SGS Canada boasts a powerhouse of manufacturing capabilities and is one of the largest suppliers in North America for rotogravure and flexographic plate making. Recently added to the facility is a UV Packaging Sample Printer and Canada’s only Can Printing Pilot line.

Join the PAC for a fun night out and watch the Halifax Mooseheads take on the Victoriaville Tigres!

Venez découvrir les meilleures pratiques en écoconception. ÉEQ présentera un survol du contexte règlementaire et législatif entourant le Régime de compensation et présentera le code volontaire pour l’optimisation des contenants, emballages et imprimés.     
Voluntary Code for the Optimization of Containers, Packaging and Printed Matter: create value for your company

Learn best practices in ecodesign.  ÉEQ will present an overview of the regulation and legislation surrounding the compensation plan and will present the Voluntary Code for the Optimization of Containers, Packaging and Printed Matter.

Ce programme de quatre jours est conçu pour vous fournir les principes de base de l’emballage, incluant la conception, la production et l’utilisation des matériaux d’emballage. Il s’agit d’une version condensée du programme de certificat en emballage de 12 jours.  Ce cours est donné à L’institut des communications graphiques du Québec à Montréal.

Sustainable packaging meeting featuring PAC NEXT to be held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. PAC members entitled to a discounted rate.
     

PAC, Walmart Canada and Procter & Gamble are challenging students to create a sustainable package design for Duracell C4 batteries. Open to Ontario schools only.

Join us for the Annual Spring Golf Tournament at Deer Creek Golf Club and Banquet Facility.

Graphic design and Printing including Digital Printing, Printing Prepress, Bar Codes, Food Safety, Food Preservation and Perspectives on Packaging. Three days including a Plant Tour.

North American packaging community leaders will assemble to advance the PAC NEXT movement.

Our vision is a world without packaging waste. If you are involved in the life cycle of packaging from beginning to next life, this is a must-attend conference.
     

Packaging Polymers including Sheet & Film Extrusion, Flexible Packaging, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Bottle Design and Bio Plastics. Three days including a Plant Tour.

Metal Cans & Aerosols, Glass Packaging, Paperboard & Folding Cartons as well as Closures, Specialized Packaging and Introduction to Sustainability, Adhesive. Three days including a plant tour.

UBM Canon introduces PACKEX Montreal! For years PACKEX Toronto has been a trusted resource for innovative packaging and processing solutions. Now packaging professionals in Québec will have convenient access to these solutions with the new PACKEX Montréal.

Corrugate, Distribution, and Machinery as well as Packaging Law, Quality Management Systems and Planning a Production Line. Three days including a Plant Tour.

Join us for a networking lunch and a tour of Cascades Recovery and see the management of discarded materials. Through their Recovery.PLUS™ Program, a customized material recovery plan is developed for each customer. The “PLUS” takes efforts beyond simple “recovery” by incorporating program efficiencies into each business process, ensuring that every effort is made to find beneficial uses for all discarded materials.
     

as well as Packaging Law, Quality Management Systems and Planning a Production Line.
Three days including a Plant Tour.

Now a 1 day course.
The ESP course will help you understand and face the challenges to achieving sustainability with your packaging choices and design.
     

A focus on quality products and services supported by a professional staff has made Polytainers one of the largest producers of specialty containers for food and dairy companies across North America. Polytainers is a market-driven company that is constantly innovating the development of rigid plastic packaging. Take the tour and also enjoy a networking luncheon.
     

Expanding your business into other markets can be daunting; however the benefits can open your business to a world of opportunities. But how do you know which markets are right for you? Join global business specialists and a panel of experts for a full day of presentations on export solutions that will help you grow your business.
     

Social media has proven itself to be a leading marketing force in our digital age. Bringing together comprehensive go-to-market strategies requires an integration of social tools – and everyone from the manufacturer to the distributor has a part to play. In this one day session, we will be reviewing how to get started, how to extend what you’re currently doing, and what has worked for other brands. With a focus not just on current trends but what’s possible for the future, Social Media Unpacked wants to change the way packaged brands build business.

as well as Closures, Specialized Packaging and Introduction to Sustainability, Adhesive.
Three days including a Plant Tour.

including Sheet & Film Extrusion, Flexible Packaging, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Bottle Design and Bio Plastics. Three days including a Plant Tour.

Visit the 175,000 sq.ft. plant which houses a new AquaFrost Extruder for multi-layer extrusion, and learn more about flexo graphic printing, dry bond adhesive lamination, blown film lines, slitting, rewinding and laser scoring, pouches and pre-press. Plant tour includes a networking luncheon.

In 1851, the first Sleeman brewery was born in Guelph, Ontario, brewing small 100-barrel batches. Sleeman Brewery has come a long way and grown a great deal under the enthusiastic guidance of John Sleeman. Join us for lunch and a tour of the brewery!
Exclusive to PAC members.