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Honor Hall of Famers this afternoon
The late Jean-Jacques Graffin, Rebecca Oesterle, Pierre Pienaar and E. Jeffrey Rhodehamel, Ph.D., will be inducted into the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame today at 3:30 p.m. in a ceremony at the Industry Speaks Stage (Booth N-4565). SD
4th generation continues POBCO tradition
As POBCO (Booth N-6038) approaches its 100th anniversary, the fourth-generation, family-owned manufacturer and distributor of conveyor components and friction-reducing parts continues adding employees and maintains the work ethic and dedication of its founders. Products include roller chain guides, bearings, guide rails, rollers, sprockets, wear profiles, belt guides and custom-machined parts. SD
Choose TEA winners
Vote now for your favorite finalists in the 2022 Technology Excellence Award competition (see story, p. 54). Winners will be announced Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 25). Vote onsite at the Attendee Solutions Center in the North Hall Concourse or Lakeside Upper Hall Lobby; via the PACK EXPO International mobile App, sponsored by ProMach (Booth N-5534, N-5540); or online. SD
Marchesini USA marks 30 years
Marchesini Group USA (Booth W-17005) celebrates its 30th anniversary. Since 1992, the New Jersey-based staff has provided sales and after-sales services to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics brand owners in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. SD
Heat-sealing basics
Heat Sealing-Art or Science? white paper written by Charles Trillich, co-founder of TOSS Machine Components (Booth N-5913), describes heat-sealing technologies and the evolution of precision heat-sealing. SD
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Styx plays at PACK gives BACK
Event raises funds for PMMI Foundation, supports education and training for packaging and processing industry. Syntegon_Corner_ad_ShowDaily_Chicago_2022.indd 1
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he multi-megamillion-selling rock band, Styx, will play this afternoon at PACK gives BACK (West Ballroom, Level 3), a fundraiser for the PMMI Foundation. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for the event, sponsored by Rockwell Automation (Booth S-1660), the Contract Packaging Association (Booth N-4518), Hoosier Feeder (Booth N-6136), the Institute of Packaging Professionals (Booth N-4523, W-20052) and OMAC - The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (Booth N-5100). Attendees may enjoy a preshow networking reception with refreshments and appetizers before the concert begins at 5:30 p.m. Pre-concert festivities include a video highlighting recent scholarship winners along with the members of the Packaging Hall of Fame Class of 2022: Jean-Jacques Graffin, Rebecca Oesterle, Pierre Pienaar and E. Jeffrey Rhodehamel, Ph.D. The schedule also includes time for the band to sign guitars won in the Silent Auction at the An-
PPWLN hosts breakfast
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awn Hudson, former chief marketing officer at the National Football League and CEO of Pepsi Cola North America, keynotes the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) breakfast, 7:30–9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Room S-100. The event is free to show attendees, but you must pre-register. Sponsors of the event include Emerson (Booth N-4736), ID Technology (Booth N-5544), Morrison Container Handling Solutions (Booth N-4906), PlexPack (Booth S-3374), Septimatech Group (Booth N-5934) and SMC Corporation of America (Booth S-3982). “We are proud to be a part of the event and the women’s leadership network as a whole,” says Kelley (Continued on page 8)
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Styx performs in the West Ballroom this afternoon to benefit the PMMI Foundation.
nual Meeting of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (Booth N-4550). High bidders for the guitars were Brian McCann, global accounts manager at Polypack (Booth S-2147) and Emmanuel Cerf, vice president at Polypack and PMMI Board chair. (Continued on page 8)
PACK Challenge Accepted High school teams design and build a filling machine.
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epsiCo is the official title sponsor of PACK Challenge, the first of its kind end-to-end packaging competition bringing together six high school teams for a machine-building challenge at PACK EXPO International. PepsiCo’s sponsorship represents its commitment to advancing the packaging and processing workforce. “The packaging and processing industries are critical to delivering safe products to consumers that meets their needs and that have minimal impact on the planet,” says Ron Khan, vice president, Packaging, Beverages, PepsiCo. “We are pleased to
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