APPMA will be one of more than 30 leading packaging and processing associations from all over the world that will be exhibiting at PACK EXPO International 2014 being held at McCormick Place, Chicago, November 2–5.
The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI) invited the organisations to exhibit as part of the PACK EXPO Partner Program (PEPP), which aims to reinforce industry connections. The co-location of Pharma EXPO increases the potential connections even further, notes Jim Pittas, vice president, Trade Shows, PMMI.
“The PACK EXPO trade shows are about bringing the industry together – the entire packaging and processing supply chain – to spur innovation. With 50,000 attendees expected at PACK EXPO International and Pharma EXPO, PACK EXPO Partners will enjoy the opportunity to network with packaging and processing professionals and other like-minded associations,” Pittas says.
According to Mark Dingley, chairman, Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association, the group is in its second year in the program, because being at PACK EXPO International helps APPMA achieve its goals.
“APPMA exhibited at PACK EXPO Las Vegas in 2013, and it enabled our association to raise its profile on an international scale and to assist companies who are looking to establish themselves in the Australian market by connecting them to our members. The program also enables APPMA to continue our relationship with PMMI as one of our international sister associations,” Dingley says.
PMMI’s mission centres on convening the packaging and processing supply chain, Pittas notes, and PEPP is a component of achieving that mission.
“PEPP is a clear example of how the packaging and processing communities come together at the PACK EXPO shows,” says Pittas. “PMMI knows how important our association partnerships are to furthering our industries and our missions. The partnership program opens the door to building and strengthening those partnerships.”
APPMA can be found in the Association Partner Pavilion on stand N-4535 located in the Grand Concourse of the North Hall entrance.