Year In Review (CONT’D FROM PAGE 30)
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MHI EMEA confirmed the sale of the 700th EVOL in the world, which was sold to a European customer. • Amtech Software Announces Strategic Growth In- vestment: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania based Am- tech Software announced a ‘strategic growth invest- ment’ from Vista Equity Partners, a global technology investor that specializes in enterprise software. • LPC’s COO Tonya Kowa-Morelli Wins Women In Print Award: Lewisburg Patterson Company celebrated Ton- ya Kowa-Morelli, COO, on being named the winner of the 2025 GLGA Women in Print Excellence Award. • GBP’s Bryan Hollenbach To Retire, Matt Szymanski To Assume Role: Green Bay, Wisconsin based Green Bay Packaging announced that its Executive VP and Past FBA Chairperson, Bryan Hollenbach, will retire in August. Matt Szymanski, currently VP of Mill Operations will be promoted to EVP and succeed Hollenbach. • Piedmont National Corporation Celebrates 75th An- niversary: Atlanta, Georgia based Piedmont National Corporation, a distributor of packaging materials, auto- mation and services, announced 75 years in operation as a private, family-owned company. AF&PA Releases November 2025 Packaging Papers Monthly Report The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) re- leased the November 2025 Packaging Papers Monthly report. Total packaging papers & specialty packaging ship- ments in November decreased 10 percent compared to October, though they were up 1 percent from November 2024. They were also up 1 percent when compared to the same 11 months of 2024.
THE HAIRE GROUP www.hairegroup.com
Haire Group is the premier provider of new machinery for the corrugated industry. From the Apstar line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, the Encore line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, and the Engico flexo folder glu- er, Haire is able to pair clients with the best machinery solu- tions for the best value to meet their needs. Haire Group’s service department helps its customers maximize uptime and profitability through superior 24/7 service and support, a pre-install training center, and over a million dollars’ worth of spare parts at their offices just outside of Chicago. Haire Group has been the industry’s #1 pre-owned machinery bro- ker and plant equipment appraiser since 1976. HarperLove is the leading provider of specialty adhesives, performance additives, and wet-strength resins to corru- gated packaging manufacturers. With the largest and most experienced field service and technical support team posi- tioned throughout the U.S. and Latin America, HarperLove has a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding service and delivering demonstrable performance improve- ments. HarperLove’s renowned services include not only innovative product development and custom product for- mulation, but also machine and process assessments, ad- hesive formula adjustments, machine tuning, detailed ser- vice reporting, and more. HARPERLOVE www.HarperLove.com Kernic Systems has been a leading global provider of re- cycling equipment solutions since 1978. For over 40 years, Kernic Systems has provided balers, air conveying and dust collection systems, shredders, industrial vacuums, and re- cycling equipment to a wide range of markets. Today, Ker- nic Systems serves customers with an expanded offering of standard products and custom-engineered systems through three primary business divisions: Recycling Solu- tions, Dust Collection and Air Pollution Control, and Material Handling. Kiwiplan provides state-of-the-art software solutions to cor- rugated, folding carton, plastics and flexible packaging fa- cilities around the globe. Kiwiplan’s Total Solution delivers comprehensive, seamless real-time flow of information from sales order management to dynamic total plant scheduling and inventory control through shipping. With deep manu- facturing and distribution expertise, Kiwiplan knows the specific problems customers face and provides the spe- cialized software they need to adapt, compete, and win in today's rapidly changing world. KERNIC SYSTEMS www.kernicsystems.com KIWIPLAN www.kiwiplan.com
• The unbleached operating rate decreased to 79 per- cent, its second lowest level for the year behind May’s 76.9 percent; capacity was down 1.6 percent year-to- date. • Bleached food wrapping shipments were down 2.2 percent from last November, but up 7.4 percent year- to-date. • Total inventories were up 6.2 percent from the same month last year.
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