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• Premier Packaging To Build $60M Facility In Leba- non, Tennessee : Louisville, Kentucky based Premier Packaging announced it is planning to purchase 45.4 acres to build a $60 million facility that will consist of two buildings for manufacturing and distribution. • Jamestown Container Expands Employee Safety Ini- tiatives : Falconer, New York based Jamestown Con- tainer Companies reported that it is working with Spec- trum Enterprise to deploy Managed Network Edge with cameras across all six of its facilities in Western New York and Cleveland, Ohio. • G-P Acquires Property For Expansion In Washington: Atlanta, Georgia based Georgia-Pacific announced the acquisition of property in Centralia, Washington, saying it intends to expand its corrugated packaging opera- tions in the Pacific Northwest. • NAM: Consumer Inflation At 40-Year High In Decem- ber : Consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in December
• Green Bay Packaging Attains Green Master Status For 12th Straight Year : The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC) named Green Bay Packaging a Green Master within its Green Masters Program for the 12th straight year. • New ICPF Partner Acme Corrugated Pledges $50,000 : ICPF announced that Hatboro, Pennsylva- nia based Acme Corrugated Box Co. Inc. has become the most recent ICPF corporate partner by pledging $50,000 to support the foundation’s educational mis- sion. • GBP To Build New Corrugator Facility In Fort Worth, Texas : Green Bay, Wisconsin based Green Bay Packag- ing Inc. announced it will begin construction of a new 600,000-square-foot corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
and the consumer price index has risen 7.1 percent over the past 12 months, the fastest year-over-year pace since June 1982. • Pratt Industries Donates $2M To Mu- hammad Ali Center : The Muhammad Ali Center announced that it received a $2 mil- lion donation from Anthony Pratt, owner and chairman of Pratt Industries, the world’s larg- est privately-held 100 percent recycled paper and packaging company. • The BoxMaker Opens New All-Digital Box Plant In Arkansas : The BoxMaker, a man- ufacturer of digitally printed corrugated pack- aging, began full production at its newly con- structed plant in Lowell, Arkansas. • Wasatch Container Expands, Adds Kol- bus RD 115S Flexo RDC : Salt Lake City, Utah based Wasatch Container is expanding their current facility while boosting their printing ca- pabilities with the purchase of a new five color Kolbus RD 115S Flexo Rotary Die Cutter with top print capabilities. WestRock To Build New Corrugated Plant In Washington : Atlanta, Georgia based WestRock announced plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Longview, Washing- ton, to meet the growing demand in the Pacif- ic Northwest. • AICC To Launch First Podcast Of Break- ing Down Boxes : AICC, The Independent Packaging Association launched the Associa- tion’s first podcast, Breaking Down Boxes. • McKinley Packaging Expands With New Plant In Texas : McKinley Packaging, an- nounced the addition of its seventh packaging plant. The 500,000-square-foot rail-served FEBRUARY •
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