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More than 1,100 corrugated industry professionals are expected to come together September 28–30 in Fort Worth, Texas, for Corrugated Week 2026. With industry leaders, decision-makers, box plant professionals, and suppliers all in one place, it’s an ideal opportunity to make sure your brand gets noticed.

Every year, more than 200 engineering and technical students interested in the pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, and forest products industries gather for the TAPPI‑PIMA Student Summit. They're motivated, engaged, and actively exploring internships, co-op opportunities, and full-time careers. As experienced professionals retire and competition for talent increases, the Student Summit gives companies a unique opportunity to build relationships with future employees before they enter the workforce.

TAPPICon®️ keeps growing, and we want to make sure it's showing up where you need it most. We're exploring different locations and dates for future events to make TAPPICon more accessible to the mills in the global forest products industry — and we'd love your input. It's just two questions and should take less than a minute. Please take the survey. Thanks for helping us plan what's next.

In diecutting, a small setup error or worn tool can cascade into scrap, downtime and missed deadlines. Getting it right consistently takes an understanding of how each variable in the process affects the next.

Virtual Brought to you by the Women in Industry Division High-performing women often deliver meaningful results yet struggle to clearly articulate their impact in performance conversations. This disconnect between contribution and communication can lead to under-recognition, missed opportunities, and slower career progression. This session explores the “confidence–performance gap” and how evaluation pressure can distort self-perception.

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Are you scheduled to speak at one of our conferences, or are you acting as a reviewer or session chair? We have a fully integrated, easy-to-use online portal that will allow you to manage all the information and documentation relating to our conference sessions. Through our Speaker Management System (SMS), authors and speakers can complete their submission forms, add co-authors and upload all files relating to presentations.

When corrugated professionals gather for Corrugated Week 2026, the real value won’t be measured by how many sessions they attend, booths they visit or business cards they collect. It will be measured by what they take back to their plants. Corrugated Week 2026, September 28–30 in Fort Worth, Texas, brings together box plant professionals, corrugators, industry experts and leading suppliers for three days focused on the challenges, technologies and opportunities shaping today’s corrugated industry.

Commercialism Guidelines Per Event: International Flexible Packaging & Extrusion Division (IFPED) TAPPICon Commercialism Policy Although commerce is a driving force for our technologies, TAPPI technical sessions are not a platform for commercial (sales) presentations. Presentations that are technical and objective enhance the credibility of the presenter and his or her organization. Restricting commercialism ultimately benefits both the presenters and the TAPPI audience.

The preeminent event: Gathering experience and skill combined into workshops, technical sessions and social opportunities for anyone & everyone involved with Lime Kilns & Recausticizing Dates: Wednesday, August 26th and Thursday, August 27th, 2026 Register Now Register Now Location Oneida Casino Hotel Green Bay Meeting & Conference Center 2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313 Group Code: 2587 Password: 13763861 See the Schedule Agenda Registration Questions?