May 20, 2020
On February 27, ICPF conducted its annual Teleconference on the Business of Corrugated Packaging & Displays and the Career Opportunities. Over 500 packaging science, marketing and sales, supply chain management, packaging and graphic design, business, chemical engineering, and other students and faculty on 20 college campuses participated. After their presentation, industry panel speakers Bryan Hollenbach, executive vice president at Green Bay Packaging, Rich Ford, regional manager at Packaging Corp. of America, as well as student moderator Erin Wilson, Virginia Tech packaging systems and design ’20 (and former ICPF, AICC, Pratt Industries, and Buckeye Corrugated Inc. student intern), addressed live questions from students on each of the 20 campuses.
Over 100 Michigan State University students, as well as more than 400 additional students from 19 remote campuses, participated in the February 27 Teleconference on the Business of Corrugated Packaging & Displays and the Career Opportunities.
Participating campuses included Appalachian State University, Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, California Polytechnic State University, Clemson University, Dunwoody College of Technology, Indiana State University, Illinois State University, Lewis-Clark State College, Michigan State University, Millersville University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina State University, Pittsburg State University, Rutgers University, the University of Florida, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Wisconsin–Stout, Virginia Tech, and Western Michigan University.
Visit www.careersincorrugated.org to view the video of the 2020 Teleconference broadcast.
Richard Flaherty is president of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation.
