Last month, financial executives came together in Chattanooga, TN for the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC)’s Financial Executives Institute, enjoying two days of presentations—covering such topics as the advantages of using the virtual cloud for information storage and the methods for preventing information overload. An in-depth tour of Southern Champion Tray’s plant in Chattanooga was also included.
At the PPC's Human Resources Forum in Chattanooga, TN last month, human resources managers had the opportunity to receive updates on healthcare reform and labor laws; advice on continuity planning for an aging workforce; and a live demonstration of virtual interviewing.
News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Keystone Folding Box Company, Rollprint Packaging Products, Spear, Outlook Group Packaging & Printing Solutions, Hammer Packaging, The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), Prolamina Corp., Bell Inc., Sonoco, The MATLET Group and Plastic Packaging Technologies.
The winners of the Paperboard Packaging Alliance's Eighth Annual Student Design Challenge received a cash prize to share among the team and one of equal value for the school. Winners were chosen by a team of four paperboard packaging industry professionals who rate submissions based on their response to the competition scenario, innovative structural and graphic design, functionality, and quality of the finished product.
Six packaging experts came together to judge the submission for this year's North American Paperboard Packaging Competition which took place over three days in July at PPC headquarters in Springfield, MA. One-hundred and forty-three entries from 34 Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) members were honored in a special awards ceremony at PPC's Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference on October 18, 2012 in Las Vegas.
The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has released its annual Trends: 2012 Industry Outlook and Market Data Report, which provides an invaluable tool for translating market challenges into opportunities. The report also identifies growth markets and analyzes trends for 17 key market segments of the paperboard packaging industry.
At the General Session of the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 20, Ben Markens, president of the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), delivered the results of the soon-to-be-released Trends 2012 Industry Outlook and Market Data Report.
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Anderson & Vreeland, Mark Andy, Chicago Tag & Label and the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC).
The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) will be hosting its Financial Executives Institute and Human Resources Forum at the DoubleTree Hotel in Chattanooga, TN, from Nov. 13-15. The three-day event will focus on topics of interest to each group and the middle day will not only focus on topics relevant to both but will also feature a tour of local packaging plant Southern Champion Tray.
In the 2012 PPC Trends Report, RISI predicts that shipments of folding cartons are forecast to grow at a 0.5 percent average annual pace between 2012 and 2016. While modest, growth is steady and forecasted to continue, it is expected that the pharmaceutical industry will offer the greatest opportunity for folding cartons during the next five years.
