.1278 2.2978
-7.4
3.3 3.7
-10.8
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2020 2019
22 21
64 63
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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