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branding and marketing expert who leads the Box to Na- ture recycling initiative, will talk about sustainability and the economy during focus sessions on Monday afternoon, April 8. AICC will also be playing videos they have compiled of some of the legendary leaders in the business who will talk about the evolution of the industry and AICC through the years, D’Angelo said. AICC’s advocacy for the corrugated industry remains a basic pillar of the organization with a presence on Capitol Hill through third-party organizations. AICC’s Packaging University offers more than 100 on- line courses, many of them in Spanish, on everything from safety and corrugated basics to dealing with displeased customers and accounting. “We keep adding and refresh- ing courses and making things different,” D’Angelo said. Going into the podcast business was also a great move, D’Angelo said. Each month, Breaking Down Box- es, co-hosted by AICC members Gene Marino, President of Akers Packaging Service Group, and Joe Morelli, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Huston Patterson Print- ers and Lewisburg Printing Co., member companies share their unique packaging stories. “I’ve learned so much about our members. I’ve been either a member of AICC or on the staff of AICC for more than 30 years now and you think you know the stories and then you hear things you didn’t know,” D’Angelo said.

chairman of AICC in 2008-09. John Ballentine, Sales Program Director and Instructor at the University of Arkansas, and Trent Halasek, Sales Manager at Akers Packaging Service Group, will lead a two-day Sales Managers Forum on April 7-8.

BCN(US)202209(QS1025)(o)(出血5mm).pdf 1 2022/8/30 下午 02:02:46 Derek Mahlburg, Director of North American Paper and Packaging at Fastmarkets RISI, and Sarah Meiburg, a Three AICC experts are also in the lineup: Ralph Young, Corrugated Technical Advisor; Tom Weber, Folding Carton Technical Advisor; and Doug Friel, Risk Management Ex- pert of Johnson, Kendall & Johnson. Winners of the 10th Annual Independents Cup Charity Golf Tournament will be announced during the networking recep- tion Tuesday evening, April 9.

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