Top-to-Top Summit Report 2019, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines insights from the March 10–12, 2019 summit by synthesizing panel conversations, roundtable discussions and participant rankings across CPGs, OEMs and contract packagers. The analysis indicates three focus areas—obsolescence management and lifecycle planning, robotics adoption and integration, and AR/VR for remote access and training—framing workforce development and knowledge capture, digital-tool adoption and platform standardization as cross-cutting concerns. Comparative benchmarks and practitioner-sourced examples, including risk assessments, modernization kits and wearable-enabled service, illustrate trends, and charts highlight consensus areas and divergence. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI in March 2019. Based on aggregated panel conversations, roundtable focus groups, and participant rankings from CPGs, OEMs, and contract packagers collected March 10–12, 2019.
