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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
move expands the company’s footprint as one of the Midwest’s premier packaging providers. • Unicorr Completes Refurbishment Of Distribution Facility : Nutmeg Container, a division of Unicorr Pack- aging Group, one of the largest protective packaging manufacturers in the Northeast, recently completed the refurbishment of a 125,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Thompson, Connecticut. • AICC Cancels 2020 Spring Meeting In CA : AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, in the interest of its members’ health and well being, has canceled the 2020 Spring Meeting, which was scheduled for April 1-3 in Carlsbad, California. • Dick Harper Dies Peacefully At 85 : James Richard (Dick) Harper passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina at age 85. • Sun Paper Abandons Plans For $1.8B Paper Mill In AR : Sun Paper announced that it has abandoned its plan to build a massive paper mill in southwestern Arkansas that had already been delayed by trade tensions. • BCN To Post Issues Online : NV Publications an- nounced the launch of its new web site and with it, the first online edition of Board Converting News, which went “live”with the March 30 issue. • Stafford Corrugated Products To Break Ground On New Facility : Tony D’Aprile, President of Indian Trail,
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