PACK EXPO Sets New Attendance Records
The largest-ever PACK EXPO International and co- located Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2018 convened nearly 45,000 attendees with 2,500 exhibitors in more than 1.25 million net square feet at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, reported 457 new exhibitors this year. Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2018 continued its steady growth with representatives from each of the top 25 pharma companies by global sales finding so- lutions among 250 healthcare suppliers from the pharmaceutical, biopharma, nutraceutical and med- ical device industries. CareerLink, a platform for PMMI member compa- nies seeking entry level and internship positions to connect with students looking to gain experience and employment in the packaging and processing in- dustry, made its PACK EXPO International debut. En- terpr ising students took advantage of the opportunity to witness the industry in action with nearly 1,500 attending this year, almost twice as many as attended PACK EXPO International in 2016. The inaugural Technology Excellence Awards were also unveiled.The winners included Triangle Package Machinery Co., for Baking and Snack;Volpak for Bev- erage and Dairy; Evolabel for General Packaging; Bemis Company Inc. for Meat/Poultry/Seafood; Neopac The Tube for Personal Care/ Cosmetics; Bausch + Ströbel Machine Company, Inc. for Pharma- ceuticals and Medical Devices; and Pearson Packag- ing Systems for Prepared Foods. More than 550 industry professionals attended the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Net- work’s (PPWLN) breakfast event featuring an panel discussion moderated by Jane Chase, Executive Di- rector, Institute of Packaging Professionals. The dis- cussion included insights on empowering woman in the manufacturing workplace from Carol O’Neill, Group President, Packaging, Barry-Wehmiller; Hugh Roddy, Vice President, Global Engineering & Project Management, Chobani; and AJ Jorgenson, avp, Strate- gic Engagement,The Manufacturing Institute. The Insider Advantage (IA) program also saw a record number of participants with more than 1,500 registered attendees from 23 packaged goods compa- nies reaping the benefits of free private meeting rooms, customized trends presentations, PMMI’s lat- est business initiatives and OpX Leadership Network. Next up in the PACK EXPO portfolio is ProFood Tech, taking place March 26-28, 2019 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
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