CPA Connection - Volume 3, Issue 1

January 10, 2013

Volume 3, Issue 1

CPA Annual Meeting focused on business strategy

Don't gamble with your New Year! Increase your odds by gaining valuable insights to the packaging industry. CPA's Annual Meeting - taking place February 21-24 at the Waldorf Astoria Naples, Naples, FL - brings together the industry's most innovative thinkers. Paricipate in knowledge-building sessions while networking with top executives, share ideas with contract packaging company business owners and discover winning edge solutions.

Steve Baker, Vice President, Great Game of Business, has been named Keynote Speaker and will give participants the tools to learn the origins and fundamentals of Open-Book Management and The Great Game of Business. The Great Game of Business is a unique and well-proven strategy, based on a simple, yet powerful belief: 'The best, most efficient, most profitable way to operate a business is to educate everyone on the business, give them a voice in saying how the company is run and provide them a stake in the financial outcome, good or bad."

In addition to a full agenda, the Annual Meeting also features networking breaks, luncheons, dinners and social events. Special room rate of $209/night at the Waldorf Astoria Naples will only be available until 1/20/2013, so reserve your room now!

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A New Growth Plan for National Packaging Company

National Packaging Co., Inc., of Decatur, Alabama was founded 20 years ago as an offshoot of Ropak, a family-owned equipment manufacturer of equipment to produce and fill sachets, primarily for the packaging of low-volume products such as lo-calorie sweeteners. This period was a time of high growth for the lo-cal market, and Ropak periodically encountered new startup companies that were not looking for equipment, but for someone with expertise to help them enter that marketplace and package product for it. National Packaging Co., Inc. was launched to meet that need.

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Hayssen Sandiacre Logic C Vertical Form/Fill/Seal System

Logic C is a flexible bagger for a large range of bag shapes: Doy, Quad, Block Bottom, 4-Side Seal and Pillow. It features high speed intermittent motion with precise film control and easy changeover.

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Sealed Air/Cryovac Horizontal Flow Packing

Sealed Air/Cryovac offers dedicated solutions for Ambient, MAP horizontal flow packaging for which speed, variable shelf-life and pack appearance are the main drivers. Available with or without tray support, many of our Horizontal Flow packing solutions are microwaveable.

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What many brands don't understand about today's co-packing business

Being situated between brand owners and retail customers, contract packagers are "uniquely positioned to look both up and down the entire supply chain," says Eric Wilhelm, CEO of Coregistics, based in Cranberry, NJ. Adding, "Manufacturers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies "have traditionally mismanaged contract packagers."

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ICE USA to Feature the Converting Industry's Most Comprehensive Educational Program

The International Converting Exposition ICE USA 2013 is shaping up to be one of the most robust educational events in the converting industry. While a few details are still being finalized, five of the industry's leading associations will be offering a variety of insightful seminars designed to keep converting professionals on the cutting edge of new trends and technologies.

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Automation Solutions

Even before the Food Safety Modernization Act, e-pedigree, serialization and other track-and-trace measures were becoming routine, integral parts of the manufacturing and packaging process. Though the objectives are rock-solid, there's always room for improvement in how they're achieved. Fortunately, there are a lot of technology options available to help packagers find it.

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Hispanic food and beverage markets are primed for aggressive growth

You don't have to go to a Mexican restaurant or scour the ethnic foods aisle in a supermarket if you're in the mood for Mexican food. Hispanic foods and beverages have become such a common part of the American menu that many consumers would have to think twice before characterizing them as a distinct ethnic cuisine. Research firm Packaged Facts predicts continued aggressive growth in the category through 2014, with sales projected to top $9.5 billion in 2014.

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