AICC Drops New Breaking Down Boxes Episode 'Anything Is Possible' Hosts Gene Marino, Executive Vice President, Akers Pack- aging Service Group, and Joe Morelli, Vice President of
Royal Containers, called. It was supposed to be temporary, but she turned it into her career and found her passion in trying to build and grow what her father had created. “Joe and Gene were bang-on when they said, ‘Let’s have a candid conversation about your career in the pack- aging business.’ The interview turned out to be a reveal- ing discussion, and that is because these guys are sincere and authentic,” Nelson said. Founder Ross Nelson, after a rough start causing the family to lose everything, built Royal into a strong com- pany. Several years after the next generation came into the business a decision had to be made about the com- pany’s direction. Kim Nelson looked at the company as a business, and if it were run as a successful business could benefit the family. Her father agreed and knew the com- pany had to grow, but others in the family thought differ- ently. Kim honestly shares the challenges her family faced during this transition.
Sales and Marketing, Huston Patter- son Printers and Lewisburg Printing Co., speak with Kim Nelson, President and CEO, Royal Containers, in Any- thing is Possible, the latest episode of Breaking Down Boxes.
“Kim is a competitor ‘through and through’ which speaks to her drive as a leader, but her transparency and honesty is what makes her an exceptional leader,” Marino said. Rather than pursuing a career in law as she had planned, Nelson returned home when her father, the founder of Kim Nelson
“Kim is an extraordinary leader, a role model, and a pioneer in our industry and in our Association,” said Mike D’Angelo, AICC President. “All that comes shining through in this latest compelling episode of Breaking Down Boxes.” Nelson’s belief in being authentic and her leadership skills helped build the company from a one plant operation to a multi-plant company with stakes in a mill and a sheet feeder. Her story is one that will encourage anyone in the industry. Subscribe to Breaking Down Boxes on all major podcast platforms or visit the AICC web site at www.AICCbox.org/Boxes . Domtar Announces Sale Of Dryden Mill To First Quality Fort Mill, South Carolina based Domtar Cor- poration, a part of the Paper Excellence Group, and First Quality Enterprises, Inc. announced that they have entered into an agreement to sell Domtar’s Dryden pulp mill to First Quality of Great Neck, New York. The Dryden transaction, expected to close in the third quarter, is subject to regu- latory approvals and the closing of the Reso- lute Forest Products Inc. transaction. First Quality has emphasized that it ful- ly intends to continue business operations consistent with past practices. The sale of the Dryden Mill is a requirement under the consent agreement between Domtar and the Canadian Competition Bureau in con- nection with its review of Domtar’s planned acquisition of Resolute. The Resolute trans- action should close in the first half of 2023.
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