Board Converting News, May 8, 2023

AICC Recognizes Anniversaries, Milestones At Spring Meeting AICC recognized member anniversaries and milestones at the Spring Meeting on April 26. AICC began recog- nizing the longevity of independent member companies in 2018 by honoring those in business ranging from 50 years to more than a century. This year’s honorees are family-owned companies with lasting legacies in the packaging business: DeLine Box & Display of Denver, Colorado – The De- Line family has been in the packaging industry for more than a century and for more than a half century in premier packaging solutions. It started in 1912 with the making of decorated candy boxes followed by a move into cor- rugated products the 1930s. Today, they are one of the last private, full-line box companies in the region making packaging including standard RSCs, digital packaging, POP displays and graphic packaging. Viking Family of Companies of New Paltz, New York – Viking Industries has been in business for 50 years, but its first iteration was as the F.D. Croce Company which made peanut bags in Manhattan in 1892. Formed in 1973, Viking today fills the need for quality corrugated products and offers solutions that include corrugated boxes, parti- tions and inserts for the food and beverage, pharmaceuti- cal, electronics and medical, and cosmetic industries.

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

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

2022 2021

2.4260 2.7360

-11.3

32.5461 33.8321

-3.8

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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