PACK Gives BACK Brings Chicago To Vegas

PACK gives BACK returns to PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center; Sept. 28–30, 2015) — and the inaugural co-located Pharma EXPO — with Chicago, the legendary rock ‘n’ roll band with horns.

The event on Monday, September 28, at 4 p.m., has become a tradition for PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. It is open to industry professionals with a portion of this year’s ticket sales supporting Fisher House Foundation.

“When we added post-show networking and entertainment in 2011, we soon realized that these annual PACK EXPO events would be a great opportunity for our industry to give back to those in need,” says Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO, PMMI. “This year we have chosen Fisher House for the selfless work they do providing comfort to the families of wounded veterans.”

Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. Located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, and in Europe, the program has saved military and veterans’ families an estimated $282M in out-of-pocket costs for lodging and transportation.

“Donating to Fisher House allows us to give back to the brave men and women who have suffered unimaginable trauma while defending our country,” Yuska adds.

”We are grateful for PMMI and their professionals for their support of Fisher House Foundation,” says Foundation President David Coker. “We could not continue the work we do without advocates like them.”

The entertainment will be sure to draw a big audience. Now in their 48th year, Chicago is the first American rock band to chart top 40 albums in six decades, producing hit after hit like “Saturday in the Park,” “Baby What a Big Surprise,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” and 18 other top ten singles. The band’s debut album “Chicago Transit Authority” is in the GRAMMY Hall of Fame and Billboard Magazine lists Chicago at 13 on its list of Top 100 artists of all time, the highest charting American band.

“I’m excited to have a band with their string of hits attached to PACK EXPO and the PACK gives BACK event,” says Jim Pittas, senior vice president, PMMI. “We are looking forward to raising some serious money for Fisher House.”

Tickets for PACK gives Back with Chicago are available online at www.packexpolasvegas.com/pgb and cost $100 per person ($90 per person for groups of 10).

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 EXPO PACK México 2015, June 16–19 (Mexico City, Mexico); PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Sept. 28–30, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev.); PACK EXPO International 2016, Nov. 6–9 (McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2016; PACK EXPO East 2017 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia) and EXPO PACK Guadalajara. 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. For more information, visit PMMI.org,Packexpo.com,pmmimediagroup.com.