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The event featured the introduction of a new CPA president and spotlighted research on sustainability and other industry trends.

BY Melissa Griffen, Editor,

During the kickoff event on February 21st at the Buckhorn Saloon in San Antonio, TX, the Contract Packaging Association (CPA) celebrated the time and effort outgoing CPA president Rob Reinders put into leading the association and bade him a warm farewell with western-themed jail attire and shootouts.

The CPA then welcomed Jerry Thompson, CEO of Combined Technologies Inc. (CTI) as its new president. Thompson intends to be highly involved in the organization’s sustainability and collaboration goals, as well as using CONTRACT