James Kowall, Founder And First President Of AICC, Dies At 94 James Lionel Kowall, a principal founder and first pres- ident of AICC, passed away on Monday, August 17, in
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month July 2020
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
34.784 33.734
3.1
7.905 8.032
-1.6
Industry Total
Bellaire, Michigan. He was 94. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elva. Jim and Elva owned Great Northern Packaging in Grand Rapids, Michi- gan, where Jim was the CEO. In the early 1970’s, he was one of the principal visionaries and founders of the Association of Inde-
Year-to Date
July 2020
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
231.403 227.669
1.6
7.765 7.744
0.3
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2020 2019
2.7993 2.7517
1.7
18.9354 18.7289
1.1
James L. Kowall
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
pendent Corrugated Converters (AICC). He was AICC’s first president, serving in 1974-1975 and was inducted into AICC’s Hall of Fame in 2000 during the inaugural AICC-TAPPI SuperCorrExpo. A veteran of World War II, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was assigned duty at Pearl Harbor where he had full control of defensive materials for all the ships in the Central Pacific. To send a message of sympathy to the family, sign Jim’s online guest book or to share a favorite memory, visit www.MichiganCremation.com .
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Jul. Jun.
2.0214 2.0865
-3.1
3.2 3.3
-3.0
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2020 2019
22 21
149 147
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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