PMMI Media Group invites you to take a music break

Enjoy this beautiful recording of a contemporary favorite.

Dec 13th, 2015

Happy Holidays from PMMI Media Group

Happy Holidays from PMMI Media Group

For the past five years, PMMI Media Group has created a holiday music greeting for our customers, subscribers and friends. This year, PMMI Media Group President, Joe Angel, offers his cover of “Traditions” by Mannheim Steamroller. We invite you to take a few minutes to enjoy the sounds of the season. To listen, visit our “Happy Holidays” page.

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI, in green) model, a leading indicator of packaging supplies like paperboard, expects prices to fall back to earth.

PMMI’s Annual Meeting Offers Optimistic Inflation Perspective

PMMI's Annual Meeting returned in-person in a big way after 2020’s event was forced to go completely virtual due to the pandemic, with Detroit hosting over 300 members from 146 member companies, including nearly 90 first-timers.

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A Farewell Lead Off

This column was my responsibility each month for many years.

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Registration is Now Open for PACK EXPO East 2022

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PMMI’s Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network is inspiring, encouraging and leading a new generation of trailblazing women.

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PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO, A Huge Success

The industry reunites for most comprehensive packaging and processing event.

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Veteran B2B journalist Patrick Reynolds retires from Packaging World

Reynolds began his packaging journalism career in 1983 with Packaging Digest; ten years later he joined Summit Publishing Company for the launch of Packaging World. In 2002, he became to Editor in Chief of Packaging World where he served for 16 years.

Elaine Marshall, a Packaging Engineering Technology student at Indiana State University as the recipient of the inaugural Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) Scholarship

PMMI Awards Inaugural Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network Scholarship

The excitement for the show is building for the industry to reconnect in Las Vegas next week.

The Return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas is Less Than a Week Away

Packaging and processing community ready to reconvene in Las Vegas for first time in over 18 months.

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Exhibitors Primed and Ready for Return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas & Healthcare Packaging EXPO

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Back to PACK EXPO Las Vegas: Industry Comes Together to Unleash Pent-up Innovation

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It's been a long time since we've been together for big packaging events. We're ready to roll in Las Vegas.

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PACK to the Future: The Story Behind the Historical Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

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PMMI CEO Reinforces Assurance on PACK EXPO

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PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO Remains on Schedule

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Last year's salary freezes are thawing, and compensation optimism is slowly but surely heating up.

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