PFI: Partnership for Innovation in Wisconsin's Packaging and Printing Industry Cluster

这一创新伙伴关系(PFI)项目已经认识到威斯康星州的包装和印刷业对该州的经济成功至关重要，计划采用基于产业集群的方法来推动创新驱动的经济发展。拟议活动的智力价值在于创造、转移和应用先进的包装和印刷技术(使用纳米颗粒油墨、复合涂层和嵌入式电子产品)。该项目将导致开发具有优越特性(物理、化学和生物特性以及智能传感能力)的新包装和印刷产品和工艺。它还将使改变供应链流程的能力和商业化的经济潜力成为可能，并将提高对该行业必要变化的理解。总而言之，这些进步将对外国竞争构成很高的障碍，并能够在威斯康星州创造高薪就业机会。包装和印刷业对威斯康星州乃至整个国家具有战略重要性。在出货量方面，威斯康星州的全国排名是塑料薄膜包装第一，纸第一，金属罐包装第四，瓦楞纸板包装第九，折叠纸箱包装第十一。威斯康星州的包装和印刷业是该州和全国的主要就业来源。整个美国印刷业就业的31%位于密尔沃基-麦迪逊-芝加哥三角地带。战略举措将为威斯康星州的包装和印刷业创造可持续的竞争优势，这是其持续成功的必要条件。该项目的更广泛影响还包括具有科学和技术素养和多样化的劳动力(从高中生到拥有博士学位的大学毕业生，以及代表性不足的群体)。这些劳动力将准备利用这一新知识来促进创新和生产力的增长，并推动基础设施，使其能够在威斯康星州的包装和印刷业实现联网、协作和创业。合作伙伴包括教育机构：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校(牵头机构)、威斯康星大学斯托特大学和沃基沙县技术学院；工业组织：阿普尔顿公司、本塔图书集团、贝米斯公司、五大湖包装公司、凯尔集装箱公司、金佰利公司、普伦特公司、RedPrairie、罗克韦尔自动化公司、Sargento食品公司、丝网印刷公司、Stora Enso公司、Suttle-Straus公司和Zebra Technologies公司；州实体：州长办公室；以及其他利益相关者：Forward Wisconin，Wisconin印刷工业公司和Wisconin制造商和商业公司。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project, which has recognized the packaging and printing industry in Wisconsin as critical to the state's economic success, plans to adopt an industry cluster-based approach to innovation-driven economic development. The intellectual merit of the proposed activity lies in the creation, transfer, and application of advanced packaging and printing technology (using nanoparticle-based inks, composite coatings, and embedded electronics). This project will lead to the development of new packaging and printing products and processes that have superior characteristics (physical, chemical, and biological properties and smart sensing capabilities). It will also make possible the ability to transform supply chain processes and the economic potential for commercialization, and it will improve the understanding of necessary changes in the industry. Together, these advances will pose high barriers for foreign competition and enable the creation of high-paying jobs in Wisconsin.The packaging and printing industry is of strategic importance to Wisconsin and the nation as a whole. In terms of shipments, Wisconsin's national rank is No. 1 in plastic film packaging, No. 1 in paper, No. 4 in metal cans packaging, No.9 in corrugated and fiber board packaging, and No.11 in folding cartons packaging. Wisconsin's packaging and printing industry is a major source of employment for the state and the nation. Thirty-one percent of the entire U.S. printing employment is based in the Milwaukee-Madison-Chicago triangle. Strategic initiatives that will create a sustainable competitive advantage for the Wisconsin packaging and printing industry are imperative for its continued success. The broader impacts of this project also include a scientifically and technologically literate and diverse workforce (from high-school students to college graduates with a Ph.D., and under-represented groups). This workforce will be prepared to capitalize on this new knowledge to advance growth in innovation and productivity and drive an infrastructure that enables networking, collaboration, and entrepreneurship in Wisconsin's packaging and printing industry.Partners include Educational Institutions: University of Wisconsin-Madison (lead institution), University of Wisconsin Stout, and Waukesha County Technical College; Industrial organizations: Appleton Company, Banta Book Group, Bemis Company, Great Lakes Packaging Corporation, Kell Container Corporation, Kimberly-Clark, Prent Corporation, RedPrairie, Rockwell Automation, Sargento Foods, Serigraph, Inc., Stora Enso, Suttle-Straus, and Zebra Technologies; State Entities: Office of the Governor; and Other Stakeholders: Forward Wisconsin, Printing Industries of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.