The Global Corrugated Packaging Basis (ICPF) and the PMMI Basis have introduced their joint participation within the upcoming SkillsUSA Nationwide Management & Talents Convention (NLSC) starting June 1, 2026.
Development at the PMMI Basis’s long-standing participation at SkillsUSA occasions, ICPF is becoming a member of efforts this yr to increase visibility and succeed in whilst connecting with scholars, educators, and long run trade ability thru each organizations’ networks.
In combination, ICPF and the PMMI Basis are leveraging this nationwide platform to increase consciousness of profession alternatives within the corrugated and packaging industries and to lend a hand deal with the rising professional exertions hole throughout production.
ICPF is proud to take part as a Silver Sponsor of SkillsUSA this yr — an funding that helps the group’s nationwide programming whilst enabling deeper engagement with its community of greater than 444,000 profession and technical training (CTE) scholars and academics national. As a part of this expanded involvement, ICPF is taking part with SkillsUSA on a coordinated set of staff construction projects, together with a countrywide communications effort and a speaker sequence connecting trade execs without delay with study rooms.
ICPF and the PMMI Basis might be on-site at NLSC, sharing show off house at PMMI’s Sales space #857 to extend visibility, foster engagement, and fasten without delay with scholars exploring careers in production.
As a part of the convention revel in, each ICPF and the PMMI Basis will take part within the SkillsUSA scavenger hunt, an interactive, virtual revel in that encourages scholars to discover the display flooring, talk over with exhibitor cubicles, and have interaction with trade representatives. Attendees are inspired to forestall via Sales space #857 on June 2–4, 2026, to participate in a couple of scavenger hunt reviews, be told extra about packaging profession pathways, and discover alternatives for employment around the trade.
“Alternatives like SkillsUSA Nationwide Management & Talents Convention let us increase consciousness of careers in our trade whilst additionally growing alternatives for direct engagement,” mentioned Caitlin Salaverria, president of ICPF. “It’s about serving to scholars perceive what those careers seem like and the place they are able to are compatible inside the trade.”
In combination, ICPF and the PMMI Basis are dedicated to last the talents hole via increasing trade consciousness, strengthening training connections, and growing transparent pathways into rewarding careers.
