AICC/BCN Innovator Of The Year Competition open for entries
The 2025 Innovator of the Year Competition is now open for entries.This competition will be held at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. The deadline for entry is Friday, August 22, 2025.
This competitionis being held at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
According to AICC, this year’s focus is on box makers and highlights new ideas or innovations in the areas of production, administration, in-house training, management, marketing and/or customer service operations.
The AICC & Board Converting News Innovator of the Year Competition is designed to recognize innovative solutions created by both AICC box plant and supplier members that enhance the efficiencies, productivity, product quality and bottom line profitability of the independent box plant.
Developed over twenty years ago as a forum for box makers and suppliers to put forward their best innovations, the Innovator of the Year has since evolved into a highly competitive arena that highlights the technological innovations of AICC members in production, material handling, manufacturing, training, and administration. Each year, the AICC Plant Innovations Committee holds a call for entries and after reviewing the submissions received from AICC members determines the finalist entries that are then voted on by AICC Annual Meeting attendees. Cosponsored by Board Converting News, the competition alternates its focus between box makers, suppliers, and non-machinery aspects of the converting industry.
An Innovator of the Year is awarded every year in the fall, in four rotating categories.
Fall 2025 - Boxmaker Category
Fall 2026 - Supplier Non Machinery Category
Fall 2027 - Information & Technology Category
Fall 2028 - Supplier Machinery Category
Categories and past winners:
- Boxmakers
- Non-Machinery
- Machinery
- Information Technology and Training
