To learn more about how you can navigate the challenges of operating an independently owned business, register for AICC’s Next Generation Executives Forum in Orlando, Florida. For details, click here.

AICC is pleased to announce that the keynote sessions from the AICC 2007 Annual Meeting are now available via AICC's Live Learning Center. The AICC Live Learning center is an innovative repository of the eye opener and general sessions from the 2007 Annual Meeting - to read more click here.

Mark your Calendar for AICC’s Sustainability Conference scheduled Wednesday, January 30 and Thursday, January 31, 2008.

AICC will hold a sustainability conference in Bentonville, Arkansas at the Embassy Suites Hotel. This program is designed for Owners, Executive Staff, Designers and Sales staff. Topics include: What is Sustainability?; Cradle to Gate: Raw Materials, Inks and Additives – What’s Coming in; Implementing a Sustainable Environment in your company; The Wal-Mart Scorecard decoded; Marketgate and its use as a Marketing Tool to your customers; Street Wise Sustainability; Developing Cost Analysis Comparisons for the Customer; and more. click here.

This Spring we will "Ignite the Independent Passion" at the AICC 2008 Spring Meeting. The meeting will feature a series of eye openers, general sessions and networking and social events. The three days will focus on:

Renewing the Entrepreneurial Passion
Bringing Passion to the Next Generation
Leading the Way in the Environmental Future

For more information and to book your hotel reservations for the 2008 Spring Meeting click here.

• Renewing Your Sales Force: Beginner Level; Available throughout the year using CD ROM/Workbook training materials.
• Sales Audio Web Conference; Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 1:30 pm (Eastern)
• Foundational Elements of Flexographic Printing on Die Cutters; Monday through Wednesday, February 4-6, 2008; Clemson, SC
• Fundamentals of Improved Flexo Printing on Rotary Die Cutters; Monday through Wednesday, March 3-5, 2008; Appleton, WI
• Basic Supervisory and Leadership Training; Tuesday-Wednesday, March 11-12, 2008; Phoenix, AZ
• Production Audio Web Conference; Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm (Eastern)
• Renewing Your Sales Force: Intermediate Level; Thursday-Friday, March 20-21, 2008; Dallas, TX

By now, AICC members have received their complimentary copy of the AICC 2007-2008 Membership Directory. It is with great pleasure we announce the new AICC 2007-2008 Membership Directory as a valuable resource for regular members and associates providing up to date and accurate information on member box makers, suppliers to box makers, press, consultants, accountants, and so much more! This directory represents over 2,700 industry contacts in 679 box making plants and 372 suppliers to the corrugated industry. read more.