PMMI News

Purdue University Northwest Awarded 2019 Mark C. Garvey Scholarship

PMMI foundation scholarship honors memory of past chairman.

December 12, 2019

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Sustainability

The Compass Steering P&G

Of course packaging is essential to the way P&G goes to market, but packaging is always designed and evaluated in terms of how it meshes with four other key business drivers.

December 4, 2019

Workforce

OSHA’s “Focus 4” Safety Hazards

According to OSHA, 90% of all fatalities, 85% of all citations and 90% of dollars applied as fines are related to hazards of the Focus 4 - falls, caught-in or between, struck-by hazards, and electrocution.

November 19, 2019

Workforce

Winning Awards at Clemson in 2019

From Clemson University comes news about two Fall 2019 awards. Mason Massey won the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award, while Josh Jones took home the Packaging World Outstanding Senior Award.

November 8, 2019

Workforce

Pepsi Learners Become Leaders

PepsiCo put an initial group of 20 package developers through IoPP’s Certified Packaging Professional program in 2018. Another 20 will complete the program in 2019 as part of the company’s game-changing effort to become a packaging leader.

October 25, 2019

Workforce

Women Exploring New Territory On Earth and in Space

Ellen Ochoa, the first female Hispanic astronaut, was the keynote speaker at the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network breakfast.

September 24, 2019

Workforce

Innovation Stage addresses labor shortage

What is needed to attract a younger workforce in manufacturing today?

September 24, 2019

Workforce

Clemson University @PACKEXPOLasVegas

Clemson University puts packaging science to work in and on the field.

July 28, 2019

Workforce

Labor is a constant challenge

Jared Stumpenhorst, Systems Engineer for dry-foods co-packer Crest Foods, shares his company’s challenges and strategies for finding workers in today’s competitive labor environment.

July 27, 2019

Workforce

IoPP's 2019 Salary Survey: Youth optimistic on salary

In IoPP’s annual Salary Survey, we’re witnessing the older pros with higher salaries begin to exit the workforce, leaving Millennials the keys to the packaging castle with job security and optimism about future earnings.

July 2, 2019

Workforce

Executive Leadership Conference unites, equips, and connects PMMI members

Machine builders learn from a shark, discuss workforce development strategies and share cybersecurity concerns and solutions.

April 30, 2019

Workforce

Words from the women of packaging

From different backgrounds, interests, and educations, these eight women find their passion in packaging and encourage other women to seize the myriad career opportunities presented by the industry.

March 16, 2019

Workforce

The PMMI Foundation partners with Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs to support manufacturing camps

The PMMI Foundation is pleased to support 20 total summer manufacturing camps in 2020 and 2021 with a $100,000 grant to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Int’l. (FMA).

March 15, 2019