In other news from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA) meeting Sept. 19-21, renowned business author Tom Peters was named as the featured speaker at the Spring 2001 meeting of PMMI, April 1 to 4, at Palm Beach, FL. The announcement was made by PMMI chairman Bernard McPheely, president of Hartness Intl. (Greenville, SC).
In addition, PMMI members reelected McPheely to another one-year term as chairman, and Mel Bahr, MGS Machine Corp. (Maple Grove, MN) was elected vice chairman. The membership also elected four members to four-year terms on the board of directors: Mike Faust, 3M Packaging Systems Div. (St. Paul, MN); Ed Gerri, Digital Design (Cedar Grove, NJ); Charles “Mack” Greene, Orion Packaging Systems (Memphis, TN), and Valerie Lapinski, ITW Dynatec (Hendersonville, TN).
