8,000 of your customers, competitors, colleagues and friends will be in Atlanta this September 22-26, attending SuperCorrExpo 2008, the AICC 2008 Annual Meeting and the 2008 TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division Conference. Don't wait to register as this is one full week of meetings and events you can't afford to miss!

Only ONE more week left to SAVE - Early Bird Registration Deadline Friday, August 22, 2008. Register early to save! Read more....

See who is already planning to attend the upcoming AICC 2008 Annual Meeting. AICC 2008 Annual Meeting - Attendee List

On Friday, September 26, the AICC 2008 Annual Meeting will feature an industry presentation by Mr. Scott Vitters, Director of Sustainable Packaging, The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Vitters will discuss Coca-Cola's approach to driving growth through sustainable business practices and Coca-Cola's efforts in influencing the corrugated packaging and product merchandising industries. To read more click here.

This fall we will help you "Sustain the Independent Passion," with three full days of workshops, eye-openers, general sessions, networking events and the SuperCorrExpo © 2008 Corrugated Machinery Show. For a full listing of speakers, events and other important information Click here

During the 2008 Production Managers Forum you will review processes and procedures that focus on attaining production goals, company goals and assure customer satisfaction. Production managers will learn skills required to maximize machine through-put consistent with good quality while maintaining the integrity of the production schedule. In addition, we will discuss the value of profitable orders vs. easy-to-run orders. (We call this developing a company-wide perspective) It is important that every key manager understands his role and how his actions impact the total company…For further details, click here.

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The AICC has functioned as a confidential clearing house for members to evaluate this in house manufacturing processes through third party evaluations.

So far we have had the participation of ten member with another five sending samples. While the testing is limited, it will establish of the incoming strength of the corrugated structures and the deterioration that occurs in each converting operation.

Results so far are very favorable. It is amazing how much fat, excessive fibre, the independent market has been able to remove from corrugated packaging since the introduction of the ECT option almost twenty years ago. And they have been maintaining performance levels above the minimum requirements.

Participate in the study!.

Glynn was President of Workhorse Industries, an active AICC member for more than 30 years and enthusiastic supporter of the corrugated industry. He will be most remembered as one of the key supporters of and contributors to the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation, particularly his contribution in 1999 of a Workhorse 2-color flexo rotary die cutter to Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin. Read more....

• Do you have sales representatives that you want to engage, motivate and train for the coming sales season?
• Do you have a new production plant employee who could benefit from training on standard converting equipment?
• Are you hearing the buzz about Sustainability and want to educate your team on Chain of Custody issues as it relates to you and your customer?

AICC Training Calendar

AICC’s On-Site Training is an opportunity for you to bring training to your company. Imagine the cost of sending 8 people to a course on customer service? The cost of airfare, hotel, meals, and time out of the office quickly adds up to an outrageous expense. click here
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Have they shook hands with any new clients in August with guaranteed business in September? Top Sales People are always three steps ahead of the competition and can predict what their customers want before the actually need it. Can you?

If the answer "YES" is a meager one and not an YES! OUTLOUD, then the AICC’s Renewing Your Sales Force, September 11-12, 2009 in Toronto, Canada is a course you need to send your Sales Manager to without delay. Renew your Sales Force and experience sales performance with over the top sales results. This course is guaranteed to be “SOLD OUT” so register now to reserve your seat.

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Are you looking for MORE in 2009? More Money, More fun, More time? You need stronger leaders, Stronger teams. Leading teams achieve Greatness when the Leader and the team are in sync. Team leaders are at the heart of any successful organization. They’re the motivators and the problem-solvers. But team leaders aren’t born, they’re trained. Prepare your department teams by grooming the leaders at Basic Supervisory & Leadership Training will be held in September in Toronto, Ontario on September 9 and 10, 2008. Registration Form

(IMAGINE Your Name) Box Company achieves 10% improvement in productivity
adding $269,000 to gross sales.

How did you do it? Is your story worth writing? Would you like your story to be a better one next year? AICC’s Advanced Production Supervisor Training being offered October 7-8, 2008 in Cleveland, OH will find the waste, and increase productivity by working with your Production Supervisors to develop information and production data specific to your company’s work environment.

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Offered in partnership with the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) and the Fox Valley Technical College, this is a two day intensive workshop on digital pre-press and processes.

This event will cover digital workflows, coordination of the various production components, equipment utilized, and include live on-site demonstrations. The workshop is intended for structural and graphic designers, customer service, pre-production, production, supervision, and line management people from corrugated box and display makers/