Scarborough, Ontario, Nov 10^th, 2020 / Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. (“Atlantic”), a leading Canadian manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products, proudly announces a $10,000 donation to the Scarborough Health Network Foundation.

“It goes without saying that this has been a uniquely challenging year for everyone, and no one deserves more appreciation than front line workers across the country and in our community,” said Paul Doyle, Atlantic Packaging’s CFO. “On behalf of Atlantic Packaging employees, we wanted to find a way to say thank you and provide direct support. That is exactly what we were able to do through the Scarborough Health Network Foundation.” added Paul.

The SHN consists of three local hospitals namely Birchmount Hospital, General Hospital and Centenary Hospital. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the SHN Foundation has been focused on supplying hospitals with everything from ventilators, biomed thermometers and sanitizers, to meals, snacks and personal protective equipment for front line workers. More information on Covid-19 impact is available on the SHN Foundation website.

“Our hospitals and front line workers have been through a lot this year, and donations and support from companies like Atlantic Packaging show just how much passion and care there is in our community. Atlantic has been a generous community partner and on behalf of our front line staff and the entire foundation, I want to express our deepest gratitude,” said Michele Varela, Executive Vice President of Philanthropy at SHN Foundation.

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Atlantic Packaging adds new recycled paper machine to Whitby, Ontario facility

Toronto, Canada, October 15^th, 2020 / Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. (“Atlantic”), a leading Canadian manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products, today officially announced the construction of a new 100% recycled paper machine in Whitby, Ontario.

The new paper machine will be Atlantic’s second recycled paper machine in Whitby, and is being built adjacent to their current machine which has been operational since the 1990s.

The new machine will be one of the most technologically advanced machines in North America producing 400,000 tons per annum of high performance light weight medium and liner. Production is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.

About Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.

Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd., is the largest privately-owned integrated corrugated packaging company in Canada.  Atlantic provides customers with a total packaging solution through its key business divisions which include: Corrugated Packaging, Recycled Paper Mills, Retail Packaging & Displays, Pre-print, Paper Bag Products, Supply & Inventory Management, and Recycling Services.  Atlantic’s network of companies and strategic partners includes Mitchel-Lincoln based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; York Container in York, Pennsylvania; The Standfast Group based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Blackhawk Corrugated, based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Skybox Packaging, based in Mansfield, Ohio; and Champion Container Corporation, based in Wood Dale, Illinois. For more information on Atlantic Packaging, please visit www.atlantic.ca.

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As of March 24th, we continue to have no known cases of COVID-19 within our facilities. This is due to the diligence of all our employees in following the guidelines created to keep our workplace safe. Thank you.

Both the Canadian and United States governments have declared that our business and products are essential services. This is because no food, medical supplies, personal protective equipment, home delivery of products or food can make it to those who need it without our packaging. As things progress we become even more critical to the health and safety of our country and people. Information on businesses declared essential services can be found at the following website: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/03/list-of-essential-workplaces-2.html

There is universal consensus that the biggest risk to getting the virus is exposure to people with active symptoms. Atlantic Packaging is keeping our workplaces safe by:

• Not allowing people with symptoms or who have recently travelled in our facilities in accordance with government guidelines
• Not allowing employees to cross between departments and between plants
• Controlling plant access to visitors and contractors
• We are reducing the number of individuals working in our facilities, where possible, to allow for increased social distancing

The risk of getting the virus from surface contamination is much lower. Despite the lower risk of surface contamination, we have implemented massive cleaning protocols to do everything we can to limit this risk and make the workplace the safest environment that most people encounter during their day.

Additional measures that are being implemented across our facilities are as follows:

• Increasing the frequency of cleaning and sanitizing of common areas and high touch points such as door handles, control screens and railings on all shifts
• Frequent cleaning of forklifts and other shared equipment
• Engaging 3rd party commercial cleaners to augment our own sanitizing initiatives
• Ensuring adequate supply of hand sanitizer for regular personal use
• Working with teams to sanitize their work space by wiping down the working surfaces with the appropriate cleaning products. This sanitization between or at the start of shifts acts as a firewall between shifts dramatically reducing the potential for spread of the virus via surface contamination.
• Eliminating congestion areas in the plant and allowing for proper social distancing by:
  • Staggering the start time of the shifts by department where possible and segregating shifts during change overs to limit interactions
  • Staggering lunch times and limiting the number of people in the lunch room at any point in time
  • Eliminating the need to clock in and out of the plant

As we know “mind not on task” is one of the major risk factors for injuries. With everything going on, and as we worry about our families / friends, it is very easy to not have our mind on task and risk a serious injury. It will take all of us working together (just not too closely) to stay safe.

Thank you for everything you are doing every day. Stay safe and continue to help and watch out for each other. Our diligence in keeping our workplaces safe to provide the essential services needed by Canadians is critical to supporting our communities and families during the pandemic.

Sincerely,

Dave Boles

President

Atlantic Packaging Products

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Amidst all the announcements of businesses temporarily shutting down operations, I know employees are wondering why Atlantic Packaging continues to operate. Atlantic Packaging is a critical part of the supply chain for our food, pharmaceutical and consumer product goods customers who are responding to the crisis by ensuring the availability of goods necessary to respond medically and economically. The demand for our boxes for those items has risen dramatically.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified packaging manufactures as an essential service for the continued supply of food and other essential products. We, along with the Canadian Corrugated & Containerboard Association (CCCA), have reached out to the Canadian government to similarly identify our industry as an essential service in Canada. We are relying on the clarification provided by other jurisdictions to guide our decision making during the pandemic until our governments provide that guidance.

Our ability to continue normal operations plays a critical role in supporting our customer’s ability to provide the essential goods required by our communities and families. That means we have a special responsibility to maintain our normal work schedule. Your work here is a key part of our nation’s response to this pandemic crisis. This is why your health and safety is so important. We continue to take aggressive measures to prevent the introduction of COVID-19 to our facilities.

I appreciate the efforts of all of our employees. We thank you for your commitment and dedication during this difficult time.

Sincerely,

Dave Boles

President

Atlantic Packaging

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March 19, 2020

On March 19, 2020 the Department of Homeland Security in the United States issued guidance on the infrastructure industries and workers critical to fighting COVID-19.

Click here to a PDF of the guidance    Click here to go to the CISA website

Outlined below are the ways in which packaging manufacturers are defined as critical.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

• Food manufacturer employees and their supplier employees—to include those employed in food processing (packers, meat processing, cheese plants, milk plants, produce, etc.) facilities; livestock, poultry, seafood slaughter facilities; pet and animal feed processing facilities; human food facilities producing by-products for animal food; beverage production facilities; and the production of food packaging.

TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

• Manufacturers and distributors (to include service centers and related operations) of packaging materials, pallets, crates, containers, and other supplies needed to support manufacturing, packaging staging and distribution operations.

CRITICAL MANUFACTURING

• Workers necessary for the manufacturing of materials and products needed for medical supply chains, transportation, energy, communications, food and agriculture, chemical manufacturing, nuclear facilities, the operation of dams, water and wastewater treatment, emergency services, and the defense industrial base.

CHEMICAL

• Workers supporting the safe transportation of chemicals, including those supporting tank truck cleaning facilities and workers who manufacture packaging items.
• Workers supporting the production of protective cleaning and medical solutions, personal protective equipment, and packaging that prevents the contamination of food, water, medicine, among others essential products.
• Workers who support the production and transportation of chlorine and alkali manufacturing, single-use plastics, and packaging that prevents the contamination or supports the continued manufacture of food, water, medicine, and other essential products, including glass container manufacturing.

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Updated as of March 19, 2020

Dear Valued Employees, Customers, Partners

As we all continue to navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19, our employees, customers, and partners remain our priority. The Atlantic Packaging leadership team is meeting continuously to assess and appropriately respond to the crisis as it evolves, to adjust our operations to mitigate supply chain risk, and to support the health and safety of everyone involved.

What are we doing to limit the potential of the virus affecting our facilities?

As part of the risk and contingency review, key operations and roles within our facilities are set up for the ability to operate from alternate sites and/or remotely from home. We have restricted travel and in-person meetings between our plants to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading between our facilities. Our employees are being asked to utilize digital tools for meetings, rather than in person meetings wherever practical.

Within the production facilities, we have taken every precaution possible to reduce the chances of having an affected employee entering the facility and to ensure that if an undiagnosed employee enters the facility, the risk of the virus spreading is limited. In order to limit the chance of an affected employee entering the site, we have undertaken education programs with all employees on importance of personal hygiene to prevent the spread of the virus and the need to avoid the workplace if not feeling well.

To avoid the potential spread of the virus within the facility, there has been increased availability to hand sanitizers within the workplace and our cleaners have increased use of disinfectants. Atlantic has also increased the frequency of the cleaning cycles of all common areas and working surfaces on production equipment.

Atlantic has also taken steps to minimize the interaction of employees in the production environment (EI: employees are operating on staggered breaks/lunches and implementing safe distance working practices). This ensures that if an employee is ultimately diagnosed with the virus, the number of potentially affected employees will be limited.

Lastly, Atlantic is currently working on implementing an employee screening protocol to insure that employees with symptoms are not permitted access to the buildings. This will also include sanitization stations directly inside the facility, where employees will be asked to disinfect upon passing the screening process.

What are we doing to prepare for potential situations within the plants?

Atlantic Packaging is a multi-plant organization with redundancy in both the paper and box manufacturing plants. Our business is vertically integrated and as such is not reliant on outside raw materials including paper supply. We have the ability to produce our products in more than one plant, and we have box plants in different geographical regions capable of serving our customers on a contingency basis. Here are a few of the measures we’re taking.

• Reviewing safety stocks and inventories for key items and increasing where necessary
• Build our inventory of finished goods, where possible, to try to minimize the impact on customers in the event one of our facilities is affected
• Increasing our production capacities at all of our box facilities to more easily shift work between facilities if necessary, ensuring minimal impact on our customers
• Implemented clear protocols in the event an employee at one of our facilities is diagnosed with COVID-19

Is there a risk that product Atlantic is shipping is unsafe?

We do believe that the product we produce is safe and in fact much safer than other packaging containers. The production of paper and corrugated sheets is done at a very high temperature and will kill most pathogens. Once the sheet is being converted into finished goods, our production facilities are outfitted with highly automated equipment that ensure the employees have no reason to touch the product.

According to the CDC, there is no evidence COVID-19 is spread by coming into contact with contaminated surfaces, but researchers have tested common home and hospital materials. Compared to other surfaces like plastic and stainless steel, COVID-19 had a much lower survival rate (24 hours or less) on corrugated packaging.

Although the risk that our product would come into contact with the virus is low, the potential for the virus to survive on these surfaces is extremely unlikely. The typical inventory cycle for our products from production to use in our customers facilities is several days, which is much longer than current estimates of the virus’s lifespan on corrugated packaging surfaces.

Although there is no way to eliminate corona virus risk or make absolute guarantees on supply chains not being affected, we wish to assure our customers we have taken steps to mitigate risks to our supply chain from COVID-19 and maintain our ability to satisfy our customer’s needs given this global event.

We will continue to communicate any changes and updates as this situation evolves.

Dave Boles

President

Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.

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About Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd.

Established in 1945, Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., is the largest privately-owned integrated corrugated packaging company in Canada.  Atlantic provides customers with a total packaging solution through its key business divisions, which include: Corrugated and Color Packaging, Recycled Paper Mills, Retail Packaging & Displays, Paper Bag Products, Supply &Inventory Management, and Recycling.  Other Atlantic strategic partners include Mitchel-Lincoln based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; York Container based in York, Pennsylvania; The Standfast Group based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Blackhawk Corrugated, based in Carol Stream, Illinois; SkyBox Packaging, based in Mansfield, Ohio; and Champion Container Corporation, based in Wood Dale, Illinois. For more information on Atlantic Packaging, please visit www.atlantic.ca.

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Corrugated e-commerce packaging delivery

Toronto, Canada, November 14, 2019 (Newswire.com) / – Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, is pleased to announce it is now a member of the Amazon Packaging Support and Supplier Network (APASS).

The APASS network was developed to help support vendors, sellers, and manufacturers in certifying their products to make sure they are in line with Amazon’s Packaging Certifications Guidelines. As a member of the APASS program, Atlantic Packaging can now design e-commerce packaging that is streamlined for the rigors of the e-commerce fulfillment process, ensures the product arrives undamaged, and delivers the brand experience that customers have come to expect.

“It’s no secret that on-line shopping is growing at a tremendous rate and that it’s had a significant impact on our industry. In North America alone, the e-retail market is expected to surpass $1 Trillion by 2022. With that type of growth, comes new challenges and our customers want to make sure that their product packaging is sustainable and designed to meet the demands inherent with e-commerce fulfillment” said Dave Boles, President of Atlantic Packaging. “Being a part of the APASS program is an important step to delivering on our goal of being a leader in corrugated e-commerce packaging.”

Atlantic Packaging is committed to helping customers achieve success as they grow their e-commerce business. Along with joining the APASS network, Atlantic has an in-house ISTA certified lab and three award winning design centers strategically located throughout Ontario.

For more information please visit www.atlantic.ca/apass or email testinglab@atlantic.ca

About Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd.

Established in 1945, Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., is the largest privately-owned integrated corrugated packaging company in Canada.  Atlantic provides customers with a total packaging solution through its key business divisions, which include: Corrugated and Color Packaging, Recycled Paper Mills, Retail Packaging & Displays, Paper Bag Products, Supply &Inventory Management, and Recycling.  Other Atlantic strategic partners include Mitchel-Lincoln based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; York Container based in York, Pennsylvania; The Standfast Group based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Blackhawk Corrugated, based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Skybox Packaging, based in Mansfield, Ohio; and Champion Container Corporation, based in Wood Dale, Illinois. For more information on Atlantic Packaging, please visit www.atlantic.ca.

SOURCE: ATLANTIC PACKAGING PRODUCTS LTD.

For more information or media inquiries specifically regarding this announcement, please contact: Luis Prior, Director of Marketing & Business Development, Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. luis_prior@atlantic.ca.

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We are excited to announce the first recipients of the Atlantic Packaging Academic Scholarship Program. Congratulations to:

Sarah Costa – Biomedical Physics, McMaster University
Andrea Ramirez – Engineering, Queen’s University
Papiha Joharapurkar – Life Sciences, McMaster University
Jessica Cova – Animation, Seneca College
Bradley Campbell – Bachelor of Science, University of Guelph

We are proud of the team here at Atlantic and recognize the effort put forward by each employee, as well as the tremendous support of their families. That’s why we’re giving back to the extended Atlantic Packaging community, through this scholarship program. We hope that it will help nurture the next generation of thought leaders, and ensure a successful start to their careers. Congratulations to this year’s recipients.

About Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd.

Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., is the largest privately-owned integrated corrugated packaging company in Canada.  Atlantic provides customers with a total packaging solution through its key business divisions, which include: Corrugated and Color Packaging, Recycled Paper Mills, Retail Packaging & Displays, Paper Bag Products, Supply &Inventory Management, and Recycling.  Other Atlantic strategic partners include Mitchel-Lincoln based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; The Standfast Group based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Blackhawk Corrugated, based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Skybox Packaging, based in Mansfield, Ohio; and Champion Container Corporation, based in Wood Dale, Illinois. For more information on Atlantic Packaging, please visit www.atlantic.ca.

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Stephen Tansey, President and representative of YCC’s shareholders, commented “York Container is committed to growth and providing innovative solutions to our customers.  We have enjoyed robust growth over the past several years, but we believe that in order to take our plans to the next level we need to partner with a like-minded company to expand geographically and extend our capabilities to a broader customer base.  After an evaluation of our various options, we are thrilled to join forces with Atlantic.  This is the best possible outcome for all of our stakeholders, in particular, our customers and employees.”

Irving Granovsky, Chairman of Atlantic Packaging, describes the rationale for this transaction: “Atlantic is always looking for progressive and well-managed companies to team up with.  We feel York Container is a wonderful addition to our partnership portfolio.”

Dave Boles, President of Atlantic, states: “York Container is one of the most respected independent box companies in the United States.  We have worked hard to identify growth-oriented partners in the northern U.S. for several years.  The more we got to know York and their senior executive team, the more we realized that we had two companies with incredibly strong strategic alignment.”

Julian Tolbert, COO at York, added: “It is business as usual for our employees and customers at York Container, only now we have the advantage of having the support of a strategic partner committed to industry-leading innovation and customer service over a broader geographic platform.”

Atlantic’s financial advisor in the transaction was G2 Capital Advisors and York Container Company’s financial advisor was Robert W. Baird & Co.

For more information about G2 Capital Advisors, LLc, please visit www.g2cap.com

For more information about Robert W. Baird & Co., please visit www.rwbaird.com

About Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd.

Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., is the largest privately-owned integrated corrugated packaging company in Canada.  Atlantic provides customers with a total packaging solution through its key business divisions, which include: Corrugated and Color Packaging, Recycled Paper Mills, Retail Packaging & Displays, Paper Bag Products, Supply &Inventory Management, and Recycling.  Other Atlantic strategic partners include Mitchel-Lincoln based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; The Standfast Group based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Blackhawk Corrugated, based in Carol Stream, Illinois; Skybox Packaging, based in Mansfield, Ohio; and Champion Container Corporation, based in Wood Dale, Illinois. For more information on Atlantic Packaging, please visit www.atlantic.ca.

About York Container Company

York Container Company, a private family-owned business founded in 1954, is a leading independent manufacturer of corrugated containers and retail packaging in the Mid-Atlantic area.  Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, with world-class design, corrugating and converting capabilities, York has earned a reputation as a regional market leader focused on packaging solutions through its industry-leading innovation, quality, service, and differentiated product designs that benefit both brown-box and color-box customers as well as end-market retailers. For more information on York Container Company, please visit www.yorkcontainer.com.

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