Over 20 recruits completed the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) biannual Folding Carton Boot Camp held last month at PPC headquarters in Springfield, MA. The premier educational platform for all things folding carton, this popular workshop gives newcomers a comprehensive overview of the entire carton converting process by harnessing the expertise and knowledge of some of the most experienced names in the industry. Representatives from Atlas Die, Bobst, Burt Rigid Box, Esko, Heidelberg, Henkel, HP, KBA, Metsä Board Americas, River Valley Paper, and Wikoff Color taught at the workshop, as did Ben Markens, President of PPC. “Our instructors are immersed in the paperboard packaging industry, so they have a working knowledge of the tips and tricks and latest technologies in their areas of expertise,” said Markens. “You can’t get an educational experience like this anywhere else.”
At the workshop, students learned to distinguish between the different types of paperboard as well as how board is recovered and recycled. They also learned the difference between sheet-fed and web-fed processes, took in sessions on structural design, workflow and colour theory, and discovered the latest technologies in analogue and digital printing, tooling, die-cutting and windowing. In-depth sessions also covered inks, coatings, folding and gluing. Participants were presented with Certificates of Achievement at the completion of the workshop.
The Folding Carton Boot Camp is just one of many educational programs offered by PPC. Other offerings include members-only webinars and whitepapers, commissioned peer-reviewed studies and government affairs updates. To learn more about PPC’s next Folding Carton Boot Camp in the Spring of 2016, please visit www.paperbox.org/bootcamp.
Now in its 86th year, PPC is the leading industry association serving suppliers and converters of all forms of paperboard packaging. PPC works to grow, promote and protect the paperboard packaging industry while providing its members with resources and tools to compete effectively and successfully in the marketplace.
Industry leaders teach newcomers at PPC’s Folding Carton Boot Camp
