President's Message
Hello PPC Members,
We are rapidly approaching one of the absolute best meetings in PPC history. You will not want to miss this amazing event in a city that will not disappoint.
Hundreds of industry experts spending several days together in sunny Southern California. We have focused content dedicated to driving excellence, delivering the best quality in the industry, bringing the future to the present, networking, packaging evolution and education.
The content of this meeting will deliver on topics that are top of mind for all PPC Institutions. We will deliver on specific topics important to everyone:
- Keynote Speaker RORKE DENVER (NAVY SEAL) and (Leading Role in ACT of VALOR).
- Safety the single most crucial element to each and all of us. As leaders we should not just keep it top of mind but make it a culture. We will hear about it firsthand from a CEO’s perspective with Bob Pyle, CEO of Graham Packaging.
- RFID, current state, and future trends.
- How about AI? It is our future, what is it and how do we think about it every day?
- TEC will meet to discuss and share on technical development, advancements, and solutions.
- Regs & Legs never disappoints with Jeffrey Leiter (General Counsel) and his topic “Tale of Two Electorates”.
- Panel discussions with industry leaders from companies like Altium Packaging, CKS Packaging, and Morrison Container Handling Solutions.
- Back by popular demand – SPEED NETWORKING.
Let us focus on individual and collective development together. PPC College: Packaging 101 with industry experts including:
- Mike Milazzo, Vice President of Engineering of Graham Packaging
- John Gossett, Director of Sales US Packaging, Smurfit Westrock
- Charles Amadin, CEO, Frankston Packaging
- Pete Avery, Senior Vice President, Sales, George C. Brandt, Inc.
To ensure we make the absolute best of our time together, we have a wealth of additional activities for everyone. The PPC highly encourages spouse attendance and participation. Nothing like meeting the why’s in what we do.
- Multiple receptions and meals together. Everything great is better when we eat and drink with friends and family.
- Padres & Twins Game
- 5K Fun Run
- Golf Tournament
- High Octane Coffee Bar Networking
- Kayaking
- Spouses-Oceanview lunch & private tour of the SD Botanic Gardens
- Women of the PPC Brunch
I am so excited to see everyone. Let’s make this the most exciting meeting ever. In typical PPC fashion, we shall work hard, network strong, enjoy a wonderful city, and squeeze in some much-earned downtime. Let’s support an industry that supports us.
Special THANK YOU to all of our SPONSORS.
See you soon, and don’t forget the sunscreen!
Steve Estok, PPC President
Graham Packaging Company
803-413-8385
Steve.Estok@grahampackaging.com
