CPA Web Seminar - "Corrugated Packaging Performance: Advanced and Sophisticated Constructions, Applications and Consequences"
Presented by:
Wally Petrac, Marketing Manager, Smurfit-MBI, Canada
When:
January 27, 2010
Where:
Online
Time:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CST
Costs:
No charge.
Registration steps:
- Click here to register
- Reserve your slot in the web seminar. After registering, a receipt page will open. On this page, click the link asking you to reserve your slot to complete the reservation process.
Details:
This web seminar has been developed to help buyers make better decisions when procuring corrugated packaging material. Web seminar topics cover:
- Paper types and grades
- Package design
- The significance of flute sizes and configurations
- Print quality factors, including characteristics of postprint, preprint, litho label and single face lamination
- Corrugating converting methods
- Effects of the environmental factors
- Corrugated package testing, along with ECT vs. Mullen Test
From basic brown boxes to structurally intricate display containers and displays featuring the most advanced and complex full color graphics, seminar will also review a range of factors that can affect the price vs. performance equation. The web seminar's concluding segment looks at emerging trends in the retail market place such as the impact of Retail Ready Packaging, and the unique role of corrugated packaging and P.O.P. displays.
About the presenter:
Wally began his packaging career in the early 80’s graduating from Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto with a Design Arts Diploma. His first position was as a Structural Designer. He later became a Prepress Coordinator ordering and developing packaging artwork, along with ordering film and printing plates. Over the years he has held various Product, Sales and Management positions working with Fortune 500 companies. As the Marketing Manager for Smurfit-MBI in Canada, part of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation in St. Louis, he is responsible for developing and supporting Sales in Canada. He has conducted print and corrugated seminars to 100’s of clients and seminar attendees across Canada and the U.S. Wally’s creative and management insights have given him a unique perspective on the packaging and retail industry helping clients develop appropriate, effective and innovative packaging solutions.
