Deadline Extended For Dow Packaging Innovation Awards Dow is extending the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards entry deadline to July 17 due to the global im- pact of COVID-19. Submissions can still be made on the Packaging Innovation Awards website. The extension is also out of an abundance of cau- tion for the international panel of judges who convene each year for the hands-on evaluation, which Dow hopes to conduct later in 2020. Dow will continue to share updates on the Packag- ing Innovation Awards website. EXPO PACK México Canceled Amid COVID-19 Concerns In response to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and in following the recommendations of the Mexico Ministry of Health, PMMI,The Association for Packag- ing and Processing Technologies, has canceled EXPO PACK México, which was to be held June 2-5, 2020, Expo Santa Fe México, Mexico City. Show management will be reaching out to exhibitors with further details regarding their space payments for the show in the coming weeks. Even though the in-person event is not taking place,
all of the online components of EXPO PACK México will remain available to exhibitors and attendees, via expopackmexico.com.mx . Planning has begun on a series of free webinars on market trends (in Spanish). The first webinar will ad- dress the impact of COVID-19 on the Latin American packaging industry. AICC Hosts COVID-19 Videoconference AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, af- ter receiving several inquiries from members around the country in response to the most recent devel- opments in the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, hosted its first weekly videoconference on Friday, March 20. Nearly 400 companies participated. Several mem- bers shared the measures they are taking to keep their employees safe, their customers informed, and their operations continuing. Most of the hour-long forum was filled with peer to peer questions and answers. A recording of the videoconference and a copy of the typed “chat” that accompanied it are available at www.AICCbox.org/COVID .
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