Petroleum Packaging Council

NewsFlash

June 2008

Why Attend the PPC Fall Meeting?

• Great Sessions: New Innovation in Labeling; Innovations in Corrugated & Flexible Packaging; Regulation & Legislation Update and Pro-Action Applied Ergonomics.
• PPC College: Packaging 101 covering the latest in Labels, Pails, Plastic Containers, IBC’s, Fillers, Cartons, Carton Graphics, Steel Drums & Pallets.
• Thought Provoking Keynote Speaker
• Unveiling of our Benchmarking Survey
• Tour of Nissan North America Smyrna Plant
• Sunday Golf Tournament

And if that isn’t enough.....Great people and tons of networking!

SAVE THE DATE:
August 17-19th
PPC Fall Meeting 2008
Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University
Bbrochures & registration forms were emailed and are available here:
Download Brochure (PDF, 634 KB)
Download Registration Form (Excel, 37 KB)

Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Bedwell. Steve is the ‘get a fresh perspective’guy, cleaning windows of opportunity and supercharging success. He uses comedy magic to resuscitate jaded business audiences and show them that the secret to getting what they want is to get a fresh perspective. Don’t be fooled by the MD, he’s funny!

Keep an eye on the PPC website for changes and updates!

Fall Meeting Hotel Reservations

Nashville Marriott @ Vanderbilt University Reservations:
To make hotel reservations at the $159 PPC rate:
Call 615-321-1300 and ask to speak to a reservation agent.

Or visit:
http://marriott.com/bnaav?groupCode=ppcppca&app=resvlink

The rate includes internet access in your room and throughout the hotel. The hotel has a complimentary shuttle to downtown strip for evening entertainment.

Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships Are Available At This Meeting

Golf tournament tee sponsorships are available for $125 each. A sign will be posted on the hole with your logo and/or company name and posted on a sign in the PPC office. Limit of 18 per tournament. Get yours in early since Spring Meeting sponsorships were sold out.

Requirements: You don’t have to be attending the Fall Meeting, but your company must be a PPC member. High resolution dpi color logo needed, jpg or tiff format.

PPC College-Packaging 101

If you are new to packaging or need a refresher, this course is for you! There is a special fee of $200 or $100 per day.

Monday, August 18th

1:00pm-2:00pm: Labels
2:00pm-3:00pm: Pails
3:00pm-4:00pm: Plastic Containers
4:00pm-5:00pm: IBC’s

Tuesday, August 19th

1:00pm-2:00pm: Fillers
2:00pm-3:00pm: Cartons & Carton Graphics
3:00pm-4:00pm: Steel Drums
4:00pm-5:00pm: Pallets

Call for Photos

The PPC is updating our database of photos. We need more industry photos to use for our new PPC brochure.as well as future meeting brochures. If you can provide some photos of your products or production lines, it would be appreciated.

Specs for the photos: high resolution, color photos in a digital file (jpg or tiff format). Preference is to more generic photos. Please email to Brenda at the PPC Office at: PPC@ATDmanagement.com or send via mail on CD to the PPC Office.

Mark Your Calendar-Upcoming PPC Meetings

The PPC NewsFlash is a monthly publication of the Petroleum Packaging Council.
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