Board Converting News, July 20, 2020

Fastmarkets RISI Names Pratt North American CEO Of The Year Fastmarkets RISI has announced that Anthony Pratt, Ex- ecutive Chairman of Pratt Industries USA and Visy of Aus-

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

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

31.283 34.474

-9.3

7.821 7.835

-0.2

Industry Total

tralia, has been named the 2020 North American CEO of the Year. Pratt will accept the award and give a keynote address during the Virtu- al North American Conference on October 6, 2020, on iVent. Pratt’s U.S. company, Pratt Indus- tries, was the fifth largest U.S. box-

Year-to Date

May 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

162.228 162.018

0.1

7.725 7.642

1.1

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Anthony Pratt

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

maker in 2019 with a seven percent market share and an estimated 27.5 billion square-feet of shipments. The boxes are made mostly out of low-cost mixed paper. Pratt’s five containerboard mills with 1.91 million tons TPY of 100 per- cent recycled-content containerboard capacity are nearly fully integrated to 70 Pratt corrugated plants, including 30 sheet plants. Pratt U.S. last year generated more than $3 billion in sales and $550 million in EBITDA. The Fastmarkets RISI North American Conference will be conducted virtually on October 5-7 on iVent, a digi- tal event platform enabled to provide delegates with live and on-demand presentations and panel discussions, as well as open and round-table networking features. Along with Pratt, other executives will speak.

2020 2019

2.4591 2.8461

-13.6

13.3153 13.3401

-0.2

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

May Apr.

2.3246 2.2914

1.4

3.8 3.6

5.6

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

20 22

105 106

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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