FBA Meetings

FBA Annual Meeting

The FBA Annual Meeting occurs each spring and brings together all areas of FBA membership for two days of meetings, informational speakers, recreation and plenty of networking time with receptions and dinner.

The 2011 FBA Annual Meeting was held May 24-25, 2011 in conjunction with the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA)/ World Containerboard Organization (WCO) 2011 Global Summit at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

                          Presentations from the meeting are available below:

                          General Session I:
                          Lynn Michaelis, Strategic and Economic Analysis
                          Serge Degagnes, Canada
                          Mike Harwood, The Americas, Australia, New Zealand and India
                          Jose Soares, South America
                          Stefano Rossi, Europe
                          Orifjon Abidov, Russia
                          Sam Chen, China & Taiwan
                          Yosuke Kawamoto, Japan
                          Matt Spence & Klaus Spielmann, Africa
                    
                          General Session II:   
                          Lynn Michaelis, Strategic Economic Analysis                          
                          Rod Young, RISI
                          Outi Juntti, Poyry Management Consulting

                          General Session III:
                          Anthony P.J. Smurfit, Smurfit Kappa Group
                          John Mullinder, Paper Packaging Canada
                          Xu Ting, Co-Secretariat, ISO T122/SC4
                          John Swift, SCA Packaging
                          Dwight Schmidt, Corrugated Packaging Alliance

                          General Session IV:
                           Rachel Kenyon, Fibre Box Association
                           Brian O'Banion, Fibre Box Association
                           Donna Harman, American Forest & Paper Association
                           George Sickinger, International Corrugated Packaging Foundation
                           Lynn Michaelis, Strategic Economic Analysis
                           Kim Nelson, Royal Containers
                           Jack Schwarz, Schwarz Partners
                           Steve Strickland, Smurfit Stone Container Corporation
                           Jim Porter, RockTenn
   

Independent Corrugator Executive Conference 

Each fall FBA holds the Independent Corrugator Executive Conference, a day and a half conference that includes open roundtable discussions along with a plant tour. This meeting is designed for busy FBA independent corrugator members to get effective and important information in a short period of time. 

The 2011 Independent Corrugator Executive Conference was held September 15- 16, 
in Grand Rapids, MI and included a plant tour of Advance Packaging.
                                                   
                            Presentations from the event are now available!

                            Holden Brooks, Foley & Lardner
                            Ken Mello, PhilCorr LLC
                            Mike Snowball, Liberty Diversified
                            Mark Sanders, Bates Container 

 

Independent Sheet Plant Workshop

The workshop is a three-day open discussion forum that brings together the independent sheet plant members of FBA to discuss important topics, and provide ample networking time during recreation and reception events.  Attendees pick the topics, control the content, and will walk away with ideas to better their businesses  and new relationships with industry peers. 

                                                 The 2012 Independent Sheet Plant Workshop will be held February 12-15, at the Westin 
                                                 Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA.  Click here to register!