A FirstPak Primer: A Special 5-Part Series

Volume XX,
Number 6
November-December 2006

• 2007 Spring Meeting Preview
• Annual Report to AICC Membership
• Member Profiles

Volume XX,
Number 5
September-October 2006

• Bottom-Line Improvement & Sustainability
• The Bottom Line: Are Computers an Asset or a Liability to Your Business
• Overcoming a Customer's Feeling of Trust Violation
• New Technology in Continuous Run Preprint

Volume XX,
Number 4
July-August 2006

• Annual Meeting Schedule of Events
• Annual Meeting Speaker Line-Up
• Recent Legislative Developments

• Chicago Location Preview
• AICC Introduces New Meeting Format in Chicago This Fall
• AICC Is Looking for Non-Machinery Innovations
• AICC Government Affairs Committee Looks to 2007 Corrugated Industry Fly-in
• AICC 2006 Supercorr Table Top Trade Fair

• “Jump Start Your Marketing Brain”
• Providing A Customer’s Perspective
• Key Accounting and Tax Changes for 2005
• AICC Members Stepping Up in Katrina Relief Effort
• Energy & Saving Solutions

• AICC 2005 Annual Meeting–Week in Review
• Design Lab "Meeting Within A Meeting"
• North American Manufacturing: GM’s Announcement is Another Wake-up Call
• Highlights of FY 2005
• AICC Unveils New Training in 2006

• Extraordinary Line-Up of Speakers Headline 2005 AICC Annual Meeting
• AICC Plans Special Design Lab and Competition
• 2005 AICC Annual Meeting
• AICC’s 12th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Graphic Design

• Spring Meeting Attendees Hear Valuable Sales Presentations
• AICC Members Meet to Write Long-Range Plan
• Looking Forward: Adding Value Means Having Vision (By Lee Shillito)
• How Do You Become LEAN?
• Redefining and Rethinking ‘Dues’(By Steve Young)

• “Rethinking the Sales Force & Reforming Customer Relationships”
• AICC Members Join NAM for Washington Fly-In
• Defeating the Peril of Price (By Lee Shillito)
• Work0 This Spring Focuses on Stats and Strategy (By Steve Young)

• AICC's 2005 Spring Meeting - Rethinking the Sales Force
• AICC Member Spotlight - York Container
• How We are Creating Value for OUr Customers (By Lee Shillito)
• Manage Your Health Care Costs fro a Position of Strength and Knowledge
• 2004 Salary, Hourly Wage & Benefit Survey Responses Increase
• Putting Steam Systems Reliability on the Front Burner to Turn Up Profits
• Meet Your Board - AICC First Vice Chairman, Cindy Baker
• Increase the Value of Your AICC Membership (By Steve Young)

• AICC in Atlanta - The Week in Review
• The Corrugated Industry - and AICC - Lose a Great Leader and Friend
• Independents Need to Focus on Creating, Capturing and Selling Value to the Customer
• Justifying New Machinery Purchases
• Manage Your Health Care Costs from a Position of Strength and Knowledge
• An Up-to-Date Roundup of Financial and Tax Issues
• AICC Conducts Training at SuperCorrExpo
• AICC Training goes International
• An Open Letter to the Wertheimer 'Families'

• Atlanta - Big City, Southern Hospitality!
• AICC To Offer Training at SuperCorrExpo
• It's not just a Show, It's an Opportunity (By Larry Cooper)
• Lower Operating Expenses through the AICC Savings Solutions Program
• Electricity Deregulation: What it is and What it Means to You
• AICC Annual Meeting 2004
• The "AICC Family" Celebrates 30 Years This November in Atlanta!
• AICC Region 14 Members Meet in Monterrey, Mexico
• Success Breeds Success! (By Steve Young)

• Managing Change & Innovation (by Beatriz Salas, Armacel Technology Group)
• Lean Manufacturing Workshops Attract 60
• Changing Times Demand Innovative Thinking - and Membership in AICC (By Larry Cooper)
• AICC - Mexico to Hold 3rd Annual Meeting of Independent Boxmakers
• New Safety Program Focuses on Key OSHA Regulations
• Maintenance Managers Attend Training
• What's more important: Market Share or Share of Passion? (By Steve Young)

• What Does Lean Manufacturing Mean To You?
• Invest in Process (by Larry Cooper)
• Train to Succeed (by L.C. "Chip" Schiffenhaus and Brain Buckley)
• In-House Training Equals Results
• Get to Know Your Facilitators
• Changes in Production Supervisor Training (by Dean Mitchell)
• How to Get The Most OUt of Online Learning (by Bob Forrest)
• What's New in Safety Training
• Facts You Should Know About the Hiring Process (by Harris M. Plotkin)
• Maintenance Management Training in June
• Operator Training Focuses on Results
• Sales Training Opportunity for Associate Members
• $250 Per Hour Consulting For Free
• Keep Box Manufacturing in America
• Are You Getting It?
• Advancing to the Next Level in Industry Education (by Steve Young)

• Lean Leadership (by Scott Ellis)
• The 'Corrugated Caucus' Convenes in Washington
• Finding Individual Solutions to a Global Challenge (Larry Cooper)
• AICC Spring Meeting 2004
• New Training Programs Coming in May and June
• Plant tours - yours and your customer's - offer opportunities to sell (by Steve Young)

• Keeping Customers and Winning New Business
• Lean or Wasting Away? (by Scott Ellis)
• Stomp your Feet and Get Involved (by Larry Cooper)
• Escape the winter blues this spring in Palm Desert, Ca
• AICC's 2003 Sales Compensation Survey responses increase by 13%
• AICC's New Bulk Pricing Program in Training
• Selling to Print Capability to be offered once in 2004
• Safety Training in 2004
• The Story that Still Deserves to Air (by Steve Young)

• AICC Study Tour To China
• Demystifying Lean Manufacturing (By Scott Ellis)
• Feeling Under Pressure? (By Larry Cooper)
• 2003 Sales Compensation Survey Now Available!
• Independents in Mexico Hear 'Innovative Solutions for a Competitive Market"
• Lead Edge
• AICC Florida Chapter Holds Meeting Focusing on Lean Operations
• Using OUr Most Valuable Assets...While We Still Have Them

• AICC Says 'Make it in America'
• AICC Corrugated Industry Study Tour to China
• Sleep At Night Coverage
• AICC Supplier Members Innovate
• 'Lean Manufacturing' Featured at AICC Regional Meetings
• AICC Announces Award Winners in the International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition
• BoxScore's LeadingEdge (Leadership and Performance Through Education & Training)
• 2nd Conference of Independent Boxmakers
• SuperCorrExpo 2004 Exhibitors As of September 24, 2003

• Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight
• Know your niche, prove your value!
• July 2003 Marks 20 Years of Service for Steve Young
• What you don't know about your utilities may be costing you...
• Sales Compensation Survey Arrives in Your Office!
• AICC's 11th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition Now Accepting Entries
• How Can Boxmakers Become More Efficient?
• Things Your Customers Are Waiting To Tell You
• SuperCorrExpo 2004 Exhibitors As of July 12, 2003

• A FirstPak Primer (Part 4 of a 5 Part Series)
• The New Normal
• Impact Your Bottom Line By Streamlining Logistics Procedures
• Reducing Your Utility Costs with APPI and AICC
• New Opportunities for Manufacturers
• AICC Partnerships Work For You!
• SuperCorr 2004 Exhibitors
• AICC Gears Up for its 2003 Industry Competitions for Boxmakers and Suppliers!
• Trade Policy is Now the Focus of Washington Advocacy Group

• A FirstPak Primer (Part 3 of a 5 Part Series)
• GetLinked Gets Customers!
• Hardy, You've Taught Us to Put Something Back
• AICC Debuts Supervisor Education in Guadalajara!
• Key Suppliers Step Up To Support AICC's San Antonio Meeting
• AICC Gears Up for Its 2003 Industry Competitions For Boxmakers and Suppliers!
• SuperCorrExpo 2004 Exhibitors
• New Opportunities for Manufacturers
• CEO Advisory Groups Gaining Momentum, Notice Among Members

• AICC's Trip to China Reveals Rapidly Growing but Fragmented Industry
• Are You Visible to Your Industry? (by Jay Wetheimer, AICC Chairman)
• AICC Opens Online Registration For Spring Meeting
• Lower Room Rates Available at Hyatt in San Antonio
• Spring Meeting Speaker Books On Sale, Online
• Hertz Offers Spring Attendees Lower Rate
• AICC 2003 SPRING Meeting Schedule
• FirstPak Primer (1 & 2 of a 5 part series)
• Manufacturing Strikes its Agenda for 20003: Is Anyone Listening? (by Steve Young, AICC President)

• Annual Report to the AICC Membership
• New Sources of Information Keep AICC Members on the Cutting Edge!
• Industry-Specific Finance, Customer Service and Technical Topics Focus of 2003 Training Programs
• Being Good and Becoming Great (by Jay Wetheimer, AICC Chairman)
• AICC Offers One-Stop Shop for Online Freight Services
• AICC Gets Ready for Spring Membership Drive
• Basic Selling Course A Rousing Success for One AICC Member
• 2003: It's A San-Sational Year to Ger Noticed By Independents
• A Texas-Sized Conference Call
• AICC Gears Up for Its 2003 Industry Competitions for Boxmakers and Suppliers
• ICPF Beams Latest on Corrugated Digital Printing to Schools in US and Canada
• Nuts and Bolts (by Steve Young, AICC President)

• Independents from All Around Mexico Meet in Monterrey
• Second Generation Owners, First Generation Leaders - By Chairman Jay Wertheimer
• Stay Informed Through AICC
• What's happening in your neck of the woods?
• Understanding the performance requirements of your customer's packaging.
• First CEO Advisory Group Meeting a Success
• Step Out to Promote the Industry

• Annual Fall Meeting Speaker Spotlight
• Across the Country, the World, Independents are Alive and Well (by AICC Chairman Greg Arvanigian, President of Arvco Container Corporation)
• Boxmakers' Innovations to be Deatured at Fall Meeting
• Your Audience? AICC's Key Dicision Makers
• More are Getting More From AICC

• Opinions Unanimous, It Seems, On Internet Bidding
• Is ECT Still the Wise Alternative? (by AICC Chairman Greg Arvanigian, President of Arvco Container Corporation)
• Training Revenue Up
• New Program for CEO’s
• Quarterly Business Conditions (QBC) 4th Quarter Results Are In!
• Time to Produce Profitability in Toronto
• Partner with AICC for Added Success
• Members Speaking Up About Shrinking Manufacturing Base

• Members Meet in Mexico to Explore New Region
• AICC Spring Meeting Information
• AICC Member Profile: Englander Container and Display

• Advanced Sales Training Course Development Completed
• 2001-2002 Annual Membership Directory, AICC’s Latest Publication, On Its Way!
• AICC Partners with Sloan Securities
• Let Your Peers Help Your Operators Succeed
• AICC Announces the 3rd Annual Call for Entries in Student Packaging Competition
• Attend the AICC Spring Meeting & Bring Your Family!
• AICC Attending Corrugated ’02 Show in Paris
• AICC 2002 Partnership Sponsor Program

• A Review of the AICC 2001 Annual Fall Meeting
• Arvanigian Becomes AICC's First Chairman
• Cravens Inducted into AICC/Paperboard Packaging Hall of Fame
• AICC Package Design Competition Awards
• Curioni U.S.A., Inc. is 2001 Innovator of the Year

• Find the path to Profitability in Vancouver
• Tap into the Knowledge and Experience of Your Peers with the AICC Members-Only Discussion Forum
• Smurfit Stone Trainning Center Opens Doors to AICC
• Executive Courses and Much, Much More in 2002
• Service Power Plus Training New in 2002
• New Advanced Sales Training Continued Development

• Point and Click on www.aiccbox.org - AICC's Newly designed website!
• Safety Check Available Online
• P2P: The Path to Profitability - Information on AICCs Fall Meeting 2001
• Training = Increased Sussess
• AICC Around the Regions
• Manufactures Seeking Help in High Places

• AICC’s 2nd Long-Range Plan Developed
• Spring Meeting Highlights
• AICC Announces the Call for Entries for the 10th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition
• 2nd Annual Student Packaging Design Competition Call for Entries
• AICC Announces Call for Entries for Machinery Innovations
• Advanced Sales Training Under Development
• Ergonomics: Does Your Company’s Safety Program Address this Problem?

• Expectations Have Been Exceeded - SuperCorr Expo 2000
• Presidential Thoughts - Craig Hoyt
• 2000-2001 Board of Directors Elected
• AICC 2000 Annual Meeting Highlights
• Liberty Diversified Industries Wins Innovator of the Year Competition
• Give Me V! - Jim Davis
• Annual Report
• First Annual Student Competition
• 2001 Calendar
• The Final Score - Notes from the Executive Vice President