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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

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Live at Top to Top: Give the robot the dirty, dull or dangerous job

The pros and cons of robots on the processing and packaging lines created a lot of discussion at the Top to Top Summit, where CPGs and OEMs come together to solve pressing manufacturing problems.

March 15, 2019

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Live at CPA: Workforce tactics in a tight labor market

Tom Landry, Allegiance Staffing, illustrates simple but effective tactics to get more throughput out of your workforce, limit overstaffing, and reduce overtime.

February 22, 2019

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Clemson’s Spring award winners

Clemson University has announced that for Spring of 2019, Cassidy Govan has been named the Dr. Robert Testin Outstanding Senior in Packaging Science while Savannah Marsh is the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior.

February 22, 2019

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3PL turns to automation to offset workforce shortages

Faced with a declining pool of warehouse workers and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business, third-party logistics provider ODW relies more on automated packing equipment.

January 22, 2019

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Clemson students win awards

Jason (Branch) Wilson has been named the Dr. Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award winner for Fall 2018, while Christian Oliver is the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior.

December 13, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

CPGs tell all: Adapting to industry trends with OEM partners

During PMMI’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Conagra Brands, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Nestlé USA shared their top marketplace challenges and drivers.

November 14, 2018

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Live From FutureLink 2018: Digital Connectivity and the supply chaic

FutureLink 2018 focuses on patients at the point of care, identifying how technology and information sharing networks are beginning to transform the digital life sciences supply chain.

November 8, 2018

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High school students ‘PACK the EXPO’

Purdue University Northwest brought 97 students from five Chicagoland area high schools to PACK EXPO International on Tuesday, October 16 for “Students PACK the EXPO.”

October 16, 2018

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New Assessment Tools Ensure A Commitment to Worker Safety Culture

PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network Guidelines Help CPGs and OEMs Mitigate Conditional Risks

October 3, 2018

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Networking and EI skills round out your ‘total package’

At one point or another in your career, you’ll likely be asked what it is you do at your job.

July 5, 2018

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2018 Salary Survey: Packaging compensation reflects market complexities

Although salaries are flat, optimism abounds that a bidding game for talent is mounting, with packaging professionals looking to play.

May 24, 2018

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San Jose State adds BS in Packaging

San Jose State University announced it will now offer a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Packaging.

May 10, 2018