Board Converting News, September 13, 2021

Board Converting News, September 13, 2021

BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 37 years September 13, 2021 VOL. 37, NO. 37

Inaugural Box Making Olympics Awards Creativity, Excellence For the first time in their history, TAPPI and AICC combined their pack- aging competitions at SuperCorrExpo 2021. TAPPI’s CorrPak Competi- tion and AICC’s Package Design Competition joined forces to become the 2021 Box Manufacturing Olympics. The competition was open to all TAPPI and AICC members from around the globe who produce corru- gated, rigid box and folding cartons, as well as their suppliers. Packag- ing schools and universities were also invited to participate.

Opus Packaging Acquires Mall City Containers In MI Grand Rapids, Michigan based Opus Packag- ing Group has announced that it has acquired Kalamazoo, Michigan based Mall City Con- tainers, effective September 1, 2021. Mall City Containers was founded in 1974 by a team of investors that bought Mead Pa- per Company’s sheet plant in Kalamazoo. Over its history, the company has enjoyed steady, solid growth that excelled in meeting and exceeding customers’ expectations. Mall City employs more than 60 people while op- erating out of one manufacturing facility and an offsite warehouse. The addition of Mall City is the sixth manu- facturing facility for Opus, which is comprised of Opus Packaging – New Bremen (New Bremen, OH; Loudon, TN), Opus Packag- ing – Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, MI), Opus Packaging – Jackson (Jackson, MI), Opus Packaging – Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN), Opus Packaging – Wabash (Mt Carmel, IL) and now Opus Packaging – Kalamazoo, LLC d/b/a Mall City Containers (Kalamazoo, MI). “The acquisition of Mall City strengthens our product portfolio and our ability to service our customers in the Midwest United States,”

With an unprecedented 173 entries, the approximately 3,000 at- tendees at SuperCorrExpo were treated to a display of the “Best of the Best” in the industry. TAPPI and AICC are also proud to announce the winners of the Attendees Choice Award and the Best of Industry Awards. Here is the complete list of winners: CORRUGATED CATEGORIES Category 1 – Innovative Structural Design Category S-1A: Innovative Structural Design Industrial Focus • 1st Place: Peachtree Packaging & Display – Mobis Parts America Bumper Box • 2nd Place: BoxMaster – Profile 3 Spoke • 3rd Place: Inter-Continental Corp. – Top Fairing Kit CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 McLean Packaging Corp. won Best of the Industry – Corrugated Printing for its John Macy Cheese Crisp Club Tray entry.

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