Board Converting News, September 14, 2020

Board Converting News, September 14, 2020

BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 36 years September 14, 2020 VOL. 36, NO. 37

Ox Box Discovers A ‘Facemate’ To Squelch Spread Of COVID-19 BY LEN PRAZYCH A recent Google search of the term “COVID-19” resulted in more than 16 billion, yes, billion results in a mere 1.18 seconds. And like the death toll that continues to rise by thousands each week, the numbers will continue to rise unless a vaccine is developed or we humans learn to make “social distancing” and mask wearing a way of life in this “new normal.” Like everyone else in every industry on earth trying to prevent

Graphic Packaging Invests $180M In LA Consolidation Atlanta, Georgia based Graphic Packaging has invested $180 million to consolidate two plants and three offsite warehouses into one of the most productive and largest folding carton operations in the world. The 1.2 million square-foot facility, located in Monroe, Louisiana, is highly automated and uses the latest automation and advanced ma- terial handling technologies, including AGVs and roll handling systems. The automation has allowed the company to improve safety and reduce their carbon footprint. “Automation is important for us from a safety standpoint, because it eliminates the need for the repetitive motion type jobs in the facility,” said Joe Yost, Executive Vice Presi- dent. “One of the biggest parts of our culture is having a strong focus on safety here.” The company reports that they will convert more than 1.4 billion beverage cartons annual- ly. The paperboard is made at the West Mon- roe mill, located seven miles from the factory. Between the plant and warehouse consolida- tion and the proximity to the mill, the company will eliminate millions of miles of freight and CO2 emissions every year.

the spread of a disease that was still largely a mystery in early Febru- ary, corrugated and folding carton converters scrambled to learn what to do and more importantly, what not to do. Business survival and hu- man lives depended on it. It was just a matter of time, however, before it struck one of our own. “Yes, we had a COVID incident on our shop floor in early May,” ad- mitted Guy Ockerlund of Addison, Illinois based Ox Box, a 37-employee independent converter just outside of Chicago. “We thought we were doing everything we could to keep everyone healthy. We talked to our employees. We split shifts to avoid crossing paths. We told our people not to come to work if they were sick. We wore masks. We cleaned and sanitized regularly. I really thought we were doing a lot, but all it took was for one person to show up for work who wasn’t feeling well and didn’t tell anyone. It brought us to a standstill and shut us down.” It was actually a fellow Ox Box employee who went to his supervisor and said he was concerned about the co-worker who was not looking Guy Ockerlund, owner and President of Addison, Illinois based Ox Box, shared his experience of how his company dealt with a case of COVID-19.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

6 x x 8 x x 12 x x 26 x x Baysek Machines Sells Die Cutter To Customer Via Zoom 12 ISOWA Celebrates 100 Years, With Rebrand, New Logo 6 ICPF Advises Recruitment Of 2021 Graduates, Interns Now 4 Domtar Enters Linerboard Market

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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.

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

OYSTER UP-CHARGE 8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

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

AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES.indd 1

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Peachtree Packaging & Display for being named a 50 P.O.P. Company by CREATIVE Magazine Top

“Advantzware's corrugated ERP plays a big role in helping to optimize our workflow on a daily basis. We are extremely grateful for the support and innovation they provide."

Chad Wagner, CEO Peachtree Packaging and Display

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Core Competency

“Our mill in Monroe and now this low-cost converting facility that we’ve built, gives us an amazing supply chain to take care of our global beverage customers at scale, really end to end,” said Mike Doss, President and CEO. “You can buy the equipment and lay out your factory in the proper way, but at the end of the day, its really all about the people and the amazing job this team has done at our facilities here.”

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With a history of more than 100 years, Graphic Pack- aging International has more than 70 facilities worldwide that provide innovative packaging solutions to help its customers stand out and achieve brand loyalty in a com- petitive and dynamic marketplace. With a product portfo- lio that emphasizes renewable, recycled, and recyclable materials, the company is committed to its customers and 17,000+ employees, as well as protecting the environment and giving back to communities where it does business.

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Baysek Machines Sells Die Cutter To Turkish Customer Via Zoom Demo When the clock ticked down to close 2019 and welcomed the New Year, who could have predicted 2020 would play out to be one of the most unpredictable years in world his- tory? So, what do you do when things don’t go as planned? You call an audible to adjust and succeed. Like other companies in the industry and the world, Baysek had plans for 2020. SuperCorrExpo 2020 was where the company planned to unveil a new digital post printer for corrugated and industrial boxes. They were also gearing up to take a third C-170 die cutter to Munich, Ger- many, CCE International March of 2021. (To date, CCE has not been cancelled so it remains a “wait and see”). Upon world travel restrictions this spring and summer, and the Wisconsin state “Safer at Home” act, Baysek Machines im-

mediately went to “virtual headquarters visits and C-170 die cutter demonstrations” via Zoom to keep businesses Nelsonville, Wisconsin based Baysek Machines virtually wel- comed Turkoglu Kagit Karton in Istanbul, Turkey.

interested in and in need of corrugated converting equipment on schedule. The packaging industry wasn’t stopping, espe- cially with online ordering and shipping of everything from food to household items and medical supplies on the rise. Since March, Baysek has hosted major integrated and smaller independent com- panies from all around the world via the internet. Here is just one of the successful stories in the words of Baysek agent Nihat Kiray: “Turkoglu Kagit Karton in Istanbul, Turkey, wanted to see the Baysek C-170 die cutter in operation in the USA or in Europe. In December of 2019, President of Baysek, Mark Helbach organized a visit at a welcom- ing Baysek customer’s plant in Germany to see the machine in production. Our airline tickets and hotel reservations were made to visit just after INTERPACK, May 2020. In March, we learned the Covid-19 pandem- ic had spread all over the world. All exhi- bitions and visits to foreign countries had been stopped. My customer would have placed the machine order just after the visit in Germany, so it was a very unfortu- nate situation for everyone. Customers do not place machine orders without seeing a machine in operation, so we organized a Zoom demonstration together from our three office locations: two in Turkey, and one at Baysek headquarters in Nelsonville, Wisconsin.” Turkoglu, a manufacturer of bakery cir- cles, cake board, separator, solid board for different industries and other products, is located in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr. Kiray con- sulted with Turkoglu prior to their virtual

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40 ft of paper travel from preheater to hot plates 3 seconds of heat, glue and bonding 1 chance to get it right! the ZONE

Design & Production

Chicago Electric offers 10 technology solutions to control ‘the Zone’ CORRUGATOR Sectoral preheating plate

Our sectoral preheating plates provide direct heat by means of a double steam circuit, allowing for efficient heating in hard-to-access locations, as well as to act as a steam shower to open the paper’s fibre, making it receptive to absorbing the heat and the glue.

This translates into increased speed and improved quality of the cardboard sheet finish.

The system’s main advantages are as follows:

• The plate may only be used to heat, only to humidify, or both options at the same time. • The plate is sectored, which allows for applying humidity to the sections. • It provides temperature in previously inaccessible locations and near the location needed. • It compensates the loss of temperature dissipated due to distance, speed or limitations of the exiting preheaters. • Quick transferring of heat to the paper. • The combination of the hot plate and steam shower allows for providing heat even to the hardest papers to heat. • Does not dry out the paper. • Possibility of operating as a humidifier and pre-conditioner. • Maintains and improves the fibre’s elasticity. • Acts according to the operator’s needs. • Facilitates the paper’s hygroscopy to absorb the glue and improve rubberising.

CONTROLLABILITY

1. Wrap Arm - Position & Temperature 2. Preheater Direct Drive

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

3. Steam Plate 4. Contact Roll 5. Glue Machine Direct Drive Touch Productivity Issue—Glue Unit Many glue units run with a rider roll or a guiding bar system. The rider roll with paper gap allows a precise glue application, but requires frequent Contact Roll

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calibrations and settings. Bar systems avoid this, but compensate this with the risk of exces- sive glue application. The system contains many wearing parts. Solution The contact roll combines the ad antage of both systems and ensures minimum contact between board and applicator roll. The system uses small pneumatic cylinders in order to achieve a “soft touch.”

6. Gap Control 7. Curved Plate 8. Roller Shoe Press When it comes to a short-term increas of web tension, spring loaded systems with shoes or airpressure activated system have problems in compensating these. The system is lifted for a short time. This may result in de-lamination and in the ‘double kiss’ effect. Solution For a defined and exact bonding point of the web fiv weight rollers will be installed usually over the first flat hotplate of the heating section. The rolls are mounted into a frame, which is actuated by means of two pneumatic cylinders. P oductivity Issu —Double Kiss Bonding

PRODUCTIVITY

PRODUCTIVITY

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

Roller Shoe

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

9. Thin Wall Hot Plates 10. Pressure System Benefits —Exact glue application due to defined contact of applicator roll to web. Web is in contact to less flute tips compared to bar systems. • High precision glue application • Less moisture applied to web —No wear of shoes and springs —No adjustment of shoes or paper gap —Uniform glue application over entire working width for all flutes by use of pneumatic cylinders instead of springs — Less contamination by paper dust and glue remains —No jam of board because of web breaks caused by splice joints going through 630-784-0800 Benefits —Rollers secure exact defined first point of contact of liner and single-faced board - No double kiss —Frame design avoids unintended lifting of roller shoe (compared to spring or air loaded systems) - No double kiss —Pressure can be increased or released for special grades or products 490 Tower Blvd., Carol Stream, IL Contact Chicago Electric to GET IT RIGHT 630-784-0800 [email protected] chicagoelectric.com Solution The ProPress system ensures an optimum heat transfer to the board. It offers a wide range of set- tings. The loadi g pressure can be varied, the number of shoes can be lifted in accordance t the line speed. The outer shoes can be lifted in accordance to the paper width. The shoe bars will be delivered pre-assembled for a short installation time. —Liftable for easy paper infeed and for cleaning of the machine —Position adjustable in paper direction to avoid grooves in hotplate Press Productivity Issue—Poor Heat Transfer Rollers are usually limiting the heat transfer, since they often have contact mainly on the edges of the plates due to wear or bent plates. They also cause often loss of caliper and bearing need to be replaced frequently. Airpressure actuated systems can only supply a limited pressure and have com- pared to shoe systems a closed surface. Pressure Shoe

Plate vity Issue—Poor Heat Control l hotplates are slow to react to pressure due to high steam volume and massive y also have high heat radiation and heat profile. Worn plates can damage crease edge crush.

Thin-Wall Hot Plates

t by peripheral drilled hot plates. anufactured out of special wear and nt steel, through which a continuous is drilled, with one inlet and one outlet. ecured by a massive steel frame.

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ance from steam to paper surface results in fast heat flow n higher plate surface temperature

Benefits

NAM: Manufacturers Adding Workers, But Still Below Pre-COVID-19 Pace According to Chad Moutray, Ph.D. and Chief Economist at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) man- ufacturers added 29,000 workers in August, slowing but extending the 41,000 gain in employment in July. Despite increases over the past four months, the labor market remains well below its pre-COVID-19 pace, with manu- facturing employment down 720,000 since February. As such, sizable labor market challenges continue despite recent progress. The current outlook is for manufacturing employment to bounce back to roughly 12,350,000 workers by year’s end, up from 12,132,000 in August but down from the prepandemic pace of 12,852,000 in February. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy added 1,371,000 work- ers in August, with the unemployment rate dropping for the fourth straight month to 8.4 percent. Initial unemployment claims declined from 1,011,000 for the week ending Aug. 22 to 881,000 for the week ending Aug. 29. Overall, initial claims have decelerated since peaking at 6,867,000 for the week ending March 28, averaging 1,031,600 over the past five weeks. The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index- expanded in August at the fastest pace since November CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

34.784 33.734

3.1

7.905 8.032

-1.6

Industry Total

Year-to Date

July 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

231.403 227.669

1.6

7.765 7.744

0.3

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2020 2019

2.7993 2.7517

1.7

18.9354 18.7289

1.1

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Jul. Jun.

2.0214 2.0865

-3.1

3.2 3.3

-3.0

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

22 21

149 147

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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2018, with the sector continuing to recover from sharp declines from COVID-19 disruptions in the spring. New orders grew at the best rate since January 2004, even as hiring declined for the 13th straight month. On a regional level, the Dallas Federal Reserve re- ported that manufacturing activity continued to stabilize, expanding for the first time since February, with respon- dents optimistic about the next six months. New orders for manufactured goods increased 6.4 percent in July, or 2.1 percent with transportation equip- ment excluded. Over the past 12 months, factory orders have fallen 4.9 percent, but encouragingly, core capital goods—a proxy for capital spending in the economy— have declined just 0.2 percent year-over-year after re- cent rebounds. Shipments rose 4.6 percent in July. The U.S. trade deficit rose to the highest level since July 2008, with the goods trade deficit soaring to a new record. Growth in goods imports outpaced the gains in goods exports. The >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68

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