Board Converting News, May 31, 2021

Maxcess Acquires OneBox Vision

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

Maxcess, a global supplier of products for web handling applications, has announced the acquisition of OneBox Vision Ltd. in Tipperrary, Ireland. OneBox Vision Ltd was founded in 2011 by Conor O’Neill and brings a suite of proprietary vision inspection solutions that will add to the existing Maxcess product range. O’Neill will be joining the Maxcess organization in a new role to expand Maxcess’ vision inspection solutions.

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

34.916 31.332

11.4

8.729 7.833

11.4

Industry Total

Year-to Date

December 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

406.776 393.483

3.4

8.071 7.838

3.0

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Mesirow Advises ST Paper On Verso Mill Acquisition

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2020 2019

2.7727 2.5660

8.1

33.0739 32.3005

2.4

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Mesirow acted as exclusive financial advisor to ST Paper & Tissue on its acquisition of Verso Corporation’s idled mill in Duluth, Minnesota, effective May 13, 2021. ST Paper currently operates two tissue mills located in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, and Isle of Wight, Virgina. ST Pa- per will convert Verso’s idled mill to produce tissue rather than the supercalendered papers produced by Verso. “We look forward to reviving the Duluth Mill, creating lo- cal job opportunities while carrying on our commitment to environmental responsibility within the Duluth communi- ty,” said Sharad Tak, Principal Owner of ST Paper.

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Dec. Nov.

1.8921 1.7912

5.6

2.7 2.5

8.0

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

20 20

252 251

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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