Pratt Industries (CONT’D FROM PAGE 4)
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month June 2023
ducing only 100 percent recycled paper. The new paper machine in Henderson, more than twice the length of a football field, will produce 1,500 tons of 100 percent recycled paper every day. It will then be made into corrugated boxes at Pratt’s converting plants across the country .
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2023 2022
33.006 34.817
-5.2
7.501 7.913
-5.2
Industry Total
Year-to Date
June 2023
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2023 2022
189.149 206.082
-8.2
7.447 8.113
-8.2
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2023 2022
2.7037 2.8541
-5.3
15.5017 16.9061
-8.3
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
“We are transforming America’s recycling and manu- facturing sectors through these initiatives,” said Pratt. “We’re actually in the landfill avoidance business which is good for greenhouse gas reduction as well be- cause as things decay in the landfill, they produce meth- ane gas which is 84 times worse for climate change than carbon dioxide.” More than 700 guests attended the opening including Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali’s widow and the co-founder of the Ali Center in Louisville, and Claire Babineaux-Fonte- not, CEO of Feeding America.
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
June May
2.2422 2.3221
-3.4
3.6 3.9
-7.7
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2023 2022
22 22
127 127
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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