Dear ICPF Partners,
On behalf of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF), I’m proud to share our 2025 Year in Review Report, a reflection of a meaningful year marked by collaboration, momentum, and significant progress across the corrugated packaging industry.
As we celebrated ICPF’s 40th anniversary, we remained focused on the core pillars guiding our Strategic Road Map: strengthening existing programs, increasing industry awareness, expanding outreach efforts, and evaluating new opportunities to extend our impact. We invite you to read and share this year’s report to learn about the measurable progress made across each of these priorities.
In 2025, we deepened our university partnerships and expanded career-focused resources for students and educators across all grade levels. We launched ICPF’s first quarterly Workforce Development Report, introduced a new scholarship program with The Packaging School, added new resources for employers, and continued to support faculty and current students through equipment installations, sponsorships, and career immersion experiences.
Our outreach footprint also grew significantly this year. Collaborative educator workshops with Project Learning Tree and attendance at several national conferences brought our newly released K-12 activity collection, Thinking Outside the Box, into classrooms across the country. Renewed engagement with SkillsUSA, the Manufacturing Institute, and other national partners expanded our visibility among middle and high school students, career counselors, and workforce development professionals.
This year’s accomplishments reflect not just ICPF’s mission, but the strength of the network supporting it. Every program, partnership, and resource highlighted in this report exists because industry leaders, educators, and our pledge partners continue to champion workforce development and invest in the future of the corrugated packaging industry.
As we look ahead to 2026 and the launch of our new three-year strategic plan, we are energized by the opportunities ahead and grateful for your continued commitment to ICPF. Forty years in, our impact has never been stronger. Together, we will continue to inspire, educate, and empower the next generation to drive this industry forward.
Thank you for being an essential part of this work. We wish you a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Caitlin Salaverria
ICPF President