April 30 - May 4, 2007

Registrations for the AICC Designers’ Workshop are coming in at a brisk pace. Only a few seats remain. This year’s program, held Thursday and Friday, May 17-18, at the Doubletree Hotel in Dallas, Texas, features an opening presentation by George Stroh, Director of Shopper Marketing, Frito-Lay Inc. Mr. Stroh will address the impact of retail and shopper trends on future design and in-store merchandising practices. For more information click here.

Register now and unite to present industry positions to the elected members of the 110th Congress on Capitol Hill June 18-20, 2007. Join the AICC, the Fibre Box Association, and the American Forest and Paper Association in this effort. This year’s event begins the evening of June 18 with an AICC reception, followed by two days of meetings, appointments and a reception with industry officials and legislators under the dome of the Capitol. Registration and hotel information is now available at http://www.aiccbox.org/Fly-In/. For more information click here.

Do you expect your supervisors to help your company be profitable? Over time, supervisors can learn to lead and coach their crews to perform and can understand their role in the profitability of your company. You can wait months or years as they learn on the job if they are given that expectation. Or you can send them to an AICC training program. For more information click here.

AAICC conducts its next 90-minute Audio/Web on Wednesday, June 13th at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) titled, Secrets of Service Professionalism Success. This is a modification to the original published date of May 8, 2007. For more information click here.

Companies invest in equipment and processes to gain a market share of enhanced graphics business. While enhanced graphics brings a value added benefit to the customer, lack of formal training on printing these graphics and understanding the language can erode profit margins for the printer. Register NOW for the newest AICC course - it will help you expand your knowledge and capabilities in the production of up-to-date, flexographic printing. This is not a Basics course – it is for people who really want to excel at their profession! Class is held Monday through Wednesday, May 14-16, 2007, in Clemson, South Carolina. For more information click here.

AICC members who attended the 2007 Spring meeting last week in Orlando, FL, received entry guidelines for the 13th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition in an attractively-designed corrugated promotional piece. Supplied by Orange County Container Group, these were distributed at the closing general session on Saturday, April 21, 2007 to all attendees. Orange County Container Group’s entry was one of the two winning entries in the 2007 Corrugated Bid for the Promo Challenge. The other winning entry, by Tilsner Carton Company, will be mailed out to members in June 2007. For more information click here.

Join the rest of your Region 4 colleagues for this “double header” of education on Wednesday, May 9th at the Doral Tesoro Hotel & Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information click here.

• Renewing Your Sales Force: Beginner Level  Available throughout the year as computer based training.
• Advanced Flexography for Corrugated  Monday through Wednesday, May 14-16, 2007
• Designers’ Workshop  Thursday and Friday, May 17-18, 2007
• Advanced Production Supervisor Training  Tuesday-Wednesday, June 5-6, 2007
• Customer Service Audio Web Seminar  Wednesday, June 13, 2007
• School for Financial Managers & Controllers  Thursday through Saturday, June 14-16, 2007.
• Fundamentals of Improved Flexo Printing on Rotary Die Cutters  Monday through Thursday, June 25-28, 2007.

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