Help new team members feel like seasoned pros with PPC’s Virtual Folding Carton Boot Camp! The four-day virtual training is ideal for anyone new to cartons (even if not new to the industry) and non-plant personnel with limited experience outside a single plant operation. From making paper to customer delivery and all “folding carton” points and processes in between, this comprehensive program is everything you wanted to know about folding cartons.
Registration
$795 for Members
$1195 Non-Members
Deadline: Registration will close on Friday, November 6, 2020, to give us time to collate and mail the hard-copy learning materials.
Please contact michelle@paperbox.org to reserve space for upcoming Boot Camp sessions taking place in 2021.
Handbook
Each participant receives a copy of the popular Ideas and Innovation Handbook ($150 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.
Schedule
Monday, November 16 Sessions
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Opening Remarks and Introductions
Virgin Paperboard
2:40 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Recycled Paperboard
Recovered Fiber
Digital Printing
Tuesday, November 17 Sessions
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. EDT
Processes and Formats (web & sheet)
Sheeting and Rewinding
2:25 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Structural Design and Workflow
Color Theory
Inks and Coatings
Wednesday, November 18 Sessions
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. EDT
Rotogravure, Flexo, Offset (Lithography), Screen
Intro to Laminating
2:25 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Tooling
Windowing
Fold and Glue
Thursday, November 19 Sessions
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. EDT
Air Hammer, Stripping
Sheetfed Diecutting; Blanking, Embossing, Stamping
Rotary Cutting
Gluing and Adhesives
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Automatic Packaging
Rigid Box
Summary and Questions
Topics
Virgin Paperboard
Recovered Fiber Recycled
Paperboard Sheeting & Rewinding
Structural Design & Workflows
Color Theory
Inks & Coatings
Rotogravure, Flexo, Offset, Screen
Digital Printing
Tooling
Laminating
Diecutting: Sheetfed & Rotary
Air Hammer Stripping Gluing & Adhesives
Windowing
Folding & Gluing
Rigid Box
Automatic Packaging
Presented By
SAMPLE PRESENTER LIST ONLY
Travis Moellers, Atlas Die
Doug Herr, Bobst North America
Laura Brodie, Burt Rigid Box
Susie Stitzel, Esko
Judy Arvan, Graphic Packaging International
Bill Rice, Heidelberg
Joe Maggio, Henkel Corporation
Harold Leete, HP, Inc.
Eric Frank, Koenig & Bauer
Steve Rote, Metsä Board Americas Corporation
Ben Markens, PPC
Quinn Garber, River Valley Paper Company
Gayle Harrop, Tamarack Products Inc.
John Pettus, Wikoff Color Crop
“I highly recommend Boot Camp to anyone that is new to the industry or someone that has taken on a new or different role in this industry.”
——Mark Gouger, Southern Champion Tray
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