Contract Packaging Association Brings Insight to Innovation Stage
Reston, Va.; July 30, 2015 — The Contract Packaging Association (CPA) will highlight the unique benefits of contract packagers in a 30-minute presentation at the Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas; Sept. 28–30), produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
“PACK EXPO Las Vegas is North America’s premier processing and packaging event, and the robust education offerings at the Innovation Stage provide a perfect platform to share the benefits of contract packaging with attendees,” says John Mazelin, executive director, Contract Packaging Association.
The PACK EXPO Innovation Stage is one of several education destinations on the PACK EXPO show floor, providing a series of 30-minute presentations throughout the show on a range of topics critical to the processing and packaging industry.
Entitled “What you don’t know can HELP you - The Benefits of Contract Packaging,” the CPA’s session will focus on the capabilities and value of contract packagers and contract manufacturers for brand owners. The session presented by Nicole Johnson, communications director, Contract Packaging Association, will take place Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m.
“Contract packagers provide an excellent value proposition for some packaging industry consumers, and we’re happy to have them, not only as an educational presenter, but also as part of the PACK EXPO Partner program,” says Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO, PMMI.
PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 is co-located with Pharma EXPO 2015, a joint venture from PMMI and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE). The two shows have over 800,000 net square feet of combined exhibit space and are expected to attract 30,000 packaging and processing professionals and more than 2,000 exhibiting companies.
Registration is $30 through Sept. 14, when it increases to $100. Register for PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO at packexpolasvegas.com.
About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies is a trade association representing more than 700 companies that provide a full range of processing and packaging machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through initiatives such as packexpo.com, educational programs and world-class events, connecting participants in the processing and packaging supply chain with their customers around the world. PMMI produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows that include PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Sept. 28–30, Las Vegas Convention Center); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015; EXPO PACK México 2016, May 17–20, (Mexico City, Expo Bancomer Santa Fe); PACK EXPO International 2016, Nov. 6–9 (McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2016; PACK EXPO East 2017, Feb. 27–March 1, (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia) and EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017, June 13–15, 2017 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). PMMI owns PMMI Media Group, a market-leading B2B media company that produces information for processing and packaging professionals, bringing together solution providers and end-users and facilitating connectivity throughout the supply chain. Its world class media brands Packaging World, Automation World, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging and Packaging + Processing OEM are proven leaders in covering this diverse and dynamic marketplace, and its digital products incorporate leading edge media technologies to deliver informed, actionable business intelligence to the industry. PMMI Media Group also produces The Automation Conference, an annual education and networking forum, taking place in Chicago each spring.
Learn more at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com and pmmimediagroup.com.