Hall of Fame
What Is the Hall of Fame Award?
Each year, the AICC Hall of Fame Award honors individuals whose sustained leadership and service have significantly advanced the independent packaging industry, demonstrated through active AICC membership and broad industry involvement.
2025 AICC Hall of Fame Winner- Chuck Fienning
| Year | Name | Company | Location |
| 2025 | Chuck Fienning | Sumter Packaging | Sumter, South Carolina |
| 2024 | NA | ||
| 2023 | John Bird | JB Machinery | Westport, Connecticut |
| 2022 | Greg Tucker | Bay Cities | Pico Rivera, California |
| 2021 | N/A | ||
| 2020 | Doug Muller | Haire Group | Merrillville, Indiana |
| 2019 | Tom Skinner | Phoenix Packaging | Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| 2018 | Kim Nelson | Royal Containers Ltd. | Brampton, Ontario |
| 2017 | James Curley | Board Converting News | Manasquan, New Jersey |
| 2016 | A. Steven Young |
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association | Alexandria, Virginia |
| 2015 | Craig R. Hoyt |
Buckeye Boxes, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2014 | Jack W. Schwarz |
The Schwarz Group | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2012 | James M. Davis |
Express Packaging | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 2011 | S. Richard Van Horne | Corrugated Supplies Company | Chicago, Illinois |
| 2010 | A. Lee Shillito |
Triad Packaging Inc. | Bristol, Tennessee |
| 2009 | Michael B. Fiterman | Liberty Diversified International | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2008 | Greg Arvanigian | Arvco Container Corporation | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 2007 | Fred & Nan Harrison | Hycorr Machine Corporation | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 2006 | Jay S. Wertheimer* | Wertheimer Box Corporation | McCook, Illinois |
| 2005 | James E. Haglund | Central Container Corporation | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2004 | Joseph R. Palmeri | Jamestown Container Corp. | Falconer, New York |
| 2003 | James Kowall | Great Northern Packaging | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2002 | William I. Flinn | Scope Packaging Inc. | Orange, California |
| 2001 | Robert D. Cravens | The New World Companies | Niles, Michigan |
| 2000 | Peter Keady | Viking Packaging & Display Corp. | San Jose, California |
| 1999 | Robert J. Thacker | Thacker Container Company | Santa Ana, California |
| 1998 | Richard F. Eastwood | Central Graphics & Container Group | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| 1997 | Morton S. Ackerman, CPA | M.S. Ackermand & Co. LLP | Fort Lee, New Jersey |
| 1996 | Richard Sharfstein | Pride Container Corp. | Chicago Illinois |
| 1995 | Laurence C. Schiffenhaus | Schiffenhaus Packaging Corp. | Newark, New Jersey |
| 1994 | William F. Ward Sr. * | Ward Machinery Co. | Cockeysville, Maryland |
| 1993 | H. James DeLine | DeLine Box Company | Denver, Colorado |
| 1992 | William J. Hanan | Bay Cities Container Corp. | Pico Rivera, California |
| 1991 | Paul H. Vishny, Esq. | Ancona & Pflaum | Chicago Illinois |
| 1990 | Jack D. Grollman | Triangle Container Corp. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1989 | William C. Akers | Akers Packaging Service Inc. | Middletown, Ohio |
| 1988 | Stanley M. Jacobson | Alden Corrugated Container Corp. | Mew Bedford, Massachusetts |
| 1987 | J. Richard Troll | AICC | Alexandria, Virginia |
| 1986 | Hardy Sanders | Bates Container Inc. | North Richland Hills, Texas |
| 1985 | George B. Arvanigian | Arvco Container Corp. | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 1984 | S. Richard Van Horne Sr. * | Corrugated Supplies Corp. | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1983 | Lawrence I. Falstein | Tri-Pack Corp. | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1982 | Joseph Schiffenhaus | Schiffenhaus Packaging Corp. | Newark, New Jersey |
| * Awarded posthumously. | |||