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ates seeking entry-level positions than reported openings among ICPF corporate partners. Many of these students and upcoming graduates are facing a challenging year because of hiring freezes not only in our industry, but in other packaging industries and CPGs, as well. This year presents a great opportunity for corrugated manufactur- ing firms that are capable of going forward in seeking to recruit personnel who will grow into future managers and executives. Many of ICPF’s corporate partners have reached out over the past months for assistance in meeting new hiring needs. If you’re an ICPF partner and you are considering additional hires this year, please ask your HR managers to use ICPF’s career portal and resume bank to recruit students and new graduates who have concentrations in packaging science/engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, sales & marketing, business, in- dustrial engineering, packaging design, graphic design, supply chain management and related. Many of these students have interest in sales, production & operations ICPF’s mission is to generate a stream of increasing- ly qualified students to enter the corrugated packaging and displays industry. It is dedicated to the creation and building of partnerships within the education community, provides curricula, equipment and other resources to ad- vance corrugated curricula and works to expand student internships within the industry. management and design. ICPF 2020 Teleconference One of the many ways ICPF fulfills its mission is with its Teleconference on the Business of Corrugated Packag- ing & Displays and Careers. Over 500 packaging science, marketing & sales, supply chain management, packaging design/graphic design, business, chemical engineering, and other students and faculty on 20 college campuses across the country participated in ICPF’s Teleconference this past February 27. The annual broadcast is not a web- cast, but a live video conference utilizing professional WKAR-TV personnel and TV broadcast equipment at cen- tral Michigan’s PBS studios for two-way interactivity. After their presentation, industry panel speakers, Bryan Hollenbach, Executive Vice President of Green Bay Pack- aging; Rich Ford, Regional Manager of Packaging Corpo- ration of America; and Student Moderator Erin Wilson, a 2020 graduate of Virginia Tech and former ICPF, AICC, Pratt Industries and Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. student in- tern, addressed live questions from students on each of the 20 campuses. Participating campuses included Appalachian State University, Ball State, Bowling Green State University, Cal- ifornia Polytechnic State University, Clemson University, Dunwoody College of Technology, Indiana State Univer- sity, Illinois State University, Lewis-Clark State College, Michigan State University, Millersville University, North
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Advantzware provides a flexible and comprehensive sys- tem to address the business management needs of the in- dependent box business, as well as the ERP requirements of full scale packaging plants and integrated companies. With modules for estimating, scheduling, production, inven- tory and accounting, this scalable system supports packag- ing plants that produce corrugated boxes, folding cartons, point of purchase displays, assembled partitions, paper- board products, foam fabrication, as well as distribution of packaging supplies. Advantzware has been in operation for over 25 years and continually enhances our system to ad- dress the needs of the industry. AIR CONVEYING CORPORATION www.accfi lter.com Air Conveying Corporation has been designing, manufac- turing, and installing state of the art trim removal systems for the Corrugated, Folding Carton and Printing industries for more than 49 years. Contact us today.
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL www.albint.com
Albany International has a corrugator belt for every appli- cation. Our reputation for durable performance is the trade- mark of the most dependable belts in service today.
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For a wide variety of new and used equipment on today’s market, visit our website. You can e-mail us directly from the site for all your corrugated needs.
AMTECH SOFTWARE www.amtechsoftware.com
Amtech offers the industry’s most innovative and compre- hensive corrugated and packaging ERP, integrated sched- uling software, and engineered automation technology. For over 30 years, Amtech has remained at the backbone of successful businesses from the independent box makers to the largest integrateds. We keep our customers competitive in an ever-changing economy with options such as custom- er digital storefronts and workflows, business intelligence, automated scheduling for corrugators, converting and ship- ping, proactive roll stock and inventory management, and so much more in an integrated, single vendor environment. APEX INTERNATIONAL www.apex-groupofcompanies.com World’s largest Anilox and Glue & Metering roll manufac- turer, providing the widest selection of corrugated engrav- ings and complementary services. Anilox engraving options available from our North American manufacturing facility include elongated 75°, 60°, 45°, plus Apex’s patented GTT technology. Glue rolls are produced with Hardened Stain- less Steel and a max TIR of 10 µ for Single, Double Facers.
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