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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