PSTC TAPE WEEK | MAY 4th - MAY 7th, 2026 | Louisville, KY
Tape Week is the premier event for the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape industry, offering tailored learning and networking opportunities during a pivotal time of change. With a new PSTC president, evolving economic trends, and a focus on industry verticals, attendees can explore how these developments align with their company goals.
Customize your experience with flexible courses and a personalized schedule to match your interests and learning needs. Tape Week is your chance to connect, collaborate, and prepare for the future of our industry together.
Key Dates
Late Registration
Pre-Registration is now closed. Any Tape Week related registration will be handled on site.
Onsite Registration Pricing:
All Track Pass Pricing:
$2,070 Member / $2,575 Non Member
A La Carte Pricing:
$1,170 Member / $1,280 Non Member
WHY ATTEND TAPE WEEK?
COUNTDOWN TO TAPE WEEK 2026
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
GENERAL LUNCH KEYNOTE
ALEX CHAUSOVSKY
Alex Chausovsky is the President of 3DM Consulting. He is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than two decades of expertise across subjects including economics, manufacturing, automation, advanced technology trends, and business cycle analysis. He has consulted and advised companies throughout the US and Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia.
Alex has delivered over a thousand presentations, webinars, and workshops to small businesses, trade associations, and Fortune 500 companies across a spectrum of industries, and is the go-to source of industry data and insights for business owners and leaders. Alex’s analysis has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on the BBC, and on NPR, and he is a Top Voice on LinkedIn.
ASCEND PROGRAM
The Ascend program at PSTC Tape Week is designed for senior-level decision-makers seeking strategic education and high-level networking opportunities. Tailored for leaders overseeing entire tape divisions or driving long-term organizational goals, this forum focuses on strategic business meetings, industry insights, and building relationships with key partners.
Building Trust Through Better Communication with Roundtables
Are you an effective relationship builder? Building trust, through effective communication, is the foundation for effective relationships both inside and outside the workplace. But, it isn’t always easy. In this session, we will identify some of the most common barrier to communication, and see how both verbal and non-verbal behavior can speak volumes. We will also spend time analyzing the different generations in the workplace, learn some of the reasons they behave a certain way, and ultimately determine how to best work with each group. This session is a must for anyone in a leadership, sales, or management position.
Learning objectives:
- Identify common barriers to communication
- Learn effective listening techniques
- Diffuse conflict using verbal and non-verbal cues
- Understand how each generations perceives the workplace
JASON BADER
Jason Bader is the principal of The Distribution Team. The Distribution Team specializes in providing strategic business coaching, inventory management training and technology utilization to the wholesale distribution industry. Jason brings over 40 years of experience working in the distribution field. He has overseen various operational teams, managed small and large facilities, and served in an executive management capacity for the last 10 years of his distribution career.
Prior to joining The Distribution Team, he spent four years on the board of directors with STAFDA, the Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributor Association. In his final year, he was given the honor of being the youngest president in the association’s 26 year history.
Jason is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has held many different teaching and coaching positions throughout his life. Upon graduation, he spent a year in Japan teaching English to corporate clients such as Bankers Trust, Teac Corporation and Nippon Television. This opportunity strengthened his passion for teaching.
Jason finds himself in the unique position of being a true practitioner turned educator. He focuses his speaking engagements on practical experience. He often draws from real experience as a way to teach his audience how to overcome challenges in the wholesale distribution industry. Jason is the host of the weekly podcast Distribution Talk, and he is a regular speaker at distribution events throughout North America. He is also featured contributor to several trade publications, such as The Wholesaler, Construction Supply, Industrial Supply, FEDA News & Views, The American Fastener Journal and Today’s Electrical Distributor.