Thomas G. Landaal, President of Landaal Packaging Systems, Flint, Michigan, passed away Wednesday, December 5, after a yearlong struggle with pancreatic cancer. Tom was a longtime member of AICC and the Fibre Box Association, where he served on the Association’s board of directors and as chairman of FBA’s Independent Sheet Plant Committee.

He was also active in many charitable organizations in the Flint area, including the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, Goodwill Industries, United Way and Hurley Regional Medical Center.

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All AICC Members are invited to participate in the 2008 Operation Safe Shop Competition. Conducted every two years, the program draws entries from independent corrugator and sheet plants in a nationwide effort to focus on key elements of box plant safety, such as a company's overall safety policy, owner commitment, safety practices, training procedures, safety awareness methods, accident prevention techniques, maintenance programs, among others. click here.

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.

This spring we will “Ignite the Independent Passion” at AICC 2008 Spring Meeting being held at the J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa – March 26-29, 2008.

Join us in Palm Desert as leadership and motivation experts address the following issues: Is the entrepreneurial passion still burning within the leadership of your organization? Does the next generation of leadership possess this passion? How can you recruit, motivate and retain the best of the next generation? To read more, click here.

Join other AICC 2008 Spring meeting attendees and their spouses and guests for networking, camaraderie and fun at the optional and social events taking place in conjunction with the upcoming AICC 2008 Spring Meeting. To read more click here.

AICC and FBA will once again co-locate their meetings this Spring in Palm Desert, CA. You won't want to miss this full week of educational, networking and social events. To view the preliminary joint schedule of events for the week click here.

AICC is pleased to announce the release of the complete 2007 Annual Meeting Live Learning Center. The AICC Live Learning center is an innovative repository of the eye opener and general sessions from the 2007 Annual Meeting, with digital audio and video and synchronized PowerPoint presentations (as submitted by speakers for inclusion). click here.