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Entries from June 25th, 2010

DuPont Sponsors Project 2020 at PACK EXPO International 2010

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · PACK EXPO

PMMI announces that DuPont will be the exclusive sponsor of Project 2020: The Consumer Experience at PACK EXPO International 2010 (October 31–November 3; McCormick Place, Chicago, IL).

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Economist Says Indicators Point to Recovery this Year

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Intelligence, Connections

Economist & Annual Meeting Speaker Alan Beaulieu Says Indicators Point to Recovery in 2010

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July Chairman’s Corner

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Chairman's Corner

“Creating Your Business Future” is more than a theme for the 2010 PMMI Annual Meeting. It’s a priority. We’ve counted at least seven ways the 2010 PMMI Annual Meeting can help you achieve it.

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PMMI Calls for Packaging Hall of Fame Nominations, Names 16 to Commission

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Connections

Nominations are open for the 2010 Packaging Hall of Fame™ Class, PMMI announced today. The annual honor will be presented at a special reception during PACK EXPO International.

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PMMI to Provide Connections at ProPak China

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Global Marketing

China is a growing marketplace, and ProPak China is the country’s biggest packaging show. This year PMMI introduced two new free member-exclusive programs to help members doing business at ProPak China.

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PMMI Safety Conference to Address Technical Trends

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Connections

As the economic downturn deepened in 2008, exports were one of the few bright spots in packaging machinery shipments. With exports on the rise again and domestic businesses spending conservatively, international markets are critical to finding growth.

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PACK EXPO: Not Day-to-Day Sales

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · PACK EXPO

“PACK EXPO is a sales call with over 60,000 people in the room — and some 24,000 of them are exhibitors,” said Matt Neuberger, president and chairman of Neuberger & Co., and the facilitator of this year’s PACK EXPO Sales University (Aug. 16; McCormick Place, Chicago). “Although a lot of the same sales concepts apply, [...]

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Fresh & Easy Stores Acquire Suppliers

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Acquisitions, Markettrends

In order to expand the store’s meals-to-go options, Tesco’s Fresh & Easy market chain has purchased suppliers 2 Sisters Food Group and Wild Rocket Foods. Source: The Press-Enterprise

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June 2010 Economic Indicator: Shipments Grow, General Business Conditions Slow

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Business Intelligence

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PACK EXPO Las Vegas Hits 29 Out of Tradeshow 200

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · PACK EXPO

According to Tradeshow Week’s Annual Tradeshow 200, PACK EXPO Las Vegas ranked as the 29th largest tradeshow of 2009, in what was, overall, a down year for the industry. “PACK EXPO Las Vegas had its second largest showing ever in 2009,” said Jim Pittas, vice president of trade shows, PMMI. “In a year that wasn’t [...]

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