Guests: Alan Shuhaibar, President, BellatRx and Ian Borrell, Director of Sales at Mpac Langen - As the pandemic continues to impact lives daily, PMMI is using its channels to offer insights and reinforce that we are in this together. In this episode, the podcast heads north to investigate how ever-changing mandates are affecting the Canadian market, and provide observations that apply to manufacturing across North America.

Guests: Nancy Wilson, CEO, Morrison Container Handling Solutions and Tom Ivy, President, F.R. Drake - The fourth episode in our special UnPACKed with PMMI series features Morrison Container Handling Solutions CEO Nancy Wilson and F.R. Drake Company President Tom Ivy. Each recognizes their company’s importance to the supply chain, but must acknowledge the safety of their employees and colleagues over all else during the COVID-19 crisis.

Guests: Emmanuel Cerf, Vice President, Polypack, Inc. and Jake Garvey, Director of OEM Sales, Garvey Corporation - With the industry and society a bit unstable right now, PMMI is using whatever channels available to help everyone through these uncertain times – and in the next episode of our special UnPACKed with PMMI series, Vice President of Polypack, Inc.

Guest: Michael Senske, President and CEO, Pearson PackagingSystems  - Continuing PMMI’s special UnPACKed with PMMI series, PMMI interviews Pearson Packaging’s President and CEO Michael Senske. While describing the measures Pearson has implemented during the pandemic, Senske encourages the industry to recognize the vital role it plays in helping society through these unfamiliar times. While traditionally flying under the radar, packaging and the customers they serve are essential to ensuring food, pharmaceuticals and essential items reach the people that need them. 

Guest: Mark Anderson, President and CEO, ProMach, Inc. - In these unprecedented times, PMMI strives to provide as much support as it can to its members. In the first of a special UnPACKed with PMMI series, PMMI interviews ProMach, Inc. President and CEO Mark Anderson. Mark candidly shares how the company managed its operations in China and Europe in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, and how they continue to evolve their business strategy at home and abroad during these ever-changing days.

Guest: Matt Reynolds, Editor, Packaging World

While on-site in Philadelphia at PACK EXPO East, Matt Reynolds returns to UnPACKed to share the buzz around trends from the show floor. From monomaterials to sustainability and even conversations around cannabis, this episode contains the latest trends you need to move your business forward.

Guests: Kweilin Ellingrud, McKinsey & Company, Kelly Coyne, Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax Ellevate Management LLC and Stephanie Neil, Editor-in-Chief, OEM Magazine

Hear keynote speakers from the Packaging & Processing Women's Leadership Network's "Financial Empowerment and Fixing the Broken Rung" breakfast continue the conversation about the power of parity, accelerating gender equality and share research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) “Women in the Workplace 2019” report.

Guest: Jim Chrzan, Vice President, Content and Brand Strategy, PMMI Media Group

While at PACK EXPO East, Jim Chrzan joins UnPACKed to dive more into the topic of sustainable packaging. While laying out a timeline of the last decade's progress in sustainability, Chrzan shares stories of how the conversation began, where it is now and the pros and cons that come with a change in the industry.

Guest: Bruce Main, Safety Expert and Technical Advisor, PMMI

Risk assessment analysis looks to identify hazards associated with machinery or equipment in order to develop risk reduction measures. Hear in-depth details on machinery safety techniques, steps in the risk assessment process and the B155.1 safety standard from PMMI’s in house safety expert and technical advisor, Bruce Main.

Guest: Matt Reynolds, Editor, Packaging World

Based off of trends in the last decade, big brand owners and CPGs have created ambitious sustainability goals for 2020, leading us into a “Renaissance of Recycling.” Packaging World editor, Matt Reynolds returns to the UnPACKed studio to share in depth predictions for 2020 trends in packaging during this era of sustainability.