Akers Packaging Appoints New CFO, Human Resources Director Middletown, Ohio based Akers Packaging Service, Inc. has announced the addition of two new members to its ex-
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
ecutive team: Bill Gehr, Chief Finan- cial Officer, and Lisa Flake, Human Resources Director. Gehr brings significant experi- ence in this role with multi-locational, privately-owned manufacturing com- panies. He was most recently with the Dupps Company and began his
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)
Bill Gehr
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
career in the box business with MeadWestvaco. Flake has many years of experi- ence working in family-owned busi- nesses. Her most recent tenure was with Crescent Park Corporation, a fifth-generation family-owned com- pany with 800 employees across a multi-state, multi-plant operation. She brings her extensive HR knowl- edge along with a creative, progressive and strategic mindset to Akers. Akers Packaging is one of the largest independent cor- rugated companies in the Midwest, as well as a leading independent corrugated converter in the United States. Lisa Flake
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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