Over 200 Members Attend AICC Mexico Meeting And Trade Fair More than 200 members of AICC Mexico met November 15-17 in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the 2022 AICC Mexico Annual Meeting and Trade Fair. The three-day event of- fered educational seminars, general session presenta- tions, and a trade fair featuring 37 suppliers of corrugated machinery, equipment, and services. Also on the agenda was a tour of Cartographic, a corrugated and folding car- ton operation in the nearby town of El Salto. The opening event featured the seminar, “Packaging Design Workflow Process Mapping,” presented by An- drew Hurley, a professor of packaging science at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The daylong ses- sion looked at a seven-step process of design for custom- er-focused, sustainable packaging. Working in teams, the
52 attendees created hypothetical products, developed and assembled packaging design prototypes, and then presented them to the group. The opening event began with 'Packaging Design Workflow Process Mapping,' a daylong seminar.
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AICC Mexico President Sergio Menchaca, CEO of EKO Empaques, opened the session, noting the growth of AICC Mexico in the past two years with 75 member companies, up from 40 in 2019. AICC President Mike D’Angelo reported on activities at AICC International and urged members of AICC Mexico to participate in the Association’s Spanish-language training pro- grams and free online courses. Jana Harris, CEO of Harris Packaging and American Car- ton in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro area and Chairman of AICC, also gave welcoming remarks, noting the need for more education about the industry in colleges, universities, and trade schools. Industry speakers included Mark Wilde, Senior Paper & Packaging Analyst with BMO Capital in New York, who gave an overview of the containerboard and corrugated markets in North America. He noted the recent decline in box demand and the softening container- board markets as a result and predicted that the major producers will soon be announcing closure of older mill assets, adding that new capacity coming onstream in 2023 will also put downward pressure on paper prices. Juan Javier Gonzalez, CEO of Cartro, a ma- jor independent supplier of sheets in the Mex- ico City area, presented a leadership discus- sion on the qualities and characteristics of the chief executive. Key characteristics needed for a successful company executive include men- tal and physical energy, sound mind, emotion- al equilibrium, maturity, good work habits, and refined social skills. All these, he said, contrib- ute to effective and ethical leadership.
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