PMMI Welcomes New Members

The Board of Directors of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, welcomed 29 new PMMI member companies recently. The board voted on the new members during its Sept. 15 meeting, held in conjunction with PMMI's 2014 Annual Meeting.

“PMMI's continued and sustained growth speaks volumes to the value the industry sees in membership,” says PMMI Chairman Bill Crist, CEO, Kliklok-Woodman.

PMMI's Board of Directors approved the following companies for membership:

General Membership
Data Scale (Fremont, California) manufactures liquid net weight drum and pail filling equipment for food and chemical industries.

Felins USA, Incorporated (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), manufactures bundling, wrapping and banding machines.

Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. (Quebec, Canada) manufactures conveying, case/tray loading and unloading, palletizing and wrapping machinery.

Magnetic Product, Inc. (Highland, Michigan), manufactures both magnetic and non-magnetic material handling solutions.

Motion Controls Robotics (Freemont, Ohio) manufactures case/tray loading and unloading, case erecting, converting and robotic feeding machinery.

Nalle Automation Systems (Knoxville, Tennessee) manufactures case erecting/tray forming, horizontal and vertical form/fill/seal and wraparound sleeve machinery.

PennTech Machinery Corporation (Ivyland, Pennsylvania) manufactures complete aseptic vial processing lines, tray loaders, cappers and filling/stopper inserting machines.

Sapphire Technologies USA, Inc. (Houston, Texas), manufactures automated x-ray systems for inspection of packaged food and pharmaceutical products.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems, LP (Towaco, New Jersey), manufactures blister filling and sealing, case/tray loading and unloading, bottle/jar filling and capping and thermoforming machinery.

Materials Membership:
Anchor Packaging (Ballwin, Missouri) manufactures take-out/ready-to-heat packaging and cling film.

Decade Products, LLC. (Grand Rapids, Michigan), manufactures reusable plastic containers and pallets.

InkJet, Inc. (Willis, Texas), manufactures custom performance inks and solvents.

KLW Plastics (Monroe, Ohio) manufactures rigid and semi-rigid plastic containers and corrugated combination packaging.

Mercury Plastics, Inc. (Chicago), manufactures blister packages, trifolds, clamshells, insert trays and conveyance and dunnage containers.

Syfan USA Corp. (Everetts, North Carolina) manufactures polyolefin shrink films.

Ultra Flex Packaging Corp. (Brooklyn, New York) manufactures non-forming films used by horizontal vacuum packaging machinery, also manufactures laminations, and cold seal, heat seal and resin-based sealants.

Processing Membership:
Axiflow Technologies, Inc. (Lutz, Florida), manufactures positive displacement pumps used to move food, beverages and personal care products through the processing line.

Douglas Machines Corp. (Clearwater, Florida) manufactures automated washing and sanitizing equipment.

FOODesign, a TNA Company (Wilsonville, Oregon) manufactures baking, conveying, heat exchangers, cooling equipment and rotary thermal machinery.

Fristam Pumps USA (Middleton, Wisconsin) manufactures stainless steel processing pumps, blenders and mixers.

NETZSCH Premier Technologies, LLC (Exton, Pennsylvania), manufactures wet and dry grinding equipment, mixing and de-aerating machinery.

Supplier Membership:
Aurizon Ultrasonics (Kimberly, Wisconsin) manufactures ultrasonic systems for packaging equipment.

Brother International (Bridgewater, New Jersey) manufactures gear motors for the packaging industry.

Burkert Fluid Control Systems (Charlotte, North Carolina) manufacturers fluid control components and systems for the packaging/processing industry.

Diamond Chain Company (Indianapolis, Indiana) manufactures roller chain products used in the packaging industry.

Elesa USA Corp (Twinsburg, Ohio) manufactures specialty machine components.

Harmonic Drive LLC (Peabody, Massachusetts) manufactures actuators, gearheads and gear component sets.

Primedge, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois), manufactures components and tooling for emulsifiers, grinders, slicers, skinners, dicers, tenderizers and bowl choppers.

York Saw & Knife (York, Pennsylvania) manufactures machine knives and blades.

About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a trade association representing over 650 packaging and processing supply chain companies that provide a full range of packaging and processing machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through programs and events such as the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows, packexpo.com, PMT Magazine, PACK EXPO Show Daily, networking events and educational programs.

PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International and presented jointly with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE); PACK EXPO Las Vegas, PACK EXPO East, EXPO PACK México and EXPO PACK Guadalajara, connecting participants in the packaging and processing supply chain with their customers around the world. Coming Up: PACK EXPO International 2014, Nov. 2–5 (McCormick Place, Chicago); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2014; PACK EXPO East, debuting Feb. 16–18, 2015 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia); EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2015, March 10–12, 2015 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico); EXPO PACK México 2015, June 16–19 (Mexico City, Mexico). For more information, visit PMMI.org and Packexpo.com.