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International Corrugated Packaging Foundation

Arden Software Pledges $250,000 Arden Software recently committed to a partnership pledge of $250,000 to support ICPF initiatives. In announcing the contribution to ICPF, Jim Silianoff, President of Arden Software, stated, “I am pleased to become an ICPF corporate partner and looking forward to supporting ICPF initiatives, including the further expansion of corrugated packaging design software education among ICPF’s college and university partners. I also encourage other industry suppliers who are considering becoming an ICPF partner to attend ICPF’s annual Holiday Weekend in New York as I did this past December. It is a special opportunity to socialize and learn more about ICPF from industry leaders who are committed to the Foundation”. Established in 1988, Arden Software is one of the world leaders in the development of innovative CAD, manufacturing, enterprise and workflow management solutions for the print and packaging industry, Arden Software focuses exclusively on delivering solutions that enable companies to reshape their pre- and post- production activities and help make their businesses more innovative, efficient, productive, and profitable. Arden Software employs specialist teams of software and support engineers, training personnel and technical services engineers at its head office in the United Kingdom, and subsidiary offices in Denmark, Germany and the United States. In working with its global customers, the company states that its two main principles include listening to its customers, and developing practical solutions that match the changing demands of the world’s packaging manufacturers, die makers, display specialists and brand owners.

Arden’s donation to ICPF serves as another example of the special spirit many suppliers have in stepping up with assistance to ensure a bright future for the corrugated packaging and display industry.

For more information visit: www.ardensoftware.com.

Ali and I would like to thank the event sponsors, corporate partners and guests for their continued support of the ICPF. We hope that everyone enjoyed the greatest city in the world, at the greatest time of the year, as much as we did. We look forward to returning next December 13 & 14, 2013 for ICPF’s sixth annual Holiday Weekend in New York. Richard M. Flaherty International Corrugated Packaging Foundation President “

R & R Corrugated Container Pledges $50,000 R & R Corrugated Container, Inc. (“R&R”) also became a new ICPF corporate partner by pledging $50,000 to support the foundation’s educational and student outreach initiatives. “R&R is looking forward to utilizing ICPF’s special resources to assist in our succession planning, and the recruitment of designers and managers for the future “ said R&R’s President and sole shareholder, Robert Braverman. “We already have benefited from our relationship with ICPF through ICPF’s assistance in the scheduling of a visit to a top collegiate packaging design program for my high school age daughter, who will hopefully be the third generation to operate R&R.” Since the production of its first corrugated box in 1968, R&R is recognized as a leader of corrugated converting operations in New England. Centrally located in Bristol, Connecticut, R&R has 206,000 square feet of combined manufacturing and warehouse space and prides itself on product quality and responsiveness to customer needs. As a founding owner of Newcorr Packaging LLC, a corrugated sheet plant, R&R is able to control costs and provide next day delivery for a wide range of stock and custom corrugated products. For more information visit: www.randrcorrugated.com.

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Tom Walton, PCA

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