Board Converting News, July 24, 2023

INDUSTRY CALENDAR JULY 24 AICC Midwest (Region 6) Golf Tournament 2023 St. Charles, Illinois. AUGUST 2-4 AICC Mexico 2023 Annual Meeting & Trade Fair Leon, Guanajuanto. AUGUST 28-30 TAPPI CorrExpo 2023: Huntington Convention Center Cleveland, Ohio. SEPTEMBER 18-20 AICC 2023 Annual Meeting Louisville, Kentucky. OCTOBER 17 AICC West Coast Golf Tournament 2023 Irvine, California. OCTOBER 25-27 PPC Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference: Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, California. APRIL 8-10, 2024 AICC Spring Meeting: Palm Desert, California.

AF&PA Releases June Packaging Papers Report

Board Converting News® is published weekly by NV Business Publications, in association with Flexo Market News®, Interna- tional Paper Board Industry®, and Folding Carton Industry®. Editorial and Marketing office: PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802. Subscription Rates in U.S. and Canada $223 per year or $355 for two years. Overseas rate per year $355 USD. Current issue single copies (pre-paid only) $8.50 in U.S. (else- where $9.50); add $5.00 per order for shipping & handling. No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced with- out written permission from the publisher. The forest products industry is circular by nature. AF&- PA companies make essential products from renewable and recyclable resources, generate renewable bioenergy and are committed to continuous improvement through the industry's sustainability initiative, "Better Practices, Better Planet 2030: Sustainable Products for a Sustain- able Future." The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) re- leased the June 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report. Total packaging papers and specialty packaging ship- ments in June decreased 1 percent compared to June 2022. They were down 4 percent when compared to the same 6 months of 2022. Shipments of the biggest subgrade in bleached pack- aging papers – food wrapping – were 24,400 short tons for the month of June, down 15.7% year-to-date. The un- bleached packaging papers operating rate was 83.2 per- cent, down 7.7 points from June 2022 and down 9.8 points year-to-date. The complete report can be purchased by contacting Kory Bockman at Statistics_Publications@afandpa.org or (202) 463-4716. The AF&PA serves to advance U.S. paper and wood products manufacturers through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy.

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