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AICC offices will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Best wishes for a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Adhesive Products, Inc.
Paul Shattuck, President
520 Cleveland Avenue
Albany, CA  94710
(510) 526-7616
Ardent Displays and Packaging
Donald Budnick, President
60 Progressive Drive
Manchester, CT 06042
(860) 646-3555
Part 2 of the AICC sales webinar series New Business / Account Growth takes place on December 18th, 2009. The webinar is entitled The Sales Cycle and looks in depth at the sales cycle, including understanding the time line, and creating a plan of attack for each sale.  The third and final webinar of the series takes place on January 22nd, 2010 with It's Not the Product, It's the Experience.
The webinars are offered at 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM (Eastern) and are approximately sixty minutes in length. Click here for the webinar descriptions and details.
Organic growth.  Acquisition.  Strategic Diversification.  Selling the Business.  These topics and more were on the menu at the AICC/Stetson University Strategic Direction Executives forum, November 11-12 at Stetson University Graduate School of Management in Celebration, Fla. Read more...
This is AICC’s first ever Financial training course for those employees involved in Financial aspects of the business. The entire curriculum will be based upon case studies and will focus on topics designed to give your senior management a better understanding of your company’s financial strategy.
Further to our posting last week about members and their internal policies concerning H1N1, some members are reporting that customers are requesting formal written policies from their suppliers. At the request of one of their largest customers, Hendricks Box Co.... Read More
 “It will take years for US containerboard demand to recover from the 2008-2009 decline,” said Ken Waghorne, Senior Vice Presidnet of RISI at the Fourth Latin American Pulp and Paper Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Waghorne, who specializes in analyzing worldwide corrugated and containerboard markets for RISI, the internationally recognized forest products research firm based in Boston, gave a presentation that said essentially that while other parts of the world start to pull out of their slumps, the North American situation will remain weak through 2010 and will only significantly begin to recover in 2011. Read More...
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to review a new college textbook. (The next issue of BoxScore will include a review of the textbook.)  When the two professors at MSU’s School of Packaging received the copy for future additions and corrections they invited us to teach a session to third year students.  I was fortunate to also observe a fourth year packaging economics class and comment on the student presentations.  Read More
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This report is based on data from 144 independent corrugator and sheet plants. These companies employ 14,224 full-time employees spread across all 11 AICC regions. All responses to this survey were collected and compiled by Association Research, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, and have been held in strictest confidence. Read More…
AICC is proud to now offer SafetyFirst in Spanish and English.
SafetyFirst specifically addresses safety concerns and safe practices in corrugated manufacturing facilities. This is a great source for training new employees and serves as a refresher for veterans of the industry. It’s never too late to learn or refresh you knowledge of the dangers, hazards and how to protect yourself, your co-workers and employees.
Click here for details.
Save the Date & Make Your Hotel Reservations Today!
The AICC 2010 Spring Meeting is being held April 14-16, 2010 at The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA. The meeting will feature a series of workshops, general sessions, networking and social events.    The host hotel for the meeting is the world-renowned Hotel Del Coronado located on the quaint island of Coronado in San Diego, CA.   The Del, as the hotel is known, was built in 1888 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Click here for more information.
The AICC 2010 Spring Meeting is being co-located with the Fibre Box (FBA) Association 2010 Annual Meeting.
To view the week’s schedule at a glance click here.
AICC Regional meeting Reviews, Photos, Attendee Rosters and Presentations are now available on the AICC website.
Note: Meeting presentation made available with the presenters' permission. Presentations should not be reproduced in whole or part without permission from the presenter. AICC assumes no liability for copyrighted materials.
The Dollars and Sense of Corrugated Manufacturing
- New Date December 10-11, 2009, Jersey City, New Jersey
Register Today
New Business / Account Growth
Webinars - Dec. 18, 2009 & Jan. 22, 2010 - Register Today!
Seminars - Feb. 17-18, 2010 - Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina
Sept. 15-16, 2010 - Chicago, Illinois
Production Management Concepts for Production Personnel - January 2010 (Dallas, TX) / June 2010 (Chicago, IL) / TBD (Toronto,CA)
Exceeding Customer Expectations
- April 15-16, 2010, San Deigo, California
Understanding Graphics and Printing Capability
- June 24-25, 2010 / TBD (Florida)
Renewing Your Sales Force: Beginner Level
Available throughout the year as computer based training.
Region 11 Christmas Party   - Saturday, November 28, 2009
email
info@aicc11.com for information
Region 9 & 10 East Coast Ski Meeting  -
Friday, March 12 - Saturday, March 13, 2010
Stratton Mountain Resort, Stratton, Vermont

Region 1 Ski Meeting  -
Friday, February 26 - Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe North, California
Region 11 Spring Meeting  - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mississauga Center, Mississauga, Canada

Region 1 Golf Tournament
Monday, September 20, 2010
Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club
Coto de Caza, California
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November 12 - 24, 2009
Upcoming Region Meetings
Upcoming AICC Training and Seminars
SafetyFirst Plant Safety DVD Series
Now Available in Spanish and English
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to Order Today!
Regional Meeting
Reviews, Attendee Rosters & Presentations
2009 Sales Compensation Survey
Now Available!
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to Order Today!
2009/2010 New Business / Account Growth
Webinar Series - Part 2 December 18, 2009
The Dollars and Sense of Corrugated
Manufacturing
Financial Seminar
AICC 2010 Spring Meeting, April 14-16
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA
Welcome New Members!
More Members Weigh In On H1N1
Ralph Young Teaches At Michigan State, Discovers bright young minds!
Members ‘Roll up their Sleeves’
at Strategic Direction Executives Forum
RISI Attendees hear:  ‘It will take years for US Containerboard Demand to Recover’