Packaging

Each year the PMMI Foundation provides over $200,000 in academic scholarships to students attending PMMI Education Partners.

A number of contests and awards were held at the show. Here's a roundup of the winners.

The show convened more than 44,000 attendees, surpassing the 2018 event.

A new packaging competition will bring six high school teams together for a head-to-head machine-building challenge at Pack Expo International

From educational opportunities to open forums to receptions, Pack Expo International, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, will offer attendees from more than 40 vertical markets the opportunity to connect in many ways.

With Pack Expo 2022 right around the corner, we take a look at the trends driving packaging today.

Packaging equipment and systems continue to address sustainability, from the growing popularity of systems that right-size corrugated cartons on demand to autobaggers that use kraft paper stock rather than poly. Companies are also looking to ensure high, sustained throughput and improve the unpacking experience.

With the rapid shifts in consumer buying patterns, pack stations are under pressure to deliver shipping boxes and bags that protect, are right-sized and cost effective. Fortunately, they’re up to the challenge.

The packaging solutions provider previously called its bags and materials business Converting Technology Inc. (CTI)

Long used for end-of-line packaging of single SKUs, robots are now branching out into packing e-commerce orders, placing items into shipping cartons, or inducting items into autobaggers. While still early days, it’s being done and promises a way to take on volume and variability without adding labor.

That would probably be a yes. Here’s the story of a new, double-sided linerless label printer that promises to do just that.

By implementing an autoboxing solution to create a right-sized package every 7 seconds, provider of parts for European cars removes constraint, gains efficiencies.

Award recognizes 10 professionals who demonstrate leadership in packaging

Award ceremony to take place Oct. 25 at 3pm at Pack Expo International Booth 6737

A new take on edge and corner protection for large e-commerce items promises to simplify the packaging process, reducing the chance of damage in the first place. And, better yet, this solution is recyclable.