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Digital Printing in Corrugated Survey Open
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is working with industry researchers Karstedt Partners and Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) to better understand the attitudes, perceptions, and issues related to digital printing for corrugated packaging from...
Have You Taken the 2018 Market Conditions Survey?
What is your perspective? We have created a short “check-in” survey. Click here to take it. Participation is voluntary and all responses are confidential. If you have questions, please contact Steve Young at AICC headquarters, 703.535.1381,...
BCM Inks Creates First Education Investor Course
Essential Principles of Water-Based Flexo Inks Course BCM Inks is the first Education Investor to complete a training course for AICC members. AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, in collaboration with The Packaging School, worked with BCM Inks to create...
Get It off My Plate! How to Delegate Fiduciary Responsibility
Printers401K is one of AICC's Money Saving Programs. Many Plan Sponsors are overwhelmed or unaware of the duties required of them as Plan Fiduciaries. Navigating through mounds of paperwork trying to unscramble what their responsibilities are, what their actual fees...
US Borrowing For Business Equipment Rose 10% In January
AICC, through its membership in the Council of Manufacturing Associations, is pleased to share recent news from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS (NAM). Reuters (2/23, Vijayakumar) reported that the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) announced on...
Tenth Annual AICC East Coast Ski Weekend
The 10th Annual AICC East Coast Ski Weekend February 23 - 25 brought together more than 40 AICC members and their families at Stratton Mountain, Vermont. Friendships were made and renewed at this most social of AICC gatherings. The event opened Friday night with an...
AICC Offers New Classroom & Hands-On Corrugator Training
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is offering a new seminar, Understanding the Corrugator Machine, May 2-3, in Green Bay, Wis. This two-day training explores and explains the purpose and function of each section of the complicated corrugator. Instructors...
New Guidance on RMDS for Missing Participants
Written by: Joseph P. Trybula, CFP®, AIF®, Printers401K Printers401K Is an AICC Money Saving Program. Federal tax law requires retirement plan participants to begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) when they reach age 70½. December 31 is the deadline by...
Four Ways to Get Your Brand Noticed Through Its Packaging
I’ve been reflecting a lot this past week about packaging’s role in developing and enriching a brand’s core vision, value and beliefs. Ultimately, packaging is the first physical encounter that your customer will have with your brand so why is it that packaging is...
The AICC 2018 Salary Survey Success Depends on Member Participation
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association has started collecting data on the independent packaging segment for the 2018 Salary, Hourly Wage & Benefit Report. The survey is managed by Association Research, Inc., a third-party group, that collects all results and...