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Rasmussen Informs, Enlightens FBA With Political Polling Data BY LEN PRAZYCH Scott Rasmussen is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading pollsters with a reputation for having his “finger on the nation’s politi- cal pulse,” making him a sought-after commentator on political matters and on the speaking circuit, where he appeared earlier this month to deliver a compelling presentation at the Fibre Box Association’s Annual Meeting at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida. Rasmussen’s polling career sprung from his earlier initiatives as an innovator; in 1978, he co-founded ESPN, yes, that ESPN, with his father Bill, when they capitalized on new satellite communications technol-
AICC/BCN Seeks Entries For 2024 Innovator of the Year AICC, The Independent Packaging Associa- tion, in collaboration with Board Converting News , has announced the call for entries for the 2024 Innovator of the Year competition. The award aims to celebrate and recognize outstanding innovations by AICC Associate Members. This year will highlight innovations in machinery. The competition shines a spotlight on ad- vancements within the packaging industry, particularly innovations in equipment, prod- ucts, or services directly related to the me- chanical converting process. The mechanical converting process en- compasses all operations involving direct contact with corrugated, folding carton, or rigid box substrates. This includes but is not limited to printing, cutting, creasing, scoring, stitching, gluing, material handling, and other related activities. Innovations must significantly enhance ef- ficiency, quality, productivity, or safety. As the premier platform for recognizing technologi- cal excellence, the competition offers AICC Associate Members a distinctive opportunity to showcase their innovations. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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ogy to revolutionize sports broadcasting. In the 1990s, he launched his first website, becoming the first pollster to offer data directly to the public via the Internet, where his pioneering work in automated poll- ing transformed the polling industry today. The Washington Post called Rasmussen “a driving force in American politics” and The Wall Street Journal described him as a “key player in the contact sport of poli- tics.” His television show, “The Scott Rasmussen Show,” airs on Sunday mornings at 10:00. “When you’re a pollster in an election year I’ve learned that the only question people really want to know is who’s going to win in Novem- CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 American public opinion pollster and political analyst Scott Rasmussen de- livered a compelling presentation to members and guests of the Fibre Box Association at its annual meeting in Key Largo, Florida.
6 x x 8 x x 12 x x 26 x x 8 AICC Midwest Region Seeks Applications For Scholarships 10 Golden West Packaging Names New CEO, CFO, Senior VP ICPF Inducts Watson, Colley To Circle Of Distinguished Leaders 22 Domtar’s Steve Henry Shares Insights
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AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.
Entrants must submit a five to six minute non-commer- cial video presentation of the innovation with Off-camera narration, and the completed entry form, to AICC Head- quarters by June 21. The Finalists will be selected by AICC’s Plant Innovations Committee. A seven to 10-min- ute videotape, developed by AICC, will highlight each of the finalist entries. The award will be presented during the AICC/TAPPI 2024 SuperCorrExpo Conference set for Sep- tember 8-12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The selection process involves a review of submissions by the AICC Plant Innovations Committee, culminating in the designation of finalist entries. SuperCorrExpo attend- ees will cast their votes to determine the final winner. The competition rotates its focus annually, celebrating innovation across the industry. For more information on guidelines and to submit entries, visit AICCbox.org/Inno- vator or contact Cindy Huber at chuber@aiccbox.org. SuperCorrExpo takes place every four years and is or- ganized by TAPPI and AICC. It brings together profession- als, suppliers, manufacturers, and experts from all around the world to showcase the latest technologies and equip- ment, exchange knowledge and resources, and foster new business partnerships. Visit supercorrexpo.org to register before the August 9 deadline.
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AICC Recognizes Recipients Of Independent Safe Shop Awards AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, an- nounced the recipients of the Independent Safe Shop Awards. These awards recognize outstanding perfor- mance in plant safety over the past year, reflecting a stead- fast dedication to the well-being of employees As a hallmark initiative of AICC, these awards serve as a testament to the industry’s unwavering commitment to fostering safe working environments. Companies that have demonstrated exemplary safety records and adher- ence to stringent safety protocols were recognized at the 2024 Spring Meeting. Member companies had to meet rigorous criteria to qualify for this prestigious recognition, including maintain-
ing a 2023 OSHA Recordable Incident Rate of less than 3.0 and achieving a 2023 OSHA Lost Work Days Incident Rate of zero. The esteemed recipients of the 2024 Independent Safe Shop Awards are: • Akers Packaging Service Group (Chicago, Hoosier, Huntington, Middletow, Mount Vernon, Webster West locations) • American Packaging Corp • Leaman Container • Master Packaging (Borden and Dieppe locations) • Niagara Sheets • Unicorr Packaging/Vermont Container • Wunderlich Fibre Box Company These companies exemplify the highest standards of safety excellence within the packaging industry, setting a benchmark for their peers to aspire to. Their dedication to
ensuring the well-being of their workforce underscores the core values of AICC and reinforces the importance of prioritizing safety in all aspects of operations. “Every AICC member makes safety pri- ority one in their operations. It’s always a pleasure to award those members that achieve this recognition as a part of their safety initiatives,” said AICC President Mike D’Angelo. “We like to see this list of winners grow each year!” For more information about the Inde- pendent Safe Shop Awards and AICC’s on- going initiatives, visit www.AICCbox.org.
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Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2023
Casey Shaw, Director of Operations at Batavia Container and AICC Midwest Region Director, announces that the Midwest Region is offering two $5,000 scholarships to children or grandchildren of full-time employees of com- panies who are members or associate members in good standing of the AICC Midwest Region. The AICC Midwest Region’s objective is to provide fi-
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Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2023 2022
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Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
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nancial assistance to young men and women with their college education and en- courage students to strive for higher scholastic ideals. The scholarship is avail-
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Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
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able to students accepted to or enrolled in undergradu- ate or graduate studies at an accredited junior college, trade school or university. The scholarships will be awarded at the AICC Midwest Region golf outing on July 22 at the St. Charles Country Club in St. Charles, Illinois. The deadline for applications is May 24. For more information on the scholarship and to obtain an application, contact Tim Engle at engle@baysek.com or (715) 496-0253 or Shari Saeger at ssaeger@inspireau- tomation.com or (715) 204-0288.
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Domtar’s Steve Henry Shares Insights
tucky, paper mill in 2011. Most recently, he led Domtar’s entry into the packaging business and was responsible for building and leading the business structure needed to produce and sell containerboard with a winning customer value proposition. Steve recently shared his thoughts about the paper and packaging business’ 2023 performance and 2024 outlook. What are the paper and packaging business’ main objec- tives for 2024? First and foremost, it is to continue our safety journey. Nothing we do across our enterprise is worth getting hurt. In 2024, we want to reinforce our position as the essen- tial paper supplier to the best customers. To do that, we intend to maintain our leading market share in communi- cations papers and continue to evaluate ways to grow our thermal and specialty offerings. Earlier this year, we an-
As Domtar, Resolute Forest Products and Paper Excel- lence continue integrating into one company within the Paper Excellence Group, their legacy businesses have re-
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The integration effort is a tremendous learning oppor- tunity for all of us. I’ve been through several large mergers and acquisitions in my career, and I’ve personally learned and grown in each of those situations. We’ve done an ex- cellent job in sharing what we do well and in learning from others to really accelerate our continuous improvement as a team. I’m proud of what we accomplished in 2023, and it will continue to be one of our key focus areas for 2024. What kind of results has the integration yielded for the business? I’m particularly proud on the customer front. We’ve real- ly come together as a team and made sure that we’re go- ing to the customer with one face and with one commercial strategy. The commercial and manufacturing operations teams have also made significant progress optimizing our mill network’s capabilities by transferring production of different product grades to better meet customer needs. While there is still work to be done, the teams continue to focus on putting the right products at the right locations to optimize our capabilities and cost structure. It is all made possible by the flexibility within the system created by our combined breadth and scope. It’s also important to highlight the fabulous job our glob- al procurement team has done to leverage our collective spend by consolidating our spending with fewer suppliers to negotiate better pricing, better terms and better service.
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ber,” he said as he began his presentation. “I realize that if I don’t answer that right up front, you won’t listen to any- thing else I’m going to say so I’ll get that out of the way.” He paused for effect. “If the election was held today, Don- ald Trump would win, the Republicans would control the Senate and they would probably control the House with a little safer margin than they have today. But as many of you may be aware, the election is not being held today, it’s be- ing held in November. And if you want me to tell you who’s going to win in November, then tell me what the world will be like in November.” Rasmussen conceded that polling indicates the election is indeed close; Republicans think they’re winning, Demo- crats think it’s winnable for them but what’s really going to shape the election is not brilliant campaign strategies
lege women’s sports or women’s sports at all, and most Major League baseball teams couldn’t even get their games televised. “The reason that the new satellite broadcasting technology was so signifi- cant was that we were able to send a sig- nal out from any event to all of America via satellite for less money than it cost to send the same signal around the state of Con- necticut via traditional landline,” he said. “We were excited about this. Imagine, we had the idea for all sports, all day, ev- ery day and we were convinced that if we share shared it with anybody, they would steal the idea from us. We went to eight different broadcast companies and every one of them laughed us out of the room and said our idea would never work.” Then the Rasmussens went to Getty Oil to pitch their idea, after which the multina- tional conglomerate made a $100 million commitment on an industry that did not yet exist. For perspective, understand that the fledgling HBO was in only 400,000 house- holds for eight hours a day. “Getty exec- utives asked me about my projections for 1988 and because I was young and good with numbers, I gave a totally precise but utterly worthless answer,” Rasmussen said. “Getty’s people also didn’t have an idea of what the revenue would be in 1988 than we did, so what we needed to look at were fundamental assumptions.” The fundamentals came down to whether or not cable television companies would accept this kind of sports program- ming the Rasmussens were proposing. At the time, most cable systems only had six or 12 channels so it wasn’t necessarily
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would be in 30 million house- holds, which seemed a little ambitious. In fact, by the end of the ‘80s, ESPN was in 60 million households. The les- son here is that when the fundamentals are right all the other details begin to fall into place. That’s why it’s im- portant to recognize the key things in your industry, what- ever you’re analyzing.” Politically speaking, Ras- mussen took a fundamental
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