PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, anticipates this year’s event will be the largest-ever PACK EXPO Las Vegas. Alongside the Las Vegas debut of Pharma EXPO – produced in partnership with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) – the Sept. 28-30 event held at the Las Vegas Convention Center will bring together more than 2,000 exhibitors showing their processing and packaging innovations to 30,000 attendees in over 800,000 net square feet of exhibit space. Registration for the record-breaking event is now open. PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO 2015 will help manufacturers from more than 40 market segments capitalize on current growth by providing access to the latest solutions for enhancing the efficiency, flexibility, automation, sustainability and productivity of their supply chains. “By connecting manufacturing professionals and suppliers representing so many different market segments, PACK EXPO events play a critical role in driving manufacturing forward,” says Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI. Past attendee Chay Vue, engineering director, Sargento, describes his PACK EXPO experience in similar terms. “The breadth of equipment and exhibitors at PACK EXPO is amazing; it is truly all-encompassing. I’m able to look for new technologies, discover innovations and seek out equipment to retrofit and modernize our production lines. All the vendors and suppliers are here for me to meet,” Vue says. The benefit of co-locating PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO lies in the common challenges and solutions industries face, Yuska notes, adding “PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO offer a unique opportunity to find inspiration and ‘cross-pollinate’ ideas across applications and industries.” Veteran PACK EXPO attendee Paul Davis, a project engineer with Hearthside Food Solutions who was at PACK EXPO International 2014, says the co-location takes PACK EXPO to a new level. “I’ve attended at least a dozen PACK EXPO shows,” says […]