Editorial Contact:
Kate Achelpohl
PMMI Director, Member Communications
Tel: 703.516.0671
E-mail:  kachelpohl@pmmi.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PMMI ANNOUNCES PACKAGING HALL OF FAME COMMISSION
Nomination Deadline: Aug. 3

Arlington, Va.; July 21, 2009 -  PMMI has announced the members of the 2009 Packaging Hall of Fame Commission, a group of packaging professionals who select the Packaging Hall of Fame inductees from the field of eligible nominees.

"The commission represents a diverse group of packaging leaders who can evaluate nominees from a variety of fields," says Ben Miyares, Vice President of Industry Relations, PMMI, who chairs the commission. Miyares was inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame in 2008.

 The members of the 2009 Packaging Hall of Fame Commission are:

• Jim Anderson, CEO, Marlen; Chairman, PMMI
• Joe Angel, Vice President/Publisher, Packaging World
• Jane Chase, former Vice President/Packaging, US Foodservice; President, IoPP
• Tom Egan, Vice President, Industry Services, PMMI
• Sandy Hand, Director of Global Packaging Innovation, Hershey Foods Corporation
• John Kalkowski, Editorial Director, Packaging Digest
• David Luttenberger, Vice President/Packaging Strategist, Iconoculture
• Yolanda A. Malone, Director of Packaging Development, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• Gerald P. Meier, Vice President, Paper Machinery Corporation
• Mark Mikol, Senior Director, Packaging and Applicators, Scotts Miracle-Gro
• Ben Miyares, Vice President, Industry Relations, PMMI
• Kate Putnam, President, Package Machinery Company, Inc.
• Mike Richmond, Ph.D., Senior Partner, Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions LLC
• George Thibeault, President, Constantia-Hueck Foils LLC; Immediate Past Chairman, Flexible Packaging Association
• Nick Wilson, President, Morrison Container Handling Solutions
• Susan Selke, Acting Director, School of Packaging, Michigan State University

The Packaging Hall of Fame recognizes career packaging professionals for their significant contributions to the industry and packaging education. The honor, which PMMI coordinates, has been awarded annually since 1971.

Any industry professional may nominate a candidate. Eligible Packaging Hall of Fame nominees will be career packaging professionals - living or deceased - who, in the course of their packaging careers, have:

• Personally advanced the science, technology and practice of packaging,
• Expanded packaging knowledge and understanding of packaging, and
• Been a remarkable volunteer leader in the packaging community

To nominate an individual, use the online nomination form to describe, in 1,500 words or less, how your nominee meets the above qualifications. Nominations will be accepted on or before Aug. 3, 2009.

The 2009 Packaging Hall of Fame inductees will be recognized during a fund-raising awards reception at the Las Vegas Hilton on Monday, October 5, during PACK EXPO 2009 (Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas; Oct.5 - 7).

Proceeds from the reception benefit college-level packaging education.

For a list of past winners, go to PMMI.org.

About PMMI 
PMMI is a trade association with more than 540 member companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery, commercially-available packaging machinery components, containers and materials in the United States and Canada. PMMI's vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging, and its mission is to improve and promote members' abilities to meet the needs of their customers. PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and EXPO PACK Mexico. Learn more about PMMI at pmmi.org.
 

PACK EXPO Las Vegas will be held October 5-7, 2009, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will be co-located with Converting & Package Printing EXPO and PROCESS EXPO. PMMI also produces EXPO PACK Mexico, the premier packaging show in Latin America. The next edition of EXPO PACK Mexico will be held June 22 - 25, 2010, at Centro Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico. PACK EXPO International 2010 will be held Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2010, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Visit  www.packexpo.com for more information.