THE FINAL SCORE

December 9 - 11, 2022 SUPPORT ICPF’S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OUTREACHO h g O h g

ATTEND ICPF’S 2022 HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN NEW YORK

Socialize – Enjoy the best New York City has to offer during the holiday season. Network and strengthen new ties within the industry. By participating you will be supporting the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF).

Program – Participants will begin with a Friday evening reception at Becall’s, sponsored by Pratt Industries. On Saturday, participants will attend a matinee of the latest Broadway hit, MJ, sponsored by BW Papersystems. Saturday night, join executives and spouses for a reception and dinner at the renowned Empire Steak House. The reception is sponsored by Fosber America and the dinner is sponsored by WestRock. Additional weekend sponsors include Green Bay Packaging and Greif. In addition to participating, many executives (manufacturing executives, box plant owners & executives, and service & supplier executives) invite clients, and reward key executives from their companies with this special holiday weekend event. Free time on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will allow for holiday shopping, sightseeing, museums, additional Broadway plays, and dining at New York’s finest. Due to limited capacity, registration is on a “first come, first serve” basis. “It is a special opportunity to join peers in an informal social environment. ICPF’s holiday weekend in New York is one of the most unique events in the industry. Your participation supports ICPF, an important resource for our future.”

Contact Registration@icpfbox.org for a Registration Form or Download at www.careersincorrugated.org

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Past supporters and participants have included AccuBond Corp., Akers Packaging, American Corrugated Machine, Amtech, Arden Software, Atlas Container, Bates Container, Balemaster, Baumer HHS, Bay Cities, Bobst North America, Brian Thomas Display, Buckeye Corrugated Inc., BW Papersystems, Carlisle Container, Cascades Containerboard Packaging, CEL Chemical, Central Packaging & Display, Color Resolutions International, Corrugated Replacements Inc., Corrugated Technologies, Custom Packaging, Deline Box, Dicar Inc., DiTech, Eam-Mosca, EFI, Esko, Flexo Concepts, Fitzpatrick Container, Foley & Lardner, Fosber America, Gerber Technology, Goepfert Maschinen, Green Bay Packaging, Greif, G. T. Hall Investments, Haire Group, Harris Packaging, Hood Container Corp., Huston Patterson, ICCA, Interstate Resources, JB Machinery, J. M. Fry Inks, KapStone, KemiArt, Kiwiplan, Kruger, Landaal Packaging, Lansmont Corporation, Latitude Machinery, Liberty Diversified International, MichCor Container, Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Mitchel-Lincoln Packaging, Moore Packaging, Morphy Containers, Packaging Corporation of America, Packaging Express, Package X, Pratt Industries, President Container, Progress Container & Display, PXI Digital Solutions, Robert Mann Packaging, Schwarz Partners, Serenity O h gO h g Packaging, Signode, Shipping Container Corp., Simpson Paper, Smurfit Kappa, Sound Packaging, StandFast Packaging, Sumter Packaging, TAPPI, Testing Machines Inc., Triad Packaging, U.S. Corrugated Inc., Vanguard Packaging, Wasatch Container, Western Corrugated Design, WestRock, York Container, AICC, and the Fibre Box Association.

Help! I Need Somebody!

Despite AICC’s best eff orts and despite your best eff orts, fi nding and retaining people remain the biggest challenges facing members as 2022 draws to a close. Th is has been a recurring theme for how many years now?

AICC has been providing you tools that are helping: Packaging University, with its 100 courses on a variety of topics; leadership groups; webinars; seminars; podcasts; white papers; and more. AICC’s focus on education seems to be correct—education is a critical component of professional development.

According to LinkedIn Global Talent Trends 2022, professional development of team members was the most mentioned among respondents as the top area to invest in to improve company culture (59%). Flexible work support, No. 2 among respondents, is the opportunity that members have to meet the needs of those seeking a new work experience or keeping the folks that they’ve got.

EmployBridge’s 16th annual Voice of the Blue Collar Worker, a poll with 19,000 participants, supports this. It cited work schedule (21%), followed by consistent pay increases (14%) and good company culture (11%) as the top three reasons for workers to work where they do.

Flexible work schedules help to create the work-life balance that studies repeatedly show is the primary emerging driver for worker satisfaction.

Th ese are high-level generalities suggested by data. What is the underlying driver? A dramatic change in attitude by Gen Zers and millennials compared with members of previous generations. Th ese two groups will make up the majority of workers in our plants and offi ces in the next few years. AICC members need to be out in front of this important cohort to ensure the future of their manufacturing operations.

We’ve long known the diffi culties we face with getting young people to consider working in a manufacturing environment. But a great deal of data out there can help point us in the right direction to be ready to meet the opportunity to position ourselves to be attractive and soughtafter employers.

Again, AICC can be a partner for you by bringing data closer to your mindshare. We’ve been endeavoring to do this through webinars, seminars, and the Education Xperience. We’ll keep providing data and information relevant to your needs.

I would also suggest you seek out the young people and the emerging leaders in your organizations—and AICC’s dynamic Emerging Leader group—for their ideas and insights into making your operation more attractive to their peers. Th ey are a resource close at hand and one that knows your culture and respects it.

You’ve got them—they may help you get more like them!

Michael D’Angelo AICC President