Board Converting News, March 6, 2023

Applications Accepted For AICC Midwest Region Scholarship Casey Shaw, Director of Customer Service at Batavia Con- tainer and AICC Midwest Region Director, has announced that the Midwest Region is offering two $5,000 scholar- ships to children or grandchildren of full-time employees of companies who are members or associate members in good standing of AICC Midwest Region, The Independent Packaging Association. The AICC Midwest Region’s objective is to provide fi- nancial assistance to young men and women with their college education and encourage students to strive for higher scholastic ideals. The scholarship is available to students accepted to or enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies at an ac- credited junior college, trade school or university. The two scholarships will be awarded at the golf outing on Monday, July 24, 2023. The AICC Midwest Region Golf Outing will take place at the St. Charles Country Club in St. Charles, Illinois. The deadline for applications is June 2, 2023. For more information on the scholarships and to obtain an application, contact Tim Engle at tim.engle@baysek. com, (715) 496-0253 or Shari Saeger at ssaeger@inspi- reautomation.com, (715) 204-0288. For more information, visit aiccbox.org .

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2022

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

30.124 34.180

-11.9

7.927 8.545

-7.2

Industry Total

Year-to Date

December 2022

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

400.520 416.189

-3.8

7.979 8.291

-3.8

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2022 2021

2.4260 2.7360

-11.3

32.5461 33.8321

-3.8

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Dec. Nov.

2.2603 2.2586

0.1

3.5 3.6

-2.8

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2022 2021

19 20

251 251

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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