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

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

Sep 21st, 2021

Watch PMMI VP of Trade Shows Laura Thompson's final message before heading to PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO to begin moving in exhibitors. Hear about all the amazing show features the packaging and processing community can expect to experience next week.

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unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Femininity in Manufacturing

Listen as Stephanie Neil outlines the challenges for women in manufacturing with “Steel Toes and Stilettos” authors Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels.

Mergers and acquisitions are hampering collaboration.

Consolidation Threatening CPG-OEM Relationships

The shift in the CPG-OEM relationship from transactional to strategic collaboration has hit a snag.

Neither gas prices nor inflation, rising interest rates nor global conflict, will deter financially well-situated Americans from spending their way through the new Roaring 20s.

Economist: Improving Supply Chain, Easing Demand, Let Packaging Machine OEMs Catch Up

ITR economists forecast a soft landing—not a recession—in coming months as consumers ease out of the pandemic and the revved-up stimulus-era economy fades. This will allow the supply chain to recalibrate and packaging machine OEMs to catch up on orders.

From left, Stephanie Neil, OEM; Tony Vandenoever, Pepsi; Tom Heaslip, Colgate-Palmolive (retired); and Herb Dutra, ACH.

LIVE from the ELC: CPGs Lean on OEMs to Help Navigate Sustainability, Workforce

A panel of packaging pros from Pepsi, Colgate, and ACH were asked how they’re tackling today’s challenges. Topping the list was earlier and more robust OEM participation, both in new sustainability projects and in selecting automation to replace labor.

Sarah Cordes (left) is the Clemson University Robert Testin Outstanding Senior in Packaging Science, and Harry Tsang (right) is the Clemson University nominee for the Packaging World Outstanding Senior in Packaging Science.

Clemson Announces 2022 Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award Winners

From Clemson University comes news about two Spring 2022 awards. Sarah Cordes was named the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award winner, and Harry Tsang was the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior nominee.

Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste

Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste

Protect your personnel, product, and equipment. Engineered-to-application bulk bag dischargers from NBE, with enclosed dust recovery, keep material in the product stream and throughput at its peak.

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unPACKed with PACK EXPO East: The Rise of Mono Materials and Robot Staffing Agencies

Hear about eye-catching sustainable materials and workforce enabling automation seen at PACK EXPO East.

PACK EXPO International 2022 (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago)

PACK EXPO International Returns with Eight New Show Additions

In response to unprecedented demands on the industry, the most comprehensive packaging and processing show in the world in 2022 gets even bigger.

Matt Reynolds, Chief Editor, Packaging World

Clearing Out the Notebook

After two years of all-virtual conferences and exceedingly rare travel, it seems (to me at least) like the dam has broken almost overnight.

PACK EXPO East 2022

PACK EXPO EAST Returns, Bigger than Ever

Largest PACK EXPO East welcomed 6,600 attendees across nearly 100,000 net square feet of exhibit space

Largest PACK EXPO East to Date Opens

Philadelphia showcases countless solutions addressing packaging and processing industry's top priorities.

Wrap It. Strap It. Secure It.

Wrap It. Strap It. Secure It.

While there has been an increased focus on automation investments across the supply chain – with an estimated $244 billion forecast in 2022 – an often-overlooked area is the importance of consumables of all types.

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Challenges for Pharma Amid Shifting Consumer Needs

Largest PACK EXPO East to date offers the latest life sciences and CPG packaging and processing solutions.

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PMMI Announces the 2022 Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Commission

Leading consumer products goods companies, retailers, suppliers and other organizations will select the Class of 2022.

Pmmi Cyber Alert

Cyber Alert: Secure Your Operations, Now

IT Specialist Andy Lomasky and OT Specialist Bryan Griffen deliver five quick recommendations to assist all employees — on and off the plant floor — in doing everything they can to thwart potential Russian interference.

PMMI specialists in IT, Andy Lomasky, and in OT, Bryan Griffen, conducted a podcast and video days after threats came in from Russia with the following five steps to keep your company and supply chain secure.

Thwart Foreign Cyberattacks

Five steps to protect your organization and supply chain against the political and literal warfront.

unPacked with PMMI: Let's Get Raw!

unPACKed with PMMI Podcast: A Raw Talk with Steve’s Real Foods

HPP + FSMA = Longer shelf life and more international markets for raw pet food.

Mathias Rivers (left), and Brendon Leuthold (right), recipients of the Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship.

Alexandria Tech Students Rivers & Leuthold Earn PMG, PMMI Packaging Scholarship

Mathias Rivers and Brendon Leuthold, students at the Center for Applied Mechatronics Program at Alexandria Technical College, split the $5,000 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship from Packaging World and PMMI.

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Report: Innovative New Pumps and Sorters at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the pumps and sorters category.

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Report: Innovative New Machinery for the Food Industry at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report on machinery for the food industry.

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Report: Innovative New Banding and Strapping Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the banding and strapping category.

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Report: Innovative New Conveyors at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the conveyors category.

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Report: Innovative New In-line Digital Printing for VF/F/S at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the in-line digital printing machinery for VF/F/S category.

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Report: Innovative New Marking, Coding, and Digital Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the marking, coding, and digital categories.

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Report: Innovative New Filling Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the filling category.

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Report: Innovative New Inspection Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the inspection category.

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Report: Innovative New Cartoning Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the cartoning category.

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Report: Innovative New Case Packing Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the case packing category.

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Registration opens for return of EXPO PACK México 2022

Latin America’s largest packaging and processing event showcases the latest packaging and processing technologies, sustainable solutions and a targeted educational program.

Previewing PACK EXPO East 2022

Last year’s wildly successful PACK EXPO Las Vegas proved to the packaging community not only that pandemic era in-person events can be done, but they can be done safely and executed well.

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Report: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the controls category.

unPACKed podcast on Healthcare Sustainability

unPACKed Podcast: Sustainability's Difficult Dance with Life Sciences

Listen as Keren Sookne breaks down the difficult paradox that is sustainability in healthcare packaging, including positive progress and areas that need immediate improvement.