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BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 36 years November 23, 2020 VOL. 36, NO. 47

American Carton Co. Expands Folding Carton Print Capacity BY JACKIE SCHULTZ Nearly three decades ago Joe Harris, founder of Harris Packaging, a corrugated manufacturer in Haltom City, Texas, saw an opportunity to expand into folding cartons and started American Carton Co. (ACC). In 2006, his daughters, Jana Harris and Jenise Harris Cox, joined the firm and three years later became majority shareholders in both American Carton and Harris Packaging. Harris serves as CEO and Cox as CFO.

FBA: Shipments Jump In October, Set Record

Industry shipments of corrugated products in- creased 4.2 percent, from 35.888 bsf in Octo- ber of 2019 to 37.396 bsf in October of 2020, the Fibre Box Association (FBA) reported. The increase comes despite the fact there was one less shipping day in October of 2020. The nearly 37.4 bsf set an all-time volume re- cord. Average week shipments increased 8.9 percent, from 7.802 bsf in 2019 to 8.499 bsf in 2020, which is the highest rate since July 2000, according to Dick Storat in his Scoring Boxes newsletter. Shipments of corrugated products are up 1.9 percent year-to-date. Containerboard consumption increased 4.0 percent, from 2.9470 million tons in Octo- ber of 2019 to 3.0635 million tons in October of 2020. Consumption is up 1.9 percent year- to-date over 2019, from 27.1498 million tons to 27.6535 million tons. Containerboard inventory at corrugator plants decreased 6.9 percent, from 1.9511 mil- lion tons in September to 1.8156 million tons in October 2020. Weeks of supply also de- creased, from 2.9 to 2.6 0r 10.3 percent. “As mills ran hard to meet demand, in-

The two companies are located about 20 miles apart and run inde- pendently of each other, although they do share some clients. “We have a handful of customers that we sell both products to,” Harris says. “Our largest account here at American Carton is probably one of our top 15 at Harris. The customer’s experience is they are dealing with two different companies but usually one sales person who sells both products.” ACC has flourished under Harris’ and Cox’s leadership and is rec- ognized as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the region. It has grown 60 percent since 2015. Five years ago there were 45 employ- ees. Today there are 60. Harris attributes this growth to marketing, sales and capital equipment investments and “just getting serious about it and saying, ‘It’s time to grow.’” The company serves several key markets, including consumer packaged goods (40 percent), healthcare (37 percent), food (16 per- cent), and personal care, retail and industrial. From left, Jana Harris, Jenise Harris Cox and Trent Tucker in front of Ameri- can Carton Co. (ACC) in Haltom City, Texas.

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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

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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

8.34

8.34

8.34

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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.

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ventories of liner and medium declined by 147,000 tons, the largest October drop in 13 years,” noted Storat. “At 2.18 million tons, inventories are now at the lowest level since November 2012. In the five months since May, con- tainerboard inventories have dropped continuously by an amount reaching 20.3 percent at the end of October.” AF&PA reported that containerboard mills ran at 98.1 percent capacity in October and medium mills ran at more than 100 percent of rated capacity during the same peri- od. Kraft mills ran at 99.5 percent of capacity and recycled mills ran at 95.6 percent of capacity. “A large share of the reason that box demand is holding up so strongly amid weak overall conditions is because of consumers’ increasing willingness to purchase goods online,” noted Storat. “However, the travel and shopping restrictions brought by the coronavirus pandemic acceler- ated purchases beyond anyone’s projections. Year-over- year growth since March has risen by between 20 and 30 percent. “Currently, e-commerce accounts of 15.5 percent of all sales and has been rising at an average monthly rate of 3.2 percent since March, more than triple the growth rate of total sales since the pandemic has impacted our econ- omy.” Storat wrote that imports of non-durable goods are still supplying most of the spending growth, as exports of packagable goods have declined.

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Hanver Park, Illinois based Chicago Electric Sales Inc. has announced it is moving to a larger facility to support the growth of business. The 46,000-square-foot building at 865 Muirfield Drive in Hanover Park, Illinois, is three times the size of the current location, and will support new ini- tiatives in robotics and logistics, as well as traditional busi- ness of corrugating industry upgrades and automation systems. The facility will serve as a Center of Excellence, includ- ing a Training Center, a Logistics and Robotics Demonstra- tion Area, and Technology Development Laboratory. The new building will be a shared resource with the parent company of Chicago Electric, BHS Corrugated. “The new facility will support our corrugated upgrade

products and provide a platform for continued growth with BHS Intralogistics and robotic automation solutions,” said Chris Clark, President of Chicago Electric. The move will be completed by March of 2021.

K&B Names Renschler New CEO And President In a year-long transition designed to provide smooth continuity and maintain its strong growth and partnerships with its customers, Koenig & Bauer (US/CA) has confirmed that Kilian Renschler, its current Executive VP of Sales, has been named the new CEO and President. After 11 years at the helm of Koe- nig & Bauer (US/CA), Mark Hischar will be retiring as of December 31, 2020. “Kilian takes the reins at a time of strong, sustained performance, and we believe he has demonstrated the ability to contin- ue Mark’s innovative vision and impressive holistic management style,” said Claus Bol- za-Schünemann, CEO of the Koenig & Bau-

er Group. “As a seasoned executive, he has the perfect mix of skills and experience to drive the company’s continued success and lead us forward delivering strong financial and operational results, business develop- ment, and most important of all, providing the industry’s best customer experience.” Kilian Renschler, left, and Mark Hischar.

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NAM: Manufacturing Layoffs Fell To Lowest Levels Since February 2017 According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), there were 456,000 manufacturing job openings in September, pulling back somewhat from the 469,000 postings in August, which was the best reading since July 2019. Overall, there were 1.95 unemployed workers for ev- ery one job opening in September, down from 4.6 in April but up from 0.8 in February. Encouragingly, non-farm business layoffs decreased from 1,533,000 in August to 1,333,000 in September, an all-time low. Meanwhile, layoffs in the manufacturing sec- tor declined from 102,000 to 90,000, the lowest since February 2017 and well below the 635,000 layoffs in April. One sign of improved health is the “churn” seen in the labor market, and the number of quits has rebounded in recent months. This is also reassuring. Non-farm payroll quits rose from 2,839,000 in August to 3,018,000 in Sep- tember, the most since February, and manufacturing quits edged up from 207,000 to 212,000, a one-year high. Producer prices for final demand goods increased 0.5 percent in October, the strongest monthly gain since July, boosted by sizable increases in energy and food costs. Yet, inflation for raw material goods was flat in October. Overall, core producer prices have risen 0.9 percent year- over-year, the highest since March.

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

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

37.396 35.888

4.2

8.499 7.802

8.9

Industry Total

Year-to Date

October 2020

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2020 2019

337.942 330.090

2.4

7.933 7.785

1.9

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2020 2019

3.0635 2.9470

4.0

27.6535 27.1498

1.9

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Oct.

1.8156 1.9511

-6.9

2.6 2.9

-10.3

Sept.

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2020 2019

22 23

213 212

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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BW Papersystems, HP Join Forces On High Speed Digital Corrugated Packaging Solution In HP and BW Papersystems are combining their respective proficiencies in digital printing and analog printing and converting to drive cost out of the process of making graphic corrugated packaging. They are propos- ing a near-line solution that integrates an HP PageWide C500 single pass digital press with a BW Papersystems rotary diecutter. The line will enable corrugated packaging providers to deliver high-speed digital capabilities, ideal for displays, personalization, e-commerce, and the shortest runs with the lowest converting costs, according to Ted Samotis, Director of Go-To- Market for HP PageWide Industrial Corrugated.

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“Our intent is to deliver on a lowcost value stream that can compete effectively in markets such as litho lam, litho label and smaller quantity postprint,” he says. Examples of suitable applications include pizza boxes, beer cases and pet food trays, all of which represent lucrative markets for corrugated converters but require several processes to manufacture. For instance, pet food trays often consist of three or four different sizes for several hundred SKUs of product. In the traditional model, labels are printed on an offset press and then laminated and diecut. “With these market verticals there is a misalignment in the market need and the manufacturing and the supply chain to deliver that market need effectively,” he says. “Our job is to develop solutions that can meet the market and do it in a way that moves closer to make to order.” The current supply chain trends of make to order, closer to point of use and more distributed manufacturing are closely aligned with the value of digital printing, according to Samotis. “The number of brands converting to a digital supply chain is growing, and the capacity is increasing in the corrugated industry, but more work is necessary to drive down the con- verter’s cost to make a box,” he says. It is estimated that less than five percent of corrugated plants have dig- ital printing capabilities. “In other printing markets inkjet has been around a long time but it has failed to capture a significant share of the volume in corrugated because it’s too expensive versus the analog alternative,” he says. “The difference between commercial printing and graphic corru- gated packaging is that once an item is manufactured in a digital supply chain, it rarely goes back to an analog supply chain.” Samotis acknowledges that the cost of ink has been a barrier to adop- tion. Comparatively, the inks are more expensive than flexo or offset. How- ever, he points out that with digital printing’s ability to batch print and man- age the information flow it can be a catalyst to drive down converting costs in other areas of the value chain. Board converters might naturally question the efficiencies of coupling two machines together where a rotary diecutter becomes subordinate to a digital printer. Samotis says it is not about optimizing one routing step. It’s about optimizing a value stream and maximizing contribution dollars per hour.

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