PMMI has issued a call for nominations for the Packaging Hall of Fame™ class of 2009.

The popular online magazine gets its own searchable archive site, helping packaging machinery specifiers and builders research innovative, modular machinery and automation trends in the packaging industry

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute has established the Mark C. Garvey Scholarship in memory of Mark C. Garvey, past Chairman of PMMI and a long-time supporter of packaging education who passed away earlier this year.

Andrew MacLeod was appointed divisional vice president of sales and marketing for SCA Packaging North America.

Sonoco is manufacturing self-heating containers at a plant in Wausau, WI. Sun Chemical has formed Sun Chemical Security, a new global business unit that will provide a wide range of products used to print packages that incorporate security measures.

Radio-frequency identification will be prominent at Pack Expo Intl. 2004 through a major conference track, eye-opener speakers, and an RFID Pavilion exhibition area of more than 40 companies.

“This is a moment where silos are being broken down, where those who make and those who package are talking together. It’s a great first step.”

Safeline Inc. hired Anastasia Snyder as special events and promotions coordinator.

Rocky Marquis, president of Marq Packaging Systems (Yakima, WA), was elected to the position of chairman of PMMI’s Executive Committee for 2003.

Elected to four-year terms on the Board of Directors at the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute are (from left) John Raterman, vice president North American sales at Nordson Corp.; Glenn Siegele, president of Omega Design Corp.; Randy Spahr, vice president of Packaging Machines Intl.; and Andrew Zucaro, president of Azco Corp.

More than 700 companies will exhibit at Expo Pack Mexico 2002, to be held June 25 to 28 at Expo Santa Fe in Mexico City. Organized and produced by Oprex (Mexico City, Mexico) and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA), Expo Pack is co-located with Procesa, the food and beverage processing machinery and equipment show.

Despite the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute reports that Pack Expo Las Vegas 2001’s total attendance of 25곆 topped 1999’s figures by more than 2ꯠ people.

More than 100 people attended the most recent OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) meeting in Chicago during Pack Expo Intl. 2000. The meeting’s purpose: to report progress since the group’s first official meeting in March 2000, also in Chicago.

How do companies measure up in providing development opportunities for workers? Here are the results from PMMI's Productivity Trends Indicator Survey.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Paula Feldman, mgr., statistics.

PMMI (Arlington, VA): Ben Miyares, vp, industry relations; Karen Gardner, mgr., statistics.

PMMI's (Arlington, VA) 1998-99 Packaging Machinery Directory is now available. The directory provides detailed information and contacts for more than 400 U.S., and for the first time, Canadian companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery.

Lack of understanding how business is conducted in Mexico is probably the main reason why so many companies fail there, says one major packaging buyer.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA) elected the 1997 officer team: Barry Shoulders, chairman; Fred Erler, vice chairman; Robert S.

Sherwood Tool, Inc. (Kensington, CT) won the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute's exporter of the Year Award.

Wilhelm B. Bronander passed away on April 8, 1996. He is recognized for more than 40 years of service to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and was instrumental in the formation of Pack Expo.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Mark Jacobson, chairman of the board of directors.

PMMI (Arlington, VA): Dinah Sprouse, exposition mgr.