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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PMMI WELCOMES 23 NEW MEMBERS
Growth In Supplier, Materials and Processing Membership Categories

Arlington, Va.; Nov. 16, 2009 – PMMI’s Board of Directors met Nov. 9, and voted to accept 23 companies’ PMMI membership applications. With the vote, PMMI has 498 General members, 41 Supplier members, 16 Materials members and 1 Processing member.

“PMMI is bringing the packaging and processing supply chain together and responding to the customer requirement of total system solutions,” notes Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI. “PMMI membership mirrors the industry we serve, one that focuses on all of the pieces of the manufacturing puzzle that delivers a packaged good to the marketplace.”

The Board of Directors met in conjunction with PMMI’s Annual Meeting (Nov. 9-11, 2009; New Orleans, La.).

General Member

AZTECH CONVERTING SYSTEMS (Tempe, Ariz.) manufactures label-inspecting machinery. The company was founded in 1984.
www.aztechconverting.com

BEUMER CORPORATION (Branchburg, NJ) manufactures conveyor machinery. The company was founded in 1977.
www.beumer.com

CFS NORTH AMERICA (Frisco, Texas) manufactures belt conveyors and form/fill/seal machinery. The company was founded in 1997.
www.cfs.com

COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING (Fresno, Calif.) manufactures conveying and feeding machinery. The company was founded in 1938.
www.commercialmfg.com

DATA SCALE (Fremont, Calif.) manufactures filling and conveying machinery. The company was founded in 1974.
www.datascale.com

K2 ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC, (Big Bend, Wisc.) manufactures labeling and container-orienting machinery. The company was founded in 2001.
www.k2egroup.com

KEYSTONE INDUSTRIES (Winder, Ga.) manufactures case gluing machinery. The company was founded in 1990.
www.keystoneparts.com

MAGNUSON CORPORATION (Pueblo, Colo.) manufactures filling and feeding/application machinery. The company was founded in 1942.
www.magnusoncorp.com

MÉCANO INDUSTRIE (St. Leonard, Quebec, Canada) manufactures palletizing, dispensing and conveyor machinery. The company was founded in 1981.
www.mecanoindustrie.com

MEYER INDUSTRIES, INC., (San Antonio, Texas) manufactures conveyor and feeding machinery. The company was founded in 1945.
www.meyer-industries.com

MULTIVAC, INC., (Kansas City, Mo.) manufactures labeling and detection machinery. The company was founded in 1987.
www.multivac.com

PROPACK PROCESSING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. (Beamsville, Ontario, Canada) manufactures feeding and form/fill/close/seal machinery. The company was founded in 1996.
www.propack.on.ca

SARTORIUS MECHATRONICS CORPORATION (Bohemia, NY) manufactures checkweigher, detection and inspection machinery. The company was founded in 1976.
www.sartorius-mechatronics.com

Supplier Member

DANAHER MOTION (Radford, Va.) manufactures control components. The company was founded in 1989.
www.danahermotion.com

FORMERS INTERNATIONAL (Pasadena, Texas) manufactures components for form/fill/seal machinery. The company was founded in 1975.
www.formers.com

GREENER CORPORATION (Bayville, NJ) manufactures knives, molds, forms and dies for the packaging industry. The company was founded in 1964.
www.greenercorp.com

MURRELEKTRONIK INC. (Duluth, Ga.) manufactures control components. The company was founded in 1993.
www.murrinc.com

TR ELECTRONIC (Troy, Mich.) manufactures sensors and control components. The company was founded in 1987.
www.trelectronic.com

WENGLOR SENSORIC (Beavercreek, Ohio) manufactures sensors. The company was founded in 1983.
www.wenglor.com

Materials Member

DISPLAY PACK INC. (Grand Rapids, Mich.) manufactures box/carton/case, blister and clamshell materials for the packaging industry. The company was founded in 1967.
www.displaypack.com

KLOCKNER PENTAPLAST (Gordonsville, Va.) manufactures films for the packaging industry. The company was founded in 1977.
www.kpfilms.com

NEXTLIFE PACKAGING GROUP (Boca Raton, Fla.) manufactures sustainable manufacturing materials. The company was founded in 2006.
www.nextlife.com

Processing Member

COZZINI, INC., (Chicago, Ill.) grinders, pumps, automation & control and other processing machinery. The company was founded in 1907.
www.cozzini.com

About PMMI
PMMI is a trade association with more than 530 member companies that manufacture packaging, processing and 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 México, connecting packaging and processing equipment and materials suppliers with their customers around the world. Coming in 2010: EXPO PACK México in Mexico City, June 22–25, and PACK EXPO International, Oct. 31–Nov. 3, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. PACK EXPO Las Vegas returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 26–28, 2011.

Learn more about PMMI and the PACK EXPO trade shows at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com.