IP Vicksburg Mill In MS Donates $67,500 To Local Organizations International Paper's Mill in Vicksburg, Mississippi, recent- ly made a donation of $67,500 to 15 different local chari- ties and organizations. The company held a reception and dinner for members of the groups receiving donations Tuesday at the Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce.
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
32.705 34.247
-4.5
7.787 8.154
-4.5
Industry Total
Year-to Date
September 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
305.168 312.525
-2.4
7.989 8.224
-2.9
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2022 2021
2.6327 2.7773
-5.2
24.8959 25.4841
-2.3
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Sep. Aug
2.5975 2.5867
0.4
4.1 4.2
-2.4
Oren Ruth, Jr., Mill Manager for IP's Vicksburg opera- tion, presented the donations at the event. “Tonight is an example of how we want to partner with you,” he said. “Not just with our funds, but also to develop and continue to create those partnerships, to where we serve and work in the community with you all to help grow the organizations and the people that you represent.”
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2022 2021
21 21
191 190
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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