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Designed for YOU

Designed by women for women in manufacturing, the SheLeads: Navigating Leadership for Women program helps you overcome challenges and pursue new opportunities with confidence.

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Free PMMI U Webinar

Tune in on Oct. 1, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, for a free excerpt from PMMI’s Successful Trade Show Selling course. This webinar acts as a working playbook for PACK EXPO International!

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Network with Fellow Emerging Leaders

Expand your network among industry peers with the Young Professionals Reception, Oct. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in one of Chicago’s most iconic venues! Make connections, exchange ideas, and strengthen relationships with free food,games, and drinks.

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Get a MaX Start!

Get A MaX Start to your PACK EXPO International day with the MaX Member Forum Monday, Oct. 19. Enjoy a relaxed morning breakfast, a cup of coffee, and take a moment to ease into the day with fellow members.

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Update Your Profile!

PMMI ProSource is making it easier for users to connect with the right suppliers, but if your profile isn't up to date, you could miss out on valuable leads.

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We're Back!

What happens when hundreds of women from across the packaging and processing industry gather in one room? Join us at the PPWLN Networking Breakfast on Oct. 20, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m., and be part of a morning filled with inspiration, fresh ideas, and energy.

Grab Your Plate

Designed for YOU

Designed by women for women in manufacturing, the SheLeads: Navigating Leadership for Women program helps you overcome challenges and pursue new opportunities with confidence.

Grab Your Seat

Free PMMI U Webinar

Tune in on Oct. 1, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, for a free excerpt from PMMI’s Successful Trade Show Selling course. This webinar acts as a working playbook for PACK EXPO International!

Register Free

Network with Fellow Emerging Leaders

Expand your network among industry peers with the Young Professionals Reception, Oct. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in one of Chicago’s most iconic venues! Make connections, exchange ideas, and strengthen relationships with free food,games, and drinks.

RSVP Ahead

Get a MaX Start!

Get A MaX Start to your PACK EXPO International day with the MaX Member Forum Monday, Oct. 19. Enjoy a relaxed morning breakfast, a cup of coffee, and take a moment to ease into the day with fellow members.

Sign Up

Upcoming Meetings & Events

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SEE FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Dana Greenly Ossid in Battleboro, NC at Ossid

Dana Greenly in Huntersville, NC at Bürkert Fluid Control Systems

President Dave Wineman and Director of HR, Angela Warkenthien, at Ryson International.

Dana Greenly, Member Outreach, visiting Doosan Robotics

Omega Design Corporation, Exton, PA

Glen Long visited GM Automation

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Top to Top Conference

Top to Top: Great conversations happening between sessions.

Top to Top: Catching up and making new connections.

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Industry News

Five Tariff Strategies Every Manufacturer Must Implement Now

OEM Magazine

sept. 18, 2026

Shawn Jarosz doesn't sugarcoat it. The founder and chief trade strategist at TradeMoves LLC opened her presentation at PMMI's Annual Meeting in Montreal with her familiar disclaimer: "Sometimes I feel like the Debbie Downer. I bring not a lot of good news."

What she brought instead was clarity. In a landscape where tariff policy has browbeaten manufacturers for two years, Jarosz laid out what's changed and what companies should do right now. Here are five takeaways every OEM needs to hear.

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