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Folding Carton Boot Camp

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12/04/2023 @ 12:30 pm - 12/07/2023 @ 4:30 pm EST

PPC’s Folding Carton Boot Camp is back virtually this winter from December 4-7! Boot Camp is an essential training opportunity for those new to cartons or the industry and non-plant personnel with limited experience outside a single plant operation.

This four-day virtual event will provide a unique, hands-on experience that teaches attendees about topics such as windowing, rigid boxes, automatic packaging, cold and hot foil, tooling, laminating, and more. We will have a mix of professionally pre-recorded presentations and live interactive speakers.

Join us to hear from industry leaders and learn all aspects of the industry, from making paper to customer delivery and all “folding carton” points and processes in between.

Folding Carton Boot Camp registration is still available past the November 22nd, 2023 deadline. Late registration fees are listed below. Contact PPC staff with your FedEx or UPS account number to be billed directly for expedited shipping costs.

Pricing

Member Rate: $1595

Non-Member Rate: $2095

Materials

Handbook: Each participant receives a copy of the popular Ideas and Innovation Handbook ($180 value!), as well as a binder full of paper and carton samples, instructional information, speaker presentations, a comprehensive glossary of printing terms, as well as a certificate of completion, ready for framing.

Binder: The Folding Carton Boot Camp Binder includes paper copies of all 20+ presentations, the 2023-24 Trends Industry Outlook & Market Data Report Summary by Fast Markets RISI (Full report available to download for PPC Members), the most recent Carton Competition Book, and samples of various types of paper board.

Paperboard Samples: All samples a located in tabs 1-9 of the Folding Carton Boot Camp Binder.

1. Hardwood & Softwood Pulp
2. Virgin, (Fresh) Solid Bleached Sulphate, SBS, Chemical
3. Virgin, Coated Unbleached Kraft, CUK, SUS, Chemical
4. Virgin, Uncoated Unbleached Kraft, Chemical
5. Virgin, Folding Box Board (fbb) Bleached, Mechanical
6. Recycled, Coated Recycled Board, CRB
7. Recycled, Uncoated Recycled Board, URB, Chip
8. Laminated Flute
9. Foil

Additional Materials: All participants will receive a printers loupe, a PPC ruler, a PPC logo enamel pin, and a Color Quiz booklet to review how inks are printed on various substrates.

Schedule

Monday, December 4, 2023
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Introductions
Virgin Paperboard
Recovered Fiber
Recycled Paperboard
Processes & Formats (Web & Sheet)
Sheeting & Rewinding

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Structural Design & Workflow
Color Theory
Inks & Coatings
Printing Processes
Digital Printing

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Litho Laminating
Applications in Cold & Hot Foil
Sheetfed Diecutting: Blanking, embossing, stamping
Digital Diecutting
Rotary Cutting
Air Hammer Stripping
Gluing & Adhesives

Thursday, December 7, 2023
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Windowing
Folding & Gluing
Carton Styles
Automatic Packaging
Rigid Box
Graduation Ceremony

How to Register

Register on PPC’s new Member Portal. Follow the instructions below.

Please enter your email address into the Find Me field below. If your email is in our database, it will auto-populate with your first and last name. If your email is NOT in our database, you will receive a message that reads Looks like you’re new here! Continue by filling out the information below. Please fill in your first and last name, and proceed with registration. Once you have registered, we will add you to our Member Portal, and you will receive an email inviting you to create your account.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at info@paperbox.org or call us at 413-686-9191.  We are available Monday–Friday from 8:00 am–5:00 pm ET.

Boot Camp Registration Policy

Folding Carton Boot Camp registration is still available past the November 22nd, 2023 deadline. Late registration fees are listed below. Contact PPC staff with your FedEx or UPS account number to be billed directly for expedited shipping costs.

Member Rate: $1595

Non-Member Rate: $2095

Folding Carton Boot Camp New Member Policy

If a non-member joins PPC within six months of their attendance to Boot Camp, the difference between the non-member and member price of Boot Camp will be applied to their membership dues investment in the first year.