Board Converting News, May 3, 2021

Chicago TAPPI To Award Three Scholarships

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2020

Chicago TAPPI announced that it is awarding three schol- arships to support eligible men and woman with their col- lege education in a big way. Through their scholarship pro- gram, the organization will award one $4,000 scholarship and two $2,000 scholarships toward college expenses. Students whose parent, grandparent or legal guardian is a member of Chicago TAPPI in good standing are invit- ed to apply for the $4,000 scholarship. The two $2,000 scholarships are available to any full- or part-time workers in the corrugated industry who are attending day or night school for an undergraduate degree, as well as technical or trade school programs. The scholarship application form, all eligibility require- ments, entry details and guidelines are available online at tappi.org/chicagotappi . All applications and additional documentation must be received on or before Wednes- day, June 30, 2021 and should be addressed to: Chicago TAPPI Scholarship, Mr. Keith Carman, Scholarship Chair- man, 710 Kimberly Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188 Direct any and all questions to Keith Carman, the Schol- arship Committee Chairman at (630) 600-0941 or by email to keith@standfastgroup.com. For additional scholarships offered by TAPPI for students in packaging curriculums, visit the main scholarship page at tappi.org .

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

34.916 31.332

11.4

8.729 7.833

11.4

Industry Total

Year-to Date

December 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

406.776 393.483

3.4

8.071 7.838

3.0

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2020 2019

2.7727 2.5660

8.1

33.0739 32.3005

2.4

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Dec. Nov.

1.8921 1.7912

5.6

2.7 2.5

8.0

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

20 20

252 251

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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