What's going on with mergers and acquisitions? What does it really mean to be a Wal-Mart supplier? How can what goes on in Washington, D.C., help you ... or hurt you?
These questions and many others will be addressed at the Packaging Strategies Annual Conference and Networking Event, to be held March 23-25 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Ga.
This 17th annual conference will help packaging users pinpoint top-line tactics and strategies that will reinvigorate and drive their packaging operations' bottom-line performance.
The line-up of speakers at the Packaging Strategies Annual Conference includes top suppliers, consultants and observers of the packaging field and other important business sectors. The schedule includes3 p.m.: Welcome and opening remarks by David Luttenberger, director of Packaging Strategies, 4followed by "Packaging by the Numbers." Ken Brooks, Ernst & Young's VP/North American packaging specialist; Jim Peters, principal, J. Peters & Assoc.; and Luttenberger will team up to dissect and tie consumer and retail trends to package technologies and the performance of best-in-class packaging companies.
Wednesday, March 24
8:30 a.m.: Packaging's Economic Equation
"The Manufacturing Economy," Jerry Jasinowski, president, National Association of Manufacturers. Puzzled by recent reports of 20-year highs in manufacturing numbers? Worried about the impact of the migration of product and package manufacturing to China on your business? Hear what the top executive representing 14,000 manufacturers has to say about what's next and what Washington's plans and policies mean to the future of your packaging business.
"Harnessing the Aggression on the Targeted M&A Front," Thomas Blaige, CEO/managing partner, Thomas Blaige & Co. The mergers and acquisitions front is showing aggressive corporate and international commitments to specific lines of business. Tom Blaige shows how to pinpoint and control what that narrowing focus means to packaging and the top and bottom lines.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Top-Line Tactics That Drive Bottom-Line Preservation and Growth
"The Value Proposition of Outsourced Purchasing," Randy Andonian, vice president, Connell Purchasing Services. Why suppliers and those in the buying trenches are embracing outsourced package purchases as a tactical value proposition.
12:30 p.m.: Networking Luncheon and Presentation
"A Supplier's Guide to Surviving Wal-Mart," Tim Burns, president, Cranial Capital. Relationship with Wal-Mart as a supplier is a topic that few candidly discuss, but Tim Burns is ready to do so.
3-5 p.m.: The Sum of Perceptions and Realities in a New Cost/Price Packaging Equation. A supplier and end-user forum featuring: Bruce Fair, manager, packaging procurement, Hershey Foods; Don Nelson, director of corporate purchasing, Hormel Foods; Brian Chambers, manager, worldwide packaging procurement, Wrigley's; Terry Harper, vice president, technology and support, Printpack; Roger Prevot, president/COO, Graham Packaging; and Brad Ross, vice president/general manager, packaging services, Sonoco.
Thursday, March 25
8:30 a.m.: Chief Executives' Forum. Marco Ghisolfi, CEO of M&G Finanziaria Industriale SpA, will talk on how his billion-dollar company is capitalizing on its blockbuster 2000 acquisition of Shell Chemical's PET resin business. Christel Bories, president/CEO of Alcan Packaging, will talk about the implications of the Pechiney acquisition and what packaging technologies and strategies it will put into play next. Lee Farlander, president of Vitro Packaging, will speak on competing against the Big Three U.S. glass packaging suppliers and how it managed 5% growth last year.
10:30 a.m.: Beyond Wal-Mart: The benefits of RFID for your packaging operationPanelists will describe a unique systems and supply-chain solution that can benefit your operation in five immediate ways, well beyond the Wal-Mart mandates. Panelists: Mark Niemiec, principal, Global Packaging Innovations; Greg Cudahy, global supply chain leader, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young; Tim Chandler, RFID chief architect, Intel Corp
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