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is imperative that the corrugated industry take advantage of this opportunity to promote the attributes of boxes – re- newable, recoverable, recyclable and clean. To address these challenges, the FBA staff continues work on several initiatives begun in the first half of 2022 including: • Introduction and use of a digital asset library where members can find materials (images, infographics, vid- eos and more) to promote corrugated packaging • Executive-level cybersecurity training • An update to the FBA website making data more ac- cessible to members • Meetings with member-company customers about the benefits of corrugated packaging • Technical research on box scoring and pallet overhang • A new Hazardous Materials Packaging Training Pro- gram • A corrugated industry recruitment video to attract new employees to the industry • A Life Cycle Assessment using 2020 data to demon- strate environmental improvements made by the in- dustry If you have any input or suggestions, please reach out to Rachel Kenyon at rkenyon@fibrebox.org or me at dcol- ley@fibrebox.org. Have a great summer. Dennis Colley is the President and CEO of the FBA and Executive Director of the CPA.
appliances and steel. New and expanded production in the U.S. is expected to occur within three years. The need for plant workers is a major corrugated indus- try concern. With over 11 million jobs available across the nation, the participation rate of U.S. workers is only 62.2 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This limited workforce has forced plants to work fewer shifts or incur higher expenses for overtime hours. In some cases, workers are moving from job to job and only last- ing three to four weeks in each job. Hiring incentives have become a norm and starting wages are at unprecedented levels. With federal subsidies phasing out and the cost to support a family increasing, many economists believe that more workers will soon rejoin the employment pool. On a broader scale, I recently met with five global cor- rugated industry association leaders from Japan, India, Europe, Canada, and Central/South America to discuss is- sues facing the global corrugated packaging industry and opportunities for growth. Topics of discussion included the economy, the environment and continued supply chain woes. As you might expect, each region was experiencing similar challenges, but at different levels of urgency. The good news is my association leader colleagues agree these challenges are opportunities to showcase corrugat- ed products as the world’s preferred packaging solution. It
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