The PMMI Foundation Golf Tournament (Sept. 27; Bali Hai Golf Club, Las Vegas) raised $40,000 in support of education, reports Maria Ferrante, vice president, education and workforce development, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
“We’re very grateful to the sponsors and golfers for their support of industry education,” says Ferrante. “With their help, we’re building tomorrow’s processing and packaging industry workforce as we strengthen today’s.”
Twenty-eight industry-leading companies sponsored the tournament:
- ABI Marketing Public Relations
- Alliant Insurance Services
- Anritsu Industrial Solutions USA
- Beckhoff Automation LLC
- Boca Bearing
- Cablevey Conveyors
- Canadian Packaging Magazine
- Choose Chicago
- Enfield Technologies
- Experient
- Expovision, the Service Leader in Convention Housing
- Fabri-Kal
- Fixation Marketing
- Freeman
- Henkel Corporation
- Lenze Americas
- Marchesini Group USA
- Massman Automation Designs LLC
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Morrison Container Handling Solutions
- Omron Automation & Safety
- Packaging World
- PMMI Media Group
- POBCO Plastics
- Pro Mach
- Septimatech Group Inc.
- SMC Corporation of America
- The Expo Group
The PMMI Foundation distributes nearly $100,000 annually, funding initiatives that encourage students to pursue careers in processing and packaging. The funds also support tuition reimbursement for PMMI member company employees’ continuing education.
“Workforce development is a core value for PMMI,” Ferrante says. “A strong, growing and well-educated workforce is key to continued excellence for all of our members, especially in today’s rapidly-changing technological environment.”
