2012 AVPM Annual Meeting - Chicago:
Save the Date:
The 2012 AVPM Annual Meeting will be held in Chicago, IL in conjunction with Pack Expo 2012.
* Tuesday October 30th, meeting time 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM with cocktails 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
* Hyatt McCormick Convention rooms(behind the convention floor).
Annual Speaker Series:
We have our first speaker, Chandler Slavin, Sustainability Coordinator & Marketing Manager for Dordan Thermoforming in Woodstock, IL- presenting on a highly controversial concept, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, essentially, a concept that would require brand owners (e.g., Procter & Gamble and General Mills) to jointly establish an industry funded organization to finance and manage the recovery of their packaging the end of its lifetime. This has been used in Western Europe since 1991.
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Our members provide literally the vast majority of the retail packaging components in the North American market place. We welcome the opportunity to encourage you or your company to join this growing association. Click here to review eligibility guidelines or click here to sign up or renew your AVPM membership.
Mission Statement:
The object and purpose of the AVPM organization shall be to provide a neutral means for manufacturers and suppliers to network and form relationships, while aiding each other in finding and discussing issues we face as a united industry.
Furthermore, the association shall assist in supplying members with opportunities to further educational interest, as well as keeping members current on legal issues and on the state of the industry as a whole.
2010 Members:
| Advanced Extrusion, Inc. |
DSM Neosol, Inc. |
Packaging Graphics, LLC |
| Andex Industries, Inc. |
Ex-Tech Plastics, Inc. |
Rohrer Corporation |
| Blisterpak, Inc. |
First Choice Packaging |
Sencorp Industries |
| Boutwell Owens & Co., Inc. |
Flex-O-Glass |
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. |
| CardPak, Inc. |
Georgia-Pacific, LLC: Bleached Board Business |
Tegrant Corporation, Alloyd Brands |
| Clear Lam Packaging |
Henkel Adhesives |
The Dow Chemical Company |
| Clearwater Packaging, Inc. |
International Paper |
Thermo Packaging Suppliers, Inc. |
| Clearwater Paper Corporation |
Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. |
Transparent Container Company |
| CMI Plastics |
Lithographic Industries |
Unisource Worldwide, Inc. |
| Display Pack, Inc. |
Lubrizol Corporation |
Visual Packaging Group USA |
| Dordan Manufacturing Co., Inc. |
Maryland Thermoform |
Yushin America, Inc. |
| Drytac Corporation |
MWV |
Zahoransky USA, Inc. |
Board of Directors:
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President: Peter Gianniny
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Member: Peter Garvin
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Vice President: Jim Tedesco
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Member: Vishal Malhotra
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Secretary: Dave Kobick
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Member: John Rohrer
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Treasurer: Rick Thomas
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Member: Bob Collins
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Member: Greg Iannaccillo
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Committees:
Technical, Membership, Social Events, National Industry News, Legal News, Educational, Sustainability / Going Green, National Trade Shows, Market Trends
History:
The Association of Visual Packaging Manufacturers was formed in 2003 as a nonprofit organization to explore different ways to promote the usage of blister cards, skin packaging board, thermoformed blisters, blister film, paperboard, coating and equipment.
Our members consist of three of the major blister board converters, the two major coating suppliers, the largest converters of packaging film, a majority of the companies that convert these essential raw materials into retail packaging products, and the largest heat seal equipment manufacturers.
