Fibre Box Association Releases 2021 Productivity & Waste Survey Fibre Box Association (FBA) has announced the publica- tion of the corrugated industry’s biennial Productivity & Waste Survey. The 2021 survey provides useful bench- marking data by machine center on productivity, waste and starch consumption, and offers the best-in-class data for users to compare operations. Participating companies are surveyed on their machin- ery, labor operations and waste. The 2021 report includes data for 18 companies and over 382 plants in five different countries. Data covers 342 corrugators and over 2,059 pieces of 30 different kinds of finishing equipment. The Survey contains a summary and detailed report for converting equipment; reporting on basis weight, starch consumption and total plant productivity; and equipment listings by plant. Data is further segmented by machinery size of the cor- rugators and in the following finishing equipment catego- ries: flexo-folder gluers, rotary die-cutters and printers The 2021 Productivity and Waste Survey is available for purchase through the FBA store at https://fibrebox. myshopify.com /. The cost is $300 for participants, $500 for FBA non-participating members and $800 for non-par- ticipants. A discounted rate is also available to TAPPI and AICC members for $650.
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month March 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
37.675 37.992
-0.8
8.190 8.259
-0.8
Industry Total
Year-to Date
March 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
102.648 102.938
-0.3
8.019 8.170
-1.8
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2022 2021
3.1027 3.0967
0.2
8.4866 8.4625
0.3
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Mar. Feb.
2.2693 2.3081
-1.7
3.4 3.5
-2.9
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2022 2021
23 23
64 63
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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