Cell Pak To Merge With Russell Partition, Move To Larger CT Facility Cell Pak, a division of Fluted Partition based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, announced it has joined forces with anoth- er Connecticut based partition company, Russell Partition. Cell Pak, manufacturers of corrugated and paperboard partitions and pads, opened in 1984 in its current location along the shoreline in the industrial Northeast. It had been exploring alternative manufacturing locations since space was limited at the facility it was sharing with another com- pany. “When the opportunity presented itself to join forces with one of our industry friends, Jim Bango, along with the opportunity to move into a new larger facility, it was like the stars just aligned,” said Robert Niedermeier, General Manager of Cell Pak. Russell Partition employees have shifted to Cell Pak, expanding the company to 35 employees manufacturing corrugated and chip partitions from small lots to trailer loads. Over the coming year, a multi-phase, plant-wide transition will reconfigure the expanded facility in North Haven to accommodate the Bridgeport equipment. “We have a four-phase plan to clean up, re-layout exist- ing equipment and move in the Bridgeport equipment in such a way to have no interruption in service to our won- derful customers,” Niedermeier said.
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month September 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
32.705 34.247
-4.5
7.787 8.154
-4.5
Industry Total
Year-to Date
September 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
305.168 312.525
-2.4
7.989 8.224
-2.9
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2022 2021
2.6327 2.7773
-5.2
24.8959 25.4841
-2.3
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Sep. Aug
2.5975 2.5867
0.4
4.1 4.2
-2.4
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2022 2021
21 21
191 190
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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