Board Converting News, May 20, 2024

AICC Midwest Region Offering Two $5,000 Scholarships

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-

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

29.711 30.124

-1.4

7.819 7.927

-1.4

Industry Total

Year-to Date

December 2023

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

380.555 400.520

-5.0

7.611 7.979

-4.6

Industry Total

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-

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2023 2022

2.4080 2.4260

-0.7

30.9333 32.5461

-5.0

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

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.

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Dec. Nov.

2.1892 2.1071

3.9

3.5 3.5

6.1

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2023 2022

19 19

250 251

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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