BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 37 years November 15, 2021 VOL. 37, NO. 46
Lawrence Paper Company Adds 5th Generation, Invests Heavily
Voorhees Receives PPC’s Lifetime Achievement Award The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) recently presented its most prestigious ac- colade, the Robert T. Gair Award for lifetime achievement, to former President and CEO of WestRock, Steven C. Voorhees, during the association’s Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Savannah, Georgia. The paper- board industry stalwart accepted the award surrounded by family, colleagues, and other folding carton industry leaders. The Robert T. Gair Award — an homage to the man who paved the way for the modern paperboard packaging industry — recogniz- es exemplary individuals who have demon- strated a lifetime of significant and lasting contributions to the industry. With decades of knowledge and leadership under his belt, Voorhees was a natural recipient of the honor. Under Voorhees’ leadership, WestRock, created as a result of the merger between Rock-Tenn and MeadWestvaco in 2015, suc- ceeded in many areas. Voorhees was instru- mental in expanding the company’s geo- graphic presence facilitating 20 acquisitions during his tenure as chief executive officer. Voorhees served as CFO from 2000 until
BY LEN PRAZYCH
One can’t begin to understand the success of the American inde- pendent family-owned corrugated box making company without first knowing the remarkable history of Lawrence, Kansas based Lawrence Paper Company. It goes back to the 1870s, a decade before the Scot- tish immigrant Robert Gair “accidentally” invented corrugated, when
the construction of a dam across the Kansas River gave birth to a grow- ing industrial center in the country’s midsection. Mills quickly sprung up to harness the power of the river and enterprising businessmen began seeking their futures. One such businessman, Justin DeWitt Bowersock, incorporated Lawrence Paper Company on October 16, 1882, and opened a paper mill – the first built west of the Mississippi River – that manufactured paper from wheat straw. By 1884, the plant was producing about five tons of paper a day, most of it shipped to Kansas City, where distillers used Bowersock’s singleface to wrap their whiskey bottles. In 1897, as a new industry was emerging, the Lawrence plant exper- imented with making paper boxes. In 1901, however, Bowersock pur- sued his calling as a U.S. Congressman and turned the management of the company over to his sons-in-law, Irving Hill and Paul Dinsmoor, who proceeded to grow Lawrence Paper Company into a leader in the burgeoning box making industry. From 1910 to 1914, the company man- ufactured corrugated boxes that were sturdy enough to ship canned CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 The management team at Lawrence Paper Company: from left, Mike Coda- ro, Design and Technical Services Manager; Russ Packard, VP - Sales, Op- erations & IT; Justin Hill, President; and Andrea Packard, VP - Finance & HR.
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WHAT’S INSIDE 8 Transport Panelists: No Quick Fix In Sight To Move Freight 12 WestRock To Invest $47M To Expand Claremont NC Plant 14 Peachtree Packaging Supports High School Robotics Club 24 Chicago TAPPI’s ‘What’s New’ Program Slated For February
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Voorhees Receives (CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 )
AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.
2013, during which the company grew from $1.4 billion to $10 billion in sales. Named CEO in 2013, his efforts and leadership ultimately helped WestRock secure its status as the second largest packaging company in the U.S.
REGION E. Coast Midwest Southeast Southwest
42# Kraft liner
26# Semi-Chem. Medium
$1005.00-1010.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1050.00-1060.00 $1023.00-1032.00
Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del.
$940.00-990.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $975.00-995.00 $958.00-978.00
West Coast U.S. Average
SHEET PRICES BY REGION (AVERAGE) Per 1MSF, local delivery included, 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. Sheets
E. Coast Midwest South-SW S. CA N.CA/WA-OR US Aver.
200# 275#
$62.26
$72.05
$62.69 $82.80
$85.35 119.54
$73.13 101.29
97.32
99.89
90.86
113.65
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8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
8.34
275# DBL-WALL 350# DBL-WALL
107.46 118.45
114.69 129.32
116.54 137.25 117.82 145.56
141.08 148.46
122.76 131.80
CANADIAN SHEET PRICES (AVERAGE) In Canadian Dollars, per 1MSF, local delivery included, under 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. 200# 275# Oyster UC 275#DW 350#DW $78.56 $99.18 $9.00 $96.32 $105.83 CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton.
During his acceptance speech at PPC’s Fall Meeting, Voorhees explained his leadership philosophy. “Great leadership is based on commitment, knowledge, and sup- port,” said Voorhees. “Not the ‘New Year’s resolution’ kind Steve Voorhees, former President & CEO of WestRock, making his acceptance speech at the PPC Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Savannah, Georgia.
42# Kraft Liner 26#
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$960.00 $995.00
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Voorhees Receives (CONT’D FROM PAGE 3)
of faux commitment, but the deep commitment to some- thing where you’re doing that [as] opposed to something you’d rather be doing. Knowledge, meaning the foresight to do something efficiently and then effectively. And lastly, support, by giving feedback to others when others don’t necessarily want to give it.” Voorhees said it was the teamwork of all employees that made his time at WestRock both worthwhile and suc- cessful. “Design, marketing, sales, operations would not be standing without the commitment and support of our team. I hope that I’ve given a small portion of all that you’ve given me, because I’ve been given so much. You can’t be successful without the support of others.” WestRock Chairman John Luke reflected on Voorhees’ ability to lead with both humanity and kindness. Luke said, “Steve is a wonderful leader, incredibly bright, but even more important to me was that he was a wonderful per- son, extremely humble, an excellent listener. He truly cares deeply about his people and the entire organization, and those attributes led Steve, as CEO, to make transformative change in our culture.” “I congratulate Mr. Voorhees on his significant accom- plishment. PPC has only given 19 Gair Awards during its 92-year history,” said Ben Markens, PPC President. “Only the most committed and exemplary individuals can receive the honor, and without a doubt, Mr. Voorhees fits the bill.”
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NAM: Manufacturing Employment Increases By 60,000 In October Manufacturing employment jumped by 60,000 in October, and total employment in the sector has risen 298,000 year to date in 2021, putting it on track for the best annual job growth since 1997, according to Chad Moutray, Ph.D., and Chief Economist at the National Association of Manufac- turers (NAM). There remained 270,000 fewer manufactur- ing employees relative to pre-pandemic levels. The average hourly earnings of production and non- supervisory workers in manufacturing rose to $24.22 in October, with a 5.4 percent increase over the past year, the fastest wage growth since August 1982. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 531,000 in October, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 per- cent. The labor force participation rate was unchanged at 61.6 percent for the month. The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index decreased from 61.1 in September to 60.8 in October. De- mand cooled somewhat but remained solid. Supply chain disruptions, logistics challenges, workforce shortages and soaring costs have dampened demand. New orders for manufactured goods rose 0.2 percent to a record $515.9 billion in September, albeit at a slower pace. Excluding transportation equipment, manufacturing CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
34.261 34.901
-1.8
8.157 8.310
-1.8
Industry Total
Year-to Date
September 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
312.632 300.767
3.9
8.227 7.873
4.5
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2021 2020
2.7786 2.8459
-2.4
25.4959 24.5672
3.8
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Sept.
2.312
3.8
3.5 3.4
2.9
Aug
2.2272
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2021 2020
21 21
190 191
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NAM: Manufacturing (CONT’D FROM PAGE 6)
orders increased 0.7 percent in September. Overall, the manufacturing sector continues to expand strongly—de- spite significant challenges—with new orders soaring 10.2 percent year to date. Private manufacturing construction spending declined 1.6 percent to $72.42 billion in September, falling to a five- month low. While construction activity in the manufactur- ing sector has risen 4.7 percent year-over-year, spending remains 4.9 percent below the $76.16 billion in activity re- corded in February 2020. As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee has decided to start tapering its asset purchases later this month. The Federal Reserve has been purchasing as much as $80 billion in Treasury securities and $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities each month since the beginning of the pandemic. It will start scaling that back by $15 billion in November, another $15 billion in De- cember, and so on, likely ending these purchases entirely by mid-2022. The U.S. trade deficit rose from $72.81 billion in August to a record $80.93 billion in September. Goods exports fell sharply for the month, with goods imports rising. The volatility in the September data likely stemmed from ongo- ing supply chain difficulties, including the chip shortage. Growth in goods imports has outpaced the increase in goods exports year to date.
According to an article on Transport Topic’s website at ttnews.com , fixing the severely kinked supply chain will take well into 2022, requiring unprecedented cooperation among trucking, freight rail, ocean carriers, ports and ship- pers. Those were some of four experts’ conclusions during a panel discussion October 25 at American Trucking Asso- ciations’ Management Conference & Exhibition. “The problems we are having here in terms of port and inland congestion, the difficulties in getting labor and keeping cargo and equipment moving as opposed to sit- ting still, these things are happening all over the world,” World Shipping Council President John Butler said. “For all of this to unwind, at least from the ocean shipping side, we need to see improvement in ports all over the world, pretty much at the same time.” The Southern California facilities at Los Angeles and Long Beach are gaining most of the attention regarding the supply chain tie-ups. Yet Association of American Railroads President Ian Jefferies said freight rail hubs, in- cluding Chicago, have had a backlog since at least spring, which in turn is causing problems for trucking, as the two sectors often cooperate on freight delivery. “At one point, one railroad had 20 intermodal trains
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“I think more transparency is helpful to the extent we can do it,” Jefferies said. “We don’t always know who the beneficial cargo owner is, and if you have a sense of where that end destination is for the container, so maybe you put all the cargo for one BCO in one spot in the yard. There are any number of steps that can be taken, information sharing about where there is available capacity.” Rutkowski added: “I think this stems back to devel- oping trust and good lines of communications with your transportation partners. This is something we preach all the time with our shippers, especially now. The shippers that have had and built those relationships with their pro- viders are the ones that are being most successful navi- gating those troubled waters.” Trucking, rail, and shipping officials say that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the enormous changes in buy- ing habits by consumers, all modes of transportation are moving record amounts of cargo. WSC’s Butler told the
waiting outside its Chicago terminal just to go in and un- load because there were so many containers they could not get out,” Jefferies said. “Some pretty dramatic steps were taken to increase capacity, storage capacity around the center part of the country, trying to motivate pick-ups in off-hours, but it’s an ongoing battle.” The panelists — Butler, Jefferies, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear and National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council Executive Director Gail Rutkowski — saluted the White House for its efforts to en- courage 24/7 operations at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. AAR’s Jefferies said a 24/7 supply chain is not a pana- cea, and there needs to be more cooperation and trans- parency among trucking and railroad and ocean carriers to make all modes run smoother.
audience that there is now enough capacity to move the current freight under optimal conditions. “Nobody is happy about how we’re man- aging this. Everyone here is moving more freight than ever before. The problem is be- cause of the congestion; we are moving it in a very inefficient way,” he said. “At a port, you might be picking up three containers to get to one to put it on a train. That’s not speeding up the process. Spear said that in the future he is con- cerned about the impact the White House executive order mandating COVID-19 vac- cines for companies with more than 100 employees may have on the supply chain if trucking does not obtain an exemption. “Looking at our workforce, we’ve gone to great lengths to look at the infection rate and the mortality rate,” he said, “It is extraor- dinarily low, and that should not come as a surprise to anybody, including the admin- istration. If you look at the role of a driver, they’re very independent, and that’s reflect- ed in the number of drivers who said they would leave that employer if it’s mandated.” Spear said the mandate would put more pressure on the supply chain when those on the panel said it already is stretched thin. Mostly, the panelists agreed that there is no one quick fix to get the supply chain back up to speed, and NSSTC’s Rutkowski said now that the supply chain’s flaws have been exposed, it’s time to rebuild. “In my mind, we should not go back to normal because normal is not working now,” Rutkowski said. “I think we need to come up with a new normal and define what that is, together as a united supply chain.”
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Circular Reclaimed Water System Goes Online At GBP Paper Mill Brown County (Wisconsin), the City of Green Bay, Green Bay Packaging, and NEW Water have announced that a first-of-its-kind, circular reclaimed water system at the new Green Bay Paper Mill is online. “This investment sends a strong message to the com- munity that Green Bay Packaging is committed to Brown County and protecting our water quality,” says Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach. This unique reclaimed water system is the first in the state of Wisconsin and the country. It allows the mill to op- erate with the water it needs without discharging a single drop of wastewater into the Fox River. Their wastewater is discharged to NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, where it is treated and re- turned back to GBP via an underground piping system. “Creative solutions like this will be critical to the future of protecting water,” said Tom Sigmund, Executive Director of NEW Water. “This initiative represents sustainability in action, and we are proud to be a part of it.” “In addition to safety, environmental sustainability has always been at the core of Green Bay Packaging’s values. Water cleanliness in the Fox River watershed is one of our primary focuses with our sustainability efforts,” says GBP VP Matt Szymanski.
The new Green Bay Packaging recycled paper mill started production in March of this year. The expanded production capabilities of the new mill are a great eco- nomic benefit to Northeast Wisconsin, while significantly reducing the environmental footprint of the operation. The new mill operates within a state-of-the-art complex that uti- lizes methane from the biological reactor to offset natural gas demand, operates with the most energy efficient pa- permaking equipment available, and recycles water with a leading edge reclaimed water system. Visit https://youtu.be/Buz8YWsUyFM to see a video.
WestRock To Invest $47 Million To Expand Claremont NC Plant
Atlanta, Georgia based WestRock will invest more than $47 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Claremont, North Carolina. This expansion includes a new building that will add 285,000 square feet to the current manufac- turing footprint. Fifty new jobs will be created. A perfor- mance-based grant of $125,000 from the One North Car- olina Fund will help with WestRock’s expansion in North Carolina. The One NC Fund provides financial assistance to local governments to help attract economic investment and to create jobs. Companies receive no money upfront and must meet job creation and capital investment targets to qualify for payment.
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Peachtree Packaging Supports Discovery High School Launch Of Vex Robotics Club Lawrenceville, Georgia based Peachtree Packaging & Display is helping Discovery High School launch a Vex Robotics Club, according to an arti- cle in the Gwinnett Daily Post . Peachtree donated funds for the school to purchase equipment and register for upcoming competitions. The club already has 20 students enrolled who, according to their teachers, can’t wait to see the robotics equipment in action.
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The Discovery MechaTitans are led by Michael Christodoulou, who teaches engineering, technology and computer science at the school. Christodoulou said the club has been meeting weekly since August 2021. Students leverage the VEX system of components to master the theories and practical applications of robotics as they practice, scrim- mage, and compete with clubs in competitions like the internationally recognized VEX Robotics Competition. “Our Robotics Club, the Discovery MechaTitans, has been very ex- cited about getting our program up and running and to be able to start entering tournaments,” Christodoulou said. “Many thanks to Peachtree Packaging for their generous contribution. Our kids are now able to learn many new high-tech skills they could not access in the classroom.” Lauren Croft, hiring and recruiting manager for Peachtree Packaging, has been instrumental in the ongoing collaboration with Discovery High School. For example, she previously recruited multiple students to par- ticipate in paid internships with the company. “We have a very positive relationship with Discovery High School and have enjoyed working with their leadership, faculty and students,” Croft said. “We have had some wonderful interns who decided to come on full time after graduation and are seeing some great collaborations between their faculty and our engineers and designers.” This past summer, Peachtree Packaging participated in Gwinnett County’s Summer of Impact program and invited faculty, including Christodoulou, to spend a week at the company to gain ideas to use in their curriculum. During the visit, the teachers from Discovery High School identified how Peachtree Packaging could help their students. Every year, the school’s Technology Student Association designs and Peachtree Packaging & Display is helping Discovery High School launch a Vex Robotics Club. The company donated funds for the school to purchase equip- ment and register for upcoming competitions.
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sustainability to our industry. Our members strive to reach new limits of possibility, and these awards give us an op- portunity to shine a spotlight on industry innovation.” AF&PA congratulates the following winners: • Leadership in Sustainability – Energy Efficiency/Green- house Gas Reduction: Georgia-Pacific: Quilted North- ern Ultra Soft & Strong: Designed with Environment in Mind • Leadership in Sustainability – Safety: WestRock: Haz- ard Hunter Program • Leadership in Sustainability – Sustainable Forest Man- agement: Green Bay Packaging: Sustainable Forestry – Growing Success Together • Leadership in Sustainability – Water: Essity: Midwest Region: Water Use Reductions & Effluent Quality • Leadership in Sustainability – Paper Recovery for Re- cycling: New-Indy Ontario: Stock Preparation Efficiency • Leadership in Sustainability – Paper Recovery for Recy- cling: WestRock: Scan. Learn. Recycle. Pizza Box Recy- cling Program • Georgia-Pacific: Innovations Across the Recycling Sup- ply Chain • Innovation in Sustainability: Sonoco: EnviroSense™ Pa- perBlister™ Packaging The 2021 AF&PA Sustainability Award winners were se- lected by a judging panel of sustainability experts from the Department of Energy, GreenBlue, Quad Packaging and the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology.
constructs a corrugated project for a national competition. This year they were tasked with building a nightstand. Due to Peachtree Packaging’s expertise in working with corrugated materials, the teachers collaborated with Peachtree’s designers on plans for the nightstand, plus in- cluded them as judges of student’s work. Christodoulou said he is thrilled with the results and hopes Peachtree will continue to be involved at Discovery High School. “It’s been so good for us and our students to have ac- cess to Peachtree’s expertise and experts so we can bring real-world learning into the classroom. We see this as a launching point to a long-term collaboration,” he said. AF&PA Announces 2021 Sustainability Award Winners The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has announced the winners of its 2021 Sustainability Awards, which recognize exemplary sustainability programs and initiatives in the paper and wood products manufacturing industry. “This year was a record-setting year. We received more submissions than ever before,” said AF&PA President and CEO Heidi Brock. “This trend underscores the value of
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Diamond Packaging Wins Leadership Award From Cannabis & Tech Today Rochester, New York based Diamond Packaging an- nounced that it was a winner of Cannabis & Tech Today’s 2021 Sustainable Leadership Award in the Packaging cat- egory. The competition, sponsored by Cannabis & Tech Today in partnership with Regennabis, seeks to shine a light on those companies acting as stewards of the envi- ronment along every step of the cannabis life cycle, from sustainable growing practices to eco-friendly packaging. It demonstrates the cannabis industry can be sustainable, eco-friendly, and a valuable tool in the global fight against climate change.
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EFI Hosts Technology Leaders For VIP Conference At HQ In NH Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) is hosting leaders and top technology personnel from several of the country’s most advanced corrugated packaging manufacturers for an invite-only VIP Corrugated Conference at the EFI Global Inkjet Innovation Center in Londonderry, New Hampshire. The event highlights current and future innovations from EFI – including the company’s award-winning Nozomi single-pass inkjet corrugated printing platform. Attendees, including representatives from some of North America’s leading independent and integrated packaging compa- nies, will participate in discussions about the effective, re- al-world successes possible with digital printing and com- prehensive, data-driven workflows that help packaging companies scale their operations to new heights at a time of growing demand. “We are working closely with many leading and innova- tive packaging companies, showing them important strat- egies to drive a successful digital future for their business- es,” said Frank Mallozzi, EFI Chief Revenue Officer. During the event, attendees are meeting with members of EFI’s senior leadership team and receiving an insider’s look at an EFI digital print and ink technology roadmap that builds on the successes converters worldwide have achieved with Nozomi – the leading single-pass inkjet technology for corrugated printing. The event showcases the breadth of an end-to-end EFI digital portfolio that includes advanced service and sup- port; customer acquisition solutions; leading-edge digi- tal workflows; robust Fiery digital front end print servers; high-productivity digital printers; and Genuine EFI Inks, including white inks that help corrugated businesses win new, higher-value-added work. Attendees will see live demos of the EFI Nozomi press and the new EFI MCORR 1300, a high-volume, six-color, 126-inch-wide UV LED multi-pass inkjet printer for cor- rugated packaging and displays. Available in 2022, the MCORR 1300 will feature three-quarter automation, full-au- tomation, or robotic board handling systems for stream- lined, continuous productivity. The VIP Corrugated Conference also features a live demo of the VUTEk h5, EFI’s next-generation, 126-inch wide, superwide-format UV LED hybrid roll/flatbed print- er. A versatile, high-quality printer, the VUTEk h5 excels at high-speed production of up to 109 boards per hour on an exceptionally broad range of media – from banner and rigid substrates for display graphics applications to folding carton and corrugated board. VIP event attendees will also get a behind-the-scenes look at EFI’s world-class R&D activities in corrugated, in- cluding the company’s next single-pass corrugated printer presented via live demo from EFI’s inkjet center of excel- lence in Almassora, Spain. Visit efi.com for more information.
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AF&PA Elects Board Of Directors, Welcomes New Members The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) last week announced the election of its new 2022 Board of Directors members: • Robyn Buss, Ahlstrom-Munksjö • Regina Gray, The Procter & Gamble Company • Brian Janki, PaperWorks Industries, Inc. • Dan Kraft, The Kraft Group • Jean-Michel Ribiéras, Sylvamo Corporation Five current Directors were also re-elected: • Craig Anneberg, North Pacific Paper Company, LLC • John Carpenter, Nippon Dynawave Packaging • Mike Haws, Sappi North America • Remi G. Lalonde, Resolute Forest Products • Mark Sutton, International Paper These members were elected during AF&PA’s Presi- dents Forum on October 28, 2021, and will serve three- year terms, beginning on January 1, 2022. “The AF&PA Board of Directors represents the best in leadership from the paper and wood products manufactur- ing industry,” said Michael Doss, AF&PA’s Board Chair and Graphic Packaging International, LLC, President and CEO. “These newly elected directors bring a wealth of knowl- • Randy Nebel, Verso Corporation • Byron Racki, Pactiv Evergreen Inc.
edge, expertise and strategic guidance to help achieve AF&PA’s mission and values. Their partnership will ad- vance our industry forward on key initiatives, including our Better Practices, Better Planet 2030 sustainability goals.” In addition to announcing these newly elected direc- tors, AF&PA also welcomed new company, associate and association members in 2021: • Company Members: Sylvamo Corporation, Cosmo Specialty Fibers and Verso Corporation • Associate Members: Footprint, Arandell and Ranpak • Association Member: Envelope Mfg. Association Chicago TAPPI Slated For February, Supplier Members Invited To Present Chicago TAPPI announced that it will hold its annual “What’s New” program on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Supplier members who are interested in presenting their products need to fill an information form at www.tappi.org and return it to Mary Fritsch at fritschm@fosber.com no lat- er than Friday, November 19. Presenters will be notified during the week of December 6th. The number of present- ers is limited and the Executive Committee will determine the final presenters. Presenters will also need to purchase a table top (1/2 table $150) for the meeting. For questions regarding the tabletop, contact Phil Eads at (973) 722- 9637 or by email at phillip.eads@bobst.com.
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