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Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month November 2020
certain products is not exceeded. But vice-versa, the situa- tion can also be a challenge: If the outside temperature in Canada is -30°C, then we have to figure out how to protect our ingredients from the cold. That’s why we measure, cal- culate and produce packaging for each market individually.”
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
33.612 32.060
4.8
8.845 8.437
4.8
Industry Total
Year-to Date
November 2020
Insulation: “Packaging doesn’t only insulate the ingredients from outside temperatures, insulation is also important to prevent leakage of liquids inside the box. This is a real challenge, especially now that we are using more and more pack-
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
371.553 362.151
2.6
8.008 7.839
2.2
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
Thomas Regenhardt
2020 2019
2.6756 2.5847
3.5
30.3291 29.7345
2.0
aging made of paper. Paper packaging has a higher leak- age rate compared to other materials. This is something that we are tackling.” Regenhardt said thermal management will continue to keep Hello Fresh busy in the future. “It would be great to collaborate with an institute to analyize and optimize our thermal validation with regards to our ice packs. Ideally we can then implement this in our day-to-day business, by using ice modeling that can automatically tell us how much ice, or how many cool packs we need to ensure food safety. This will likely become very interesting in the next few years due to global warming – so having a theoretical
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Nov. Oct.
1.7912 1.8156
-1.3
2.5 2.6
-3.8
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2020 2019
19 19
232 231
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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