PMMI Receives Market Development Cooperator Program Award PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, was awarded one of 10 new Market Devel- opment Cooperator Program (MDCP) awards announced by Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, per- forming the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Under Secretary for International Trade, Joseph Semsar. The partnership funding creates or sustains U.S. jobs by increasing or maintaining the export of American goods. “Collaborations like this, between the government and the manufacturing sector, help our members and the pack- aging and processing industry as a whole, address trade barriers, enhance industry competitiveness and generate exports that create and sustain American jobs,” said Jim Pittas, President and CEO, PMMI. Under the Department of Commerce’s 2020 MDCP, the 10 awardees will leverage more than $2.7 million in finan- cial and technical assistance from the International Trade Administration (ITA) to reduce barriers to U.S. products in foreign markets. 2020 MDCP awardees will invest at least $8.5 million of their resources and collaborate with ITA staff worldwide to remove key trade barriers in their in- dustries. “Through these partnerships with non-profit industry trade groups, the MDCP awardees can address trade bar- riers, enhance industry competitiveness and generate ex- ports that create and sustain American jobs,” Semsar said. An MDCP award establishes a partnership between ITA and an American non-profit industry group. Each MDCP award includes financial and technical assistance from the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Adminis- tration (ITA) to reduce barriers to U.S. products in foreign markets. PMMI will match the MDCP award with an investment of $1 million. Each MDCP awardee pledges at least two-thirds of the project costs and agrees to sustain its project after the initial MDCP award period ends. MDCP awards ultimately benefit individual U.S. busi- nesses and the U.S. workers they employ. MDCP projects generate $359 in American exports for every $1 of MDCP awards made. In an average year MDCP projects create or sustain over 17,000 American jobs. For more information about the Market Development Cooperator Program, visit www.trade.gov/mdcp . PMMI connects the makers of goods with the packag- ing and processing suppliers they rely on. Together the organization helps provide people around the world with innovative, safe, convenient and cost-effective products that touch lives every day. And it advances the indus- try through its world-class PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows, PMMI Media Group and a wide range of Business Drivers to empower its members. For more information on the organization and to learn more about it events, visit www.pmmi.org .
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GARTECH MANUFACTURING COMPANY www.gartechmfg.com
American manufacturers of split heads, patented roll- er-bearing yokes, gang-slot upgrades, custom rebuilds, and glue systems with electronically-geared speed monitoring. Visit our website for information, tips and techniques.
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