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Year In Review, Part 1: 2020 Was A Year Like No Other BY LEN PRAZYCH It’s that time of year again: the END of the year that has been like no other, within and outside of the North American corrugated and folding carton industries. There’s nothing like a pandemic to upend everything we have come to know and expect about anything, all while grieving the loss of more than 302,000 Americans. Yet it’s time to take a breath, put 2020 behind us and continue working.
FBA: Shipments Jump Again In November
Industry shipments of corrugated products increased 4.8 percent, from 32.060 bsf in No- vember of 2019 to 33.612 bsf in November of 2020, the Fibre Box Association (FBA) report- ed. Average-week shipments also increased 4.8 percent, from 8.437 bsf in 2019 to 8.845 bsf in 2020, which is another record high, the first coming in October. Shipments have risen to 2.2 percent year-to-date over 2019’s rate. Containerboard consumption increased 3.5 percent, from 2.5847 million tons in No- vember of 2019 to 2.6756 million tons in November of 2020. Consumption is up 2.0 percent year-to-date over 2019, from 29.7345 million tons to 30.3291 million tons. Containerboard inventory at corrugator plants decreased 1.3 percent, from 1.8156 mil- lion tons in October to 1.7912 million tons in November 2020. Weeks of supply also de- creased, from 2.6 to 2.5, or 3.8 percent. “Consumer spending for packaging inten- sive non-durable goods coupled with relative- ly small decreases in production of food and other non-durable goods, as well as strong shifts from in-store to online consumer spend- ing, has translated into strong box demand,”
As the economy has been impacted and millions are without jobs and possibly, without homes, we in the industry can be thankful for the financial prosperity we have enjoyed during some of our nation’s dark- est days. Boxes are still in demand, now more than ever. Here is some of the news worth noting for the first six months of 2020: JANUARY • China Halts Tariff Increase On U.S. Recyclables : According to a report in Resource Recycling , the Chinese government will not im- plement a planned tariff increase on OCC and other recovered fiber imported from the U.S. after the two countries came to an agree- ment in recent trade talks. • Sonoco Acquires TEQ, Plastique Holdings Ltd : Hartsville, South Carolina based Sonoco announced it has completed the acquisi- tion of Huntley, Illinois based Thermoform Engineered Quality, LLC, and UK based Plastique Holdings, Limited, (together TEQ) for $187 million in cash.
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6 x x 8 x x 12 x x 26 x x 6 AICC Opens Registration For New Package Design Webinar 12 Marvin Grossbard Of President Container Dies On December 9 6 How To Use Humor To Conquer Zoom Fatigue 45 Esko Announces Sale Of Kongsberg Business
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AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indi- cated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.
REGION E. Coast Midwest Southeast Southwest
42# Kraft liner $885.00-890.00 $900.00-910.00 $900.00-910.00 $900.00-910.00 $930.00-940.00 $903.00-912.00
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Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del.
$820.00-850.00 $835.00-855.00 $835.00-855.00 $835.00-855.00 $865.00-875.00 $838.00-858.00
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SHEET PRICES BY REGION (AVERAGE) Per 1MSF, local delivery included, 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. Sheets
E. Coast Midwest South-SW S. CA N.CA/WA-OR US Aver.
200# 275#
$62.26
$72.05
$62.69 $82.80
$85.35 119.54
$73.13 101.29
97.32
99.89
90.86
113.65
OYSTER UP-CHARGE 8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
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107.46 118.45
114.69 129.32
116.54 137.25 117.82 145.56
141.08
122.76
148.46
131.80
CANADIAN SHEET PRICES (AVERAGE) In Canadian Dollars, per 1MSF, local delivery included, under 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. 200# 275# Oyster UC 275#DW 350#DW $78.56 $99.18 $9.00 $96.32 $105.83 CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton.
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$920.00 $965.00
$910.00 $945.00
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FBA: Shipments Jump (CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 )
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month November 2020
noted Dick Storat in his Scoring Boxes newsletter. Containerboard operating rates, however, fell from 98.0 percent in October to 93.3 percent in November, ac- cording to the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&- PA). The rate was essentially flat (-0.4 pts.) from the rate in November 2019 and is up 2.5 points year-to-date. “The large drop in operating rates was a bit of a neg- ative surprise,” said Mark Wilde, Ph.D. and Senior Analyst at BMO Capital Markets Limited. “We suspect some of it owes to delayed maintenance from earlier in the year.” FBA To Change Publication Frequency Beginning in 2021, FBA will change the publication frequency of the Monthly Statistical Bulletin and publish summary data for U.S. corrugated industry shipments (ac- tual and average week) and containerboard (consumption and inventory) data on a quarterly rather than monthly ba- sis. This change aligns with a similar change in the AF&- PA publication of containerboard monthly reports and will take place beginning with the first quarter of 2021. The first report will include monthly data for January, February and March and will be published in mid-April 2021. There will be three additional reports published for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021. There will no longer be monthly reporting. FBA will review the continuation of this change at the end of 2021.
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
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
371.553 362.151
2.6
8.008 7.839
2.2
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Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2020 2019
2.6756 2.5847
3.5
30.3291 29.7345
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Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Nov. Oct.
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-1.3
2.5 2.6
-3.8
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Month
Year-to-Date
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Riding the success of its ongoing investments in e-com- merce and powered by a COVID-19 surge in online gro- cery sales, The Kroger Co. entered eMarketer’s annual list of Top 10 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Companies with $11.28 billion in sales this year, according to an article in Super- market News . Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery chain, saw its e-commerce sales jump by 79 percent in 2020, according to eMarketer. Kroger made the list for the first time, at No. 9, nudging out Costco Wholesale at No. 10 with $11.18 bil- lion in digital sales. While Kroger is the only pure grocery player to make the list, Amazon (No. 1), Walmart (No. 2), Target (No. 7) and Costco all have robust online grocery offerings. “The pandemic has shifted consumer priorities,” said Cindy Liu, eMarketer Senior Forecasting Analyst at Insid- er Intelligence. “Kroger will benefit from two tailwinds this year: Eating at home continues to be in favor among Amer- icans, and there’s been greater interest by consumers in ordering groceries online. With these forces at play, we shouldn’t be surprised by Kroger’s strong growth.” According to eMarketer, Kroger’s early digital invest- ments have also helped the brand — and left the company prepared for what the year had in store. “Kroger started
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Marvin Grossbard, Co-Founder And Owner Of President Container, Dies On December 9 Marvin Grossbard, founder and president of President Container, Middle- town, NY, passed away on Wednesday, December 9. Larry Grossbard, his son and current CEO of the company, made the announcement on Thurs- day, December 10. “’MG,’ as he always liked to be referred to, was the
founder of our company and an inspira- tion and mentor to us and so many people who worked for President Container over the years,” he wrote. “MG had two loves in his life: our mother Beatrice Grossbard and President Container. It gives us great honor as we continue to build upon his legacy. He will be missed.” MG and his brother George Grossbard founded President Container in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, first as a brokerage of new and used corrugated boxes. In 1964, the company expanded to a new manu-
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until your delivery is perfect. Be deliberate with your word choice, enunciate clearly, use inflection and pitch, speak in short sentences, and pause often. Intentional practice is the best way to internalize the timing of your vocal deliv- ery. And make sure to pause 1-2 seconds before delivering the punchline. Those few seconds of anticipation can re- sult in the biggest laughs of all. 7. Polish your physical delivery : When giving a virtual presentation, it’s vital that you make your physical skills match the story you are telling. Practice your eye contact, (look at the camera), facial expression (smile), posture (sit up straight), gesture (use small gestures sparingly), and appearance (look professional from the waist up). Those are the skills that will help you project energy and confi- dence. Finally, if you think your joke is funny, laugh at it! That’s right. Your response gives listeners permission to respond. It tells them it’s okay to enjoy the moment even if they don’t think your joke is hilarious. Humor is a powerful addition to almost any meeting, but it’s a lifesaver on Zoom and one of the best ways to combat Zoom fatigue. People expect to be bored during virtual meetings, so surprise them. Make them laugh ... and then watch as their energy picks up, they come together, and they get things done. Angela DeFinis is President of DeFinis Communi- cations, which offers live and virtual executive speech coaching, and presentation skills for breakout speakers. Visit www.definiscommunications.com.
BCN(US)202006(出血5mm).pdf 1 2020/6/10 上午 09:40:14 5. Build your “timing” muscle : Timing is knowing when to stop speaking so you can allow your audience time to react. All appropriate audience responses are determined by timing. Practice your timing in various ways: How does a two-second pause differ from a three-second pause? What happens when the audience doesn’t respond right away? Then, when you land the punchline and end the joke, take it all in. You might not be able to immediate- ly hear the laughter across the screen (some people are muted), but you will see smiling faces, nodding heads, and mouths open with delight. That’s what a Zoom laugh looks like. It’s physical. And that’s when you know you nailed it. 6. Practice your vocal delivery: For most comedians, this is the fun part of being funny. Speak, revise, and repeat up—name the characters, describe the place, use colorful imagery, and develop an action sequence. These details help us envision the elements of the story you are telling: “My friend Anne went for a hike in the woods yesterday and ran into a mountain lion strolling along with her cubs.” Yeah? And then what happened? 4. Put punch in the punchline : The ending is why peo- ple listen, so make sure to craft the punchline with care. The funniest punchlines are completely unexpected—they disrupt expectations with the “I didn’t see that one com- ing” twist. And while they seem spontaneous, they are tightly scripted and rehearsed.
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• Graycliff Confirms Sale Of HarperLove : Graycliff Part- ners LP has announced the sale of Charlotte, North Carolina based HarperLove Holdings, LLC, a provider of specialty chemicals and services, to HBM Holdings Company. • NAM: Manufacturing Decreases At Fastest Pace Since June 2009 : Citing the January report from the Institute of Supply Management, Chad Moutray of NAM noted that manufacturing activity is falling at its fastest pace since June of 2009, or nearly 11 years ago. • IOP Acquires Midwest Paper : Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), a private equity firm based in Evanston, Illinois, has acquired Midwest Recycled and Coated Containerboard Mill (Midwest Paper), LLC. • Pratt Industries To Build Two More Recycled Contain- erboard Mills : Conyers, Georgia based Pratt Industries will construct two additional North American recycled containerboard mills in the next six years, according to Executive Chairman Anthony Pratt, who announced the plans in a recent interview with The Australian . • WestRock To Close MO Plant : Norcross, Georgia based WestRock Company recently filed a notice with the state of Missouri announcing it is closing its facility in Edwardsville, affecting 68 employees. • Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Acquires Pretium Pack- aging : Clearlake Capital Group, LP announced that it
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North Carolina based Stafford Corrugated Products, Inc., has confirmed that the company is preparing to break ground on a new 50,000-square-foot facility. • AICC To Hold COVID-19 Weekly Audio And Video Conference : AICC, The Independent Packaging Asso- ciation announced will hold a national audio and video conference every Friday. APRIL • Impact Alliance, Carton Craft Supply Win ICG Suppli- er Of The Year Award : The Independent Carton Group (ICG) presented its Supplier of the Year Award to Im- pact Alliance LLC and Carton Craft Supply at the ICG’s spring meeting held in Park City, Utah, on March 11-12. • TAPPI/AICC SuperCorrExpo Postponed To August 2021 : TAPPI and AICC, the organizers of SuperCorr- Expo, have confirmed that they have made the de- cision to postpone the event, which was due to take place from September 13-17 in Orlando, Florida. The event will now be staged from August 9-12, 2021. • Anthony Pratt Donates $1M To Fund COVID-19 Drug Trial : According to a report in The Australian , Antho- ny Pratt, has donated $1 million to fund the trial of two drugs that may help patients suffering from COVID-19. • Emerging Leader Delegates Create Plan For New Program Rollout : Delegates of the AICC Emerging Leaders (EL) were looking forward to officially launch- CONTINUED ON PAGE 30
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