From The Publisher’s Desk This is our 52nd issue of 2024 — the usual number of weeks in a calendar year. Though we were set to have a 53rd issue on December 30, we have decided not to
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Board Converting News will return with our batteries recharged with an issue on January 6, 2025, and ready to celebrate our 40th year as the corrugated and folding carton industry’s weekly source of the latest news and in- formation. We look forward to bringing you the Converter Outlook, where industry leaders share their insights, plans and predictions for the coming year. We will follow that with our always popular Supplier Reports, in which our loy- al advertisers share news of their products and services for 2025. As always, there is NO CHARGE for what is essen- tially hundreds of dollars’ worth of free advertising, which we do as our way of thanking our advertisers for their loyal support. We look forward to working with you in 2025 and wish you health, happiness and prosperity in the new year! — Len Prazych, Publisher/President Veritiv Operating Company Acquires Arjay Company Atlanta, Georgia based Veritiv Operating Company, a specialty packaging distributor, announced that it has ac- quired Arjay Company, including substantially all assets of PPE Sales, LLC, a distributor of packaging solutions serv- ing customers in Long Island and the Greater Metropol- itan New York area. The transaction represents the fifth acquisition of 2024 for Veritiv under the leadership of Sal Abbate, Veritiv’s Chief Executive Officer. “This acquisition is another investment in building on our industry-leading packaging distribution capabilities and national footprint by strengthening our geographic reach,” said Sal Abbate, Chief Executive Officer of Veritiv. “Arjay Company brings to Veritiv a significant and well-es- tablished customer base in Long Island, New York – an area previously challenging to serve from our Northeast locations. Acquiring these types of businesses enables us to expand our national platform to better serve custom- ers by combining the strength and scale of Veritiv with the entrepreneurial spirit of these well-run family businesses.” Ronald Kahane, President of Arjay Company, said their team has a 45-year history of serving businesses in the Long Island and Greater Metropolitan New York area with
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