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Beverage Industry Growth and Innovation Highlighted in PMMI Report and Infographic

The beverage packaging and processing industry is experiencing major growth according to the 2018 Beverage Trends in Packaging and Processing report and accompanying infographic, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. PACK EXPO International and the co-located Healthcare Packaging…

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PMMI Awards $15,000 in Scholarships

PMMI Awarded $15,000 in Scholarships for Processing, Engineering

PMMI awards three new scholarships for processing, mechanical and electrical engineering to students at four-year schools

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, awarded three $5,000 scholarships to students studying food and…

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Rockwell Automation Returns as PACK gives BACK™ Title Sponsor

Rockwell Automation will once again help to support scholarships for future packaging professionals through a title-level sponsorship of this year’s PACK gives BACK™ event, reports PACK EXPO producer, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The event will feature Sebastian Maniscalco, a Chicago-…

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Networking Opportunities Abound at this Year’s PACK EXPO International and Co-Located Healthcare Packaging EXPO

The Candy Bar Lounge, The Beverage Cooler Lounge and The Snack Break Lounge will return to PACK EXPO International 2018 (McCormick Place, Chicago; Oct. 14–17) and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO, according to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. 

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Dorner Manufacturing awards $2,000 Scholarship

The Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship, sponsored by Dorner, was awarded to Kristin Werner, an Automated Robotics Engineering Technology student at Hennepin Technical College.  

Werner is the latest winner of this scholarship, meeting rigorous criteria including a GPA of 3.0 or higher, a…

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Manufacturers Looking to Big Data Analytics to Improve Processes

Big data analytics (BDA), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence, machine learning, digitization and the cloud cause manufacturers to consider the disruptive potential these new technologies can have on their market and processes. 

A new white paper, produced by PMMI, The…

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PMMI Awards Nearly $90,000 in Scholarships to Students

Twenty-two students received $4,000 scholarships from the PMMI Scholarship in Memorial of Claude S. Breeden, Glenn Davis and Art Schaefer, according to PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. 

PMMI has more than doubled its annual academic scholarship funds to $90,000 to…

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Contract Packaging Association Announces New Strategic Partnership with PMMI

Reston, VA – June 14, 2018 – The Contract Packaging Association (CPA) today announces a new strategic partnership with PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The agreement enables the CPA to bring added value to members while expanding the association’s vital role in the contract packaging/…

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EXPO PACK México 2018 Closes as Biggest Ever

EXPO PACK México closed June 8 as the largest event in its 32-year history with over 1,000 exhibitors occupying more than 19,700 net square meters (212,000 net square feet) of Expo Santa Fe, according to show producer, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The PMMI Pavilion also set a new…

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A Budding Market Despite Inconsistent Legal Status

As more states legalize medical marijuana, the U.S. cannabis industry has grown over 200 percent in the past five years, topping $7.3 billion according to the Here to Stay or Up in Smoke: A Look at the U.S. Cannabis Market white paper and accompanying infographic.

Produced by PMMI, The Association for…