AICC’s Foundation For Packaging Education Enjoys A Year Of Success In November of 2020, the creation of the Foundation for Packaging Education was announced to the corrugated and folding carton industries. The Foundation acts as a reliable source of funds for AICC and related education- al programming aimed at people already working in box plants and the industry. More than 40 AICC General and Associate Member companies and individuals made pledges and donations to the Foundation that total $1,500,000. As promised, AICC’s Board of Directors matched the first $1 million. Inaugural donors include: A.G. Stacker, Akers Packag- ing Services, Arvco, Athena SWC, Bay Cities, BCM Inks, Central Package & Display, Mike D’Angelo, DeLine Box & Display, The Day Before Golf, Equipment Finance, Geo. Martin, Nick Griffin, Haire Machinery, Harris Packaging, In- dependent II, Jamestown Container, JB Machinery, Kolbus, L.D. Davis, McLean Packaging, Michigan City Paper Box, Ox Box, Package Crafters, Package Express, Pamarco/ Absolute, Royal Containers, Southern Missouri Contain- er, Standfast Group, Sun Automation, Tavens Container, Wasatch Container, and Welch Packaging Group. The following inaugural donors have also given in hon- or or memory of others: CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
34.261 34.901
-1.8
8.157 8.310
-1.8
Industry Total
Year-to Date
September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
312.632 300.767
3.9
8.227 7.873
4.5
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2021 2020
2.7786 2.8459
-2.4
25.4959 24.5672
3.8
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Sept.
2.312
3.8
3.5 3.4
2.9
Aug
2.2272
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2021 2020
21 21
190 191
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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