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The PPA's main objectives are to:

  1. Plan and conduct the annual Student Design Challenge to promote innovative paperboard packaging design. 
  2. Encourage college students in design, graphic arts and engineering programs to pursue careers in the paper-based packaging industry.
  3. Provide tools and resources to support paperboard packaging promotional programs.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)



The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) is exclusively dedicated to North American converters of paperboard packaging and their suppliers. PPC’s mantra to “grow, promote, and protect” recognizes both the opportunities and challenges that exist today while maintaining an eye on the horizon. We aim to share paperboard’s sustainability story far and wide.