Wal-Mart vp to speak at Sustainable Packaging Forum

A Wal-Mart representative will discuss sustainable packaging at Packaging Strategies’ Sustainable Packaging Forum to take place October 17-19, 2005, in Philadelphia.

Jul 31st, 2005

Matt Kistler, vp of product development and packaging for Sam’s Club, and Snehal Desai, global commercial director of NatureWorks, LLC, will deliver an extended presentation titled “Driving Sustainable Packaging Through the Supply Chain: Challeneges to Innovation and Market Leadership.”

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