Board Converting News, December 7, 2020

Still Time To Attend AICC Webinars On Meeting Customer Expectations AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is hosting a new webinar series, “Understanding Our Capabilities to Meet Customer Expectations,” from December 8-17 with Geoff Roznak of Further North, LLC. The four-part webinar series will help sales and cus- tomer service professionals and production leaders better understand their own companies’ capabilities. They will learn the questions to ask of their team members to be able to serve their customers. This webinar will build attendees’ confidence and ca- pabilities with topics including leveling expectations, why to avoid building spot colors, impact of flutes, plate lim- itations, line weights, and much more. This critical knowl- edge allows all team members who interact with custom- ers to give them accurate and valuable information about how your company can serve them. Registration for all four parts of Understanding Our Ca- pabilities to Meet Customer Expectations is $750 for mem- bers and $1,450 for non-members. This webinar series is part of the All Access Pass. Pass holders can use their pro- mo code to register at no additional cost. Learn more at www.AICCbox.org/Pass . Register for “Understanding Our Capabilities to Meet Customer Expectations” at www.AICCbox.org/Calendar .

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

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

37.396 35.888

4.2

8.499 7.802

8.9

Industry Total

Year-to Date

October 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

337.942 330.090

2.4

7.933 7.785

1.9

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2020 2019

3.0635 2.9470

4.0

27.6535 27.1498

1.9

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Oct.

1.8156 1.9511

-6.9

2.6 2.9

-10.3

Sept.

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

22 23

213 212

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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