Board Converting News, June 1, 2020

Board Converting News, June 1, 2020

BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 36 years June 1, 2020 VOL. 36, NO. 22

Benchmarking Digital Printing In North America BY JACKIE SCHULTZ

Cascades To Close Brown Sheet Plant In Ontario Kingsey Falls, Quebec based Cascades Ihas announced the closure of the Brown Contain- erboard Packaging facility in Burlington, On- tario, as part of the corporation’s continuing optimization initiatives for its Containerboard Packaging business. “As part of the consolidation of our sheet plant operations in Ontario, we will be grad- ually redeploying production from the Brown facility to other units in Ontario, said Charles Malo, President and Chief Operating Offi- cer of Cascades Containerboard Packaging. “This decision was necessary to align present production capacities, position our platform for mid and long-term success, improve pro- ductivity, reduce fixed costs and strengthen our service offering for our valued customers. Cascades’ Brown Containerboard Packag- ing operation will permanently close no later than July 31, 2020. Over the coming weeks, the company will work to minimize the impact of this announcement on the 45 employees of this facility, including offering them the option to transfer other business units. Employees who cannot, or do not wish to relocate to oth- er plants, will receive support in their search for other employment.

Karstedt Partners has released the first of its three-part digital printing report, “Benchmarking Digital Printing for North American Corrugated Packaging and Displays.” The report examines the digital market from

an installation standpoint and capacity output. The study profiles about 70 percent of the North American industry capacity and includes single and multi-pass press installations. Jeff Wettersten, Karstedt Partners President, says the findings revealed a few ‘aha moments.’ Following is an interview with him. BCN: Jeff, when compiling the first report was there anything in par- ticular that surprised you? Wettersten: There were a couple of things. The first was the differences The Midwest leads installed capacity for single pass presses with an esti- mated 6.444 billion square-feet.

WHAT’S INSIDE

6 Reopening Challenges: Higher-Risk Employees 8 SCE Seeking Applications For ‘What’s New’ Virtual Sessions 14 FBA Celebrates Another Year Of Stellar Progress 30 Weber Display & Packaging Designs Booth For ‘Distancing’

in installed machine capacity versus production and output. Installed machine capacity of both digital and analog look at the rated speed and the applicable width of the press and calculate width times speed. That’s as if the press was operating three hours per shift, seven days per week, op- erating at full width of the material and full rated speed. True production capacity addresses the

Jeff Wettersten

actual speed. What we found is most converters are operating at 65 percent to 75 percent of rated width of the presses and at about 55-60

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T H A C K E R I N D U S T R I A L S E R V I C E C O M P A N Y

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Georgia-Pacific To Idle #3 Machine In Cedar Springs: Lack Of Demand Atlanta, Georgia based Georgia-Pacific’s announced that its operations in Cedar Springs, Georgia, is temporarily idling one of its three paper machines for two separate week-long periods in late May and late June due to lack of demand, according to Public Affairs Manager Peggy Jaye. “Based on current economic conditions, we’ve deter- mined that production of medium paper on Cedar Springs’ #3 machine (PM3) significantly exceeds current and pre- dicted short-term demand,” said Jaye. “As a result, pro- duction on PM3 was temporarily curtailed for seven days starting Thursday, May 21. Also, beginning Sunday, June 21, additional downtime on PM3 is planned for seven days. Unfortunately, a significant number of hourly employ- ees will be temporarily laid off or furloughed during the downtime, Jaye acknowledged. Those affected include personnel from areas across the mill that support the tem- porarily idled machine. “Be assured that this was a very difficult decision to make and we understand the concern and anxiety it may cause our employees, their families and our commu- nity,” said Jaye. “In the meantime, we continue to oper- ate, closely following public health guidelines to protect the health of our employees and our work environment against COVID-19.”

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AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indi- cated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.

REGION E. Coast Midwest Southeast Southwest

42# Kraft liner $885.00-890.00 $900.00-910.00 $900.00-910.00 $900.00-910.00 $930.00-940.00 $903.00-912.00

26# Semi-Chem. Medium

Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del.

$820.00-850.00 $835.00-855.00 $835.00-855.00 $835.00-855.00 $865.00-875.00 $838.00-858.00

West Coast U.S. Average

SHEET PRICES BY REGION (AVERAGE) Per 1MSF, local delivery included, 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. Sheets

E. Coast Midwest South-SW S. CA N.CA/WA-OR US Aver.

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200# 275#

$62.26

$72.05

$62.69 $82.80

$85.35 119.54

$73.13 101.29

97.32

99.89

90.86

113.65

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8.34

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275# DBL-WALL 350# DBL-WALL

107.46 118.45

114.69 129.32

116.54 137.25 117.82 145.56

141.08

122.76

148.46

131.80

CANADIAN SHEET PRICES (AVERAGE) In Canadian Dollars, per 1MSF, local delivery included, under 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. 200# 275# Oyster UC 275#DW 350#DW $78.56 $99.18 $9.00 $96.32 $105.83 CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton.

42# Kraft Liner 26#

Semi-Chem Medium

East West

$920.00 $965.00

$910.00 $945.00

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Reopening Challenges: Dealing With Higher-Risk Employees BY JOEL GREENWALD The laws are changing rapidly in the current pandemic. Therefore, the legal issues discussed here are subject to change. It is best to consult with your counsel concerning any legal advice. In a recent update on COVID-19 guidance, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency tasked with, among other things, enforcing the Amer- icans with Disabilities Act (ADA), addressed protections afforded to employees who are deemed to be at higher risk from COVID-19. The guidance also clarified when the employer may (or may not) exclude such employees from the workplace, and most notably, provided examples of accommodations that could mitigate COVID-19 related risks while still bring- ing these higher-risk employees back into the workplace. Below, we summarize the key components of the new guidance and address what it could mean for businesses. Q: Who is a higher-risk employee? A: According to the CDC, an employee falling into one of CONTINUED ON PAGE 37 Joel Greenwald

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