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Conference at Pack Expo features 50-plus speakers

Produced by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, the Conference at Pack Expo runs from Monday, November 4 through Wednesday, November 6. Here’s the line-up. For session abstracts, go to http://pei2002.packexpo.com.

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Monday, November 4th

concurrent sessions

SESSION A

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

1.) Material and Machinery Advances:

Driving Forces Behind Consumer Goods Packaging Innovations

Speakers: Keith Barnes, Director, Packform Ltd., and Lynn Dornblaser, Editorial Director, Global New Products Database, Mintel International Group

2.) Beyond the Brown Box: Understanding and Satisfying the Very Different Corrugated Case Demands of Club Stores/Mass Merchandisers and Drink Pouch Packagers

Speaker: Billy Goodman, President,

Goodman Packaging

3.) What’s New in Child-Resistant,

Adult-Friendly Closures

Speaker: Mark Fricke, VP, Product Development and Research, Kerr Group, Inc., and an end user

co-presenter T.B.A.

4.) Distribution Center Packaging in a

Global Environment

Speaker: William Armstrong, Technical Development Manager, Sealed Air Corp.

concurrent sessions

SESSION B

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

5.) Brace Yourself for More Packaging Industry Consolidation

Speakers: Darrel M. Butler and Robert D. Billow, Managing Directors and Principals, Billow Butler and Company, L.L.C.

6.) Speeding to Market with 3-D CAD

Package Design

Speakers: Brian Dahl, Machine Designer, Haumiller Engineering Company, and Jeff Osman, Regional Technical Manager, SolidWorks Corporation

7.) Tooling for Plastic Closures:

Injection vs. Compression

Speaker: Andy Edlund, VP, Sales & Marketing, Marland Mold, Inc.

Monday, November 4th cont’d

8.) Wireless Control of Packaging Operations

Speaker: Keith Kersten, Product Marketing Specialist, Rockwell Automation

15-Minute Break

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

concurrent sessions

SESSION C

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.

9.) Barrier Needs: At the Core of an Innovative Package Development Process

Speaker: Michelle Stevens, Applications Specialist, MOCON

10.) Gantry Robotics: From Stodgy to Speedy... How the Black Sheep of the Robotics Industry is Changing the Palletizing and Order Fulfillment Paradigm

Speaker: Bill Torrens, Director, Sales & Marketing, RMT Engineering

11.) Dispensing Closures: More Choices and Better Functionality

Speakers: Raj Krishna, VP, Technical Director

& Business Unit Manager of Advanced Technology Systems, Owens-Illinois, Inc., and an end user

co-presenter T.B.A.

12.) Eliminating Production Bottlenecks and Improving Efficiency with Root Cause Video Recording

Speakers: Kari Hilden, President, Papertech Inc., and Darren Lanthier, Sales Manager, Papertech Inc.

concurrent sessions

SESSION D

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

13.) Rigid Packaging Technology Advances that Differentiate Products, Grow Brand Sales

Speaker: Daniel A. Abramowicz, Ph.D., Executive VP Corporate Technologies & Regulatory Affairs, Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

14.) New Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) Technologies and How They Benefit Packaging Operations

Speakers: Brian Keiger, Manager of Systems Business, Transbotics Corporation, and Ken Gantt, Senior Engineer, Universal Manufacturing and Logistics

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