Board Converting News, November 13, 2023

EL Winter Social To Feature Harris Packaging Designer Shaban Al-Refai AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, an- nounced open registration for the upcoming Emerging Leaders Annual Winter Social set for November 30 fo- cused on training, networking, and a virtual happy hour. This year’s event will feature the Emerging Leader's own Shaban Al-Refai spending a few minutes discussing the some of the best education and training options across our industry. Shaban is a designer at Harris Packaging in Fort Worth, Texas, and teaches packaging and 3D CAD

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2023

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

3 0.911 3 2.734

-5. 6

7. 728 7. 794

- 0.8

Industry Total

Year-to Date

September 2023

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2023 2022

285.619 305.519

- 6.5

7. 556 7.998

- 5.5

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

design at the University of Texas at Arlington. He also sits on the AICC Education Committee. Shaban will be talking about his work in helping improve the availability of industry education resources and will also share what he's excited about for the future. Participants will form into small

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2023 2022

2. 5387 2. 6314

- 3.5

23.3187 24.8978

- 6 .3

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Sept. Aug.

2.2 15 2 2. 1606

2.5

3. 5 3. 6

- 2.8

groups for the virtual happy hour. Emerging Leaders say this is always one of their most popular webinars of the year one won’t want to miss. Register at aiccbox.org . For more information, contact Taryn Pyle, Director of AICC Ed- ucation and Talent Development, at tpyle@aiccbox.org. Shaban Al-Refai

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2023 2022

2 0 2 1

1 89 1 91

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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