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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022
South Hall, Booth # 3514
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INDUSTRY SPEAKS P.20 | PACK TO THE FUTURE P.20 | INNOVATION STAGE P.24 | FORUM P.34
NEWS BRIEF Software as a Service can transform business
Software as a Service (SaaS) in the cloud can accelerate innovation, improve scalability and increase agility, according to Rockwell Automation (Booth S-1660). Faster troubleshooting, enhanced productivity, on-demand scaling and improved collaboration are real-world benefits of this tool. SD
Columbia Machine celebrates 85 years
An ambitious 23-year-old, Fred Neth Sr., started Columbia Machine (Booth N-4721) in 1937. At some point, the company built a machine to stack concrete blocks on a pallet. At an open house in the early 1960s, the owner of Lucky Brewery saw the machine and asked if the same principle could be used to stack beer on a pallet, and the Palletizer Division was born. SD
Kirk returns home
Kirk-Rudy (Booth S-3278) welcomes Caroline Kirk as vice president of Operations. The granddaughter of Kirk-Rudy founder Harry Kirk brings a background in marketing and operations and will focus on those areas as well as employee engagement. She says, “Over the past 55 years, Kirk-Rudy has developed a reputation for offering best-in-class mailing, printing, packaging and RFID solutions. I look forward to continuing the Kirk-Rudy legacy and supporting the next generation of company growth.” SD
Confirm quality 3 ways
Inspection, weighing and metal detection from Heat and Control (Booth N-4704, N-4706) protect product integrity. Sophisticated image processing of the IX-series x-ray inspection systems reliably detect contaminants, while checkweighers verify package weight or count. THS-Series metal detectors feature superior sensitivity to detect magnetic, non-magnetic and stainless-steel metal contaminants. SD
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PACK EXPO International IS back
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Attendance exceeds 40,000.
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ACK EXPO International is ending a highly succesful run today with attendance that will exceed the 2018 edition (the previous in-person show). “The industry has never been busier,” noted Jim Pittas, president and CEO of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (Booth N-4550) at a press briefing on Monday, Oct. 24. PACK EXPO International may be winding down, but a full schedule of events lies ahead with EXPO PACK Guadalajara ( June 13-15, 2023) and PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 11-13, 2023). EXPO PACK Guadalajara offers many traditional PACK EXPO components including educational sessions on the Innovation Stage. More than 17,000
PPWLN draws record crowd
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esterday’s Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) Breakfast drew a crowd of more than 1,000. Tracy Stout, vice president, Marketing at PMMI, The Association of Packaging and Processing Technologies (Booth N-4550), introduced a new resource, the Voices of Women in Packaging and Processing Report, prepared in conjunction with the OpX Leadership Network (Booth N-4550). Keynote speaker Dawn Hudson, former chief marketing officer at the National Football League (NFL) and CEO of Pepsi Cola North America, talked about her experiences in male-dominated (Continued on page 6)
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buyers from Mexico and Latin America are expected to tour the show floor, which houses more than 700 exhibitors. PACK EXPO Las Vegas will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center and include many elements seen in Chicago, including The Processing Zone, The Logistics Pavilion and the Healthcare Packaging Pavilion. Other PACK EXPO Las Vegas events include a strong educational schedule with the Innovation Stage, the Processing Innovation Stage, The Forum and the Reusable Packaging Learning Center. Attendees also will be able to enjoy a golf tournament to benefit the PMMI Foundation, a PACK gives BACK fundraiser and a Packaging & (Continued on page 4)
4 exhibitors take home awards Attendees select Technology Excellence Award winners.
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our exhibitors have won a 2022 Technology Excellence Award. Attendees at PACK EXPO International selected the four from a field of 12 finalists, which were narrowed from a significantly larger field of submissions made by exhibitors. Winners were named in four categories: Food & Beverage, General Packaging & Processing, Personal Care & Pharma and Sustainability. The Food & Beverage award was given to Berry Global (Booth N-4727) for its Proxima tethered
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