This two-day event travels across the country, bringing PMMI members and CPG professionals together to help the industry move forward. The Roadshow is packed with informative discussions on industry hot topics and customer insights. Plus, we'll show you how PMMI's resources can help enhance your business. This event serves as an in-person meeting opportunity for industry professionals at no cost to the attendee.
Bunting is a global leader in designing, manufacturing, and distributing magnetic separation, metal detection, and conveying solutions, delivering custom-engineered equipment to industries worldwide for over 60 years. Headquartered in Newton, Kansas (North America) and Redditch, England (Europe), with a global network of offices and distributors, Bunting provides reliable support and advanced technology that helps protect products, improve production efficiency, and serve industries including food processing, pharmaceuticals, plastics, recycling, mining, and metal stamping. Founded in 1959 and family-owned, the company continues to innovate to meet the evolving needs of modern industry.
Kice Industries has been family-owned since 1946. With more than 300 employees and 140,000 sf of room to innovate, Kice is one of the few process engineering companies with the experience to manage every aspect of the engineering design process. Kice offers Factory Automation and Process Control Systems; Material Handling Solutions; and Industrial Air Systems including Pneumatic Conveying, Dry Bulk Solid Separation, and Dust Control Systems.
The Smart Factory @ Wichita provides an immersive look at how Industry 4.0 technologies are transforming modern manufacturing. Visitors observe a fully integrated production environment where connected equipment, robotics, and advanced automation work together within a digitally enabled factory. The experience highlights innovations such as IIoT-enabled machines, AI-driven analytics, digital twins, automated quality inspection, and real-time production monitoring, demonstrating how data and connectivity enhance operational visibility and efficiency.
For the PMMI audience the visit will showcase how these technologies apply directly to packaging and processing operations. Participants see how smart sensors, connected systems, and advanced analytics can improve line performance, predictive maintenance, product traceability, and flexible production, offering a practical view of how digital manufacturing capabilities can support faster, more resilient, and data-driven CPG operations.
