Board Converting News, January 23, 2023

Supremex Acquires (CONT’D FROM PAGE 1)

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2022

er relationships can be leveraged to further expand our reach in the value-added packaging space and will yield important synergies. “We are thrilled to welcome Paragraph’s management and 175 employees to the Supremex team.”

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

32.705 34.247

-4.5

7.787 8.154

-4.5

Industry Total

Year-to Date

September 2022

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

305.168 312.525

-2.4

7.989 8.224

-2.9

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2022 2021

2.6327 2.7773

-5.2

24.8959 25.4841

-2.3

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

In 2019, Paragraph was ranked among Canadian Busi- ness’ 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada. Supremex is the only national packaging and envelope manufacturer in Canada. It operates 11 manufacturing facil- ities across four provinces in Canada and six manufactur- ing facilities in four states in the U.S. It employs more than 1,000 people. In 2022, Supremex acquired Royal Lithogra- phers and Envelope Manufacturers. For more information, visit supremex.com . Supremex headquarters is located in LaSalle, Quebec.

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Sep. Aug

2.5975 2.5867

0.4

4.1 4.2

-2.4

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2022 2021

21 21

191 190

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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