Emerging Leaders Took Stage At Meeting in Bonita Springs, Florida The future of the packaging industry came into sharp fo- cus during the Emerging Leaders panel, where rising stars from across the country shared their vision, challenges, and passion for leadership.
a company in packaging today. The leadership development continued with Richard Goldberg’s compelling session on Data-Driven Decision Making in the Corrugated Industry giving attendees tacti- cal tools to make smarter, faster decisions. ISM Reports Economic Activity To Be Mostly Flat Through 2025 The US economy will be mostly flat for the rest of 2025, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the Spring 2025 ISM Supply Chain Planning Forecast (former- ly known as the Spring ISM Semiannual Economic Fore- cast). Expectations for the remainder of 2025 are lower than those expressed in December 2024. Trade issues, continued inflation concerns, and geopolitical uncertainty are all headwinds for the rest of the year. These projections are part of the forecast issued by Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Business Survey panelists. The forecast was presented by Timothy R. Fio- re, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, and Steve Miller, CPSM, CSCP, Chair of the ISM Services Business Survey Committee. Revenue for 2025 is expected to increase, on average, by 0.1 percent. This is 4.1 percentage points lower than the December 2024 forecast of 4.2 percent, and 0.7 percent- CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
Moderated by Joe Morelli of Lewisburg Patterson, the panel featured perspectives from Andrew Bell, Packaging Express; Rob Callif, BCM Inks; Cassi Malone, Corrugated Supply Co.; Tom Murphy, Reliable Container, and Shari Saeger, Alliance Machine Systems International, each of- fering a unique lens on what it means to build a career and AICC’s Emerging Leaders enjoyed the many networking op- portunities at the Spring Meeting in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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