Pack Expo International, hosted by PMMI, Reston, Va., is headed to the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 25 through 27. The event is expecting 30,000 attendees, including 5,000 international visitors from more than 125 countries, combined with 2,000-plus exhibiting companies. It will span over 800,000 net square feet of exhibit floor. In addition, this year the inaugural Healthcare Packaging Expo will be co-located with Pack Expo.

Sustainability, efficiency and product safety are some of the top issues that will be addressed at the show, along with the latest dairy packaging technology news.

Attendees can benefit from free educational programming at The Innovation Stage. During the show, 30-minute seminars presenting the latest technologies and techniques are scheduled and will focus on a wide range of industry specific solutions. Session topics include: Clean labeling, food safety technology, snack food trends, sustainability, high-pressure processing, smart packaging and flexible manufacturing systems. See more details below.

The Package Printing Pavilion, new to the show this year, will be the industry’s main stage for package printing innovations. The 60,000 square-foot pavilion will focus on digital printing and converting technologies for short-run, on-demand, cost-effective, variable data and personalized packaging.

The annual Pack gives Back benefit returns to Pack Expo with a networking event in support of Pack Expo Scholarships. A portion of the proceeds from the benefit will go towards providing grants to U.S. and Canadian colleges with packaging and processing programs. Taking place Monday, Sept. 25, the reception begins at 4 p.m. Tickets are $75 and will include refreshments, light appetizers and a performance by the Grammy award-winning The Doobie Brothers.    

 

Other features at the year’s show include:

• The Containers and Materials Pavilion, which addresses the latest innovations, including updates on paperboard, glass, metal and plastic. Flexible and resealable packaging options will also be on display as well as innovation in options for containers and materials.
• Packaging solutions will be on display at the Showcase of Packaging Innovations located within The Containers and Materials Pavilion.   
• The Reusable Packaging Pavilion, where processors can learn how to reduce waste, cut costs and gain chain efficiency. 
• The Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN). Launched in 2016, PPWLN serves to recruit, retain and advance women in processing and packaging. The PPWLN meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

 

Equipment innovation

Show attendees can find new equipment in the 800,000 square feet of exhibit space, including:

• Robotic fillers that offer increased flexibility. Tecma Pack will exhibit its new autonomous robotic cell for loading all types of formers at a rate of 84 trays-per-minute.
• Easy-open foil lids save customers time and manufacturers money. Bemis Co. Inc. launches its Calypso line of die-cut foil lids for yogurt and other dairy products.
• A high-pressure processing machine (HPP). Avure introduces the AV-X series, which allows HPP manufacturers to increase throughput as the need arises, without the addition of an entirely new HPP system.
• Plastic pallets offer safety, recyclability and savings: Offering a completely recyclable alternative to traditional wood pallets, iGPS Logistics will display its iGPS plastic pallet, which is RFID-trackable, non-absorbent, durable and lighter than wood. The pallets are said to offer safety, recyclability and savings.
• Invisible barcodes that offer visual appeal and efficiency. Inland will showcase a new label with a unique interactive digital watermark called the Digimarc Barcode. Invisible to consumers, the barcode is repeated multiple times over the entire label so that it can interact with POS scanners and mobile devices.

For more exhibitor and attendee information, travel arrangements, directions and to register for Pack Expo, visit packexpolasvegas.com.  

 

Educational session highlights for dairy processors

 

Monday, Sept. 25

11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Innovation Stage)    

Death to Preservatives, Long Live Clean Label

Noon to 12:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)

Innovation Wins in Packaging

Noon to 12:35 (Booth S-7832)

Latest Updates on FSMA

1 p.m. to 1:35 p.m. (Booth S-7832)

Fundamentals of Beverage Packaging

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)    

Convenient Pouch Products Disrupting the Market

3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)

U.S. Snack Industry: Emerging Snacking Trends and Regulatory Issues Shaping the Market

 

Tuesday, Sept. 26

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Innovation Stage)

A Food-Safe Technology Can Double Shelf Life of Organics and other Foods without Preservatives

11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Innovation Stage) 

How Digital Data is Transforming Food Processing Operations

Noon to 12:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)   

Single Serve Packs: Growing Demand and Environmental Issues

1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)

What’s New with High Pressure Processing

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)

What’s Driving the Expansion of HPP in New Product Categories

 

Wednesday, Sept. 27

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Innovation Stage)

How Multiscan Technology Will Revolutionize Metal Detection and Food Safety

11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Innovation Stage)

Clean-in-Place: Best Practices to Improve Operations

Noon to 12:30 p.m. (Innovation Stage)

Save Time and Money with an Automatic Metal Detector Testing System

 

Exhibitor List

 (partial list)

Company............................................................. Booth

A B B Labels....................................................... N-620

Ability Fabricators Inc....................................... N-144

AC Compacting LLC......................................... N-228

Accura Pharmaquip Pvt. Limited..................... N-651

Achilles USA Inc................................................ N-565

Acorn Industrial Corporation............................. N-641

Adents................................................................. N-219

AIC / Muller USA............................................... N-224

Alconox Inc......................................................... N-445

Alliance Rubber Company................................ N-148

All Packaging Company................................... N-543

Antares Vision.................................................... N-236

APPS Inc............................................................ N-301

Arvato Systems NA........................................... N-534

Associated Labels and Packaging................... N-642

ATC Inc.............................................................. N-413

Atlantic Zeiser.................................................... N-410

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc............. N-109

ATS-Tanner Banding Systems AG.................. N-421

Aurora Technologies, Inc.................................. N-563

Aware Innovations............................................. N-154

AWS Bio-Pharma Technologies, LLC............. N-233

Axicon Auto ID LLC........................................... N-441

Bahnson Environmental Specialties................. N-304

Bausch + Stroebel Machine Co..................... N-317B

Bemis Co., Inc................................................... N-526

Bemis Healthcare Packaging.......................... N-526

Bergami USA.................................................... N-222

BetterBuilt........................................................... N-517

Bilcare Research, Inc........................................ N-624

Bluefire Direct, LLC........................................... N-664

Brevetti C.E.A.................................................... N-115

Brother USA Machinery LLC............................ N-310

Bruker Optics Inc............................................... N-125

CCL Healthcare................................................. N-133

Changzhou Huajian Pharm Pack Material
Stock Co., Ltd............................................... N-104

Comecer Group................................................. N-425

Computer Designs, Inc..................................... N-427

Controlled Environment Certification
Services (Micro-Clean).............................. N-541

Controls Engineering........................................ N-409

Countec Co., Ltd................................................ N-333

Covectra............................................................. N-438

Creative Labels Inc............................................ N-122

CVC Technologies Inc...................................... N-551

Dickson.............................................................. N-537

DIR Technologies............................................. N-232

DPSS Lasers Inc............................................... N-415

Dur-A-Flex, Inc.................................................. N-505

EBAC Industrial Products................................. N-113

Edrive Actuators, Inc......................................... N-616

EFP LLC............................................................. N-443

Electronics Devices Inc.................................... N-136

Elesa U.S.A. Corporation.................................. N-614

Ellab Inc.............................................................. N-635

Equipnet............................................................. N-542

Esco Technologies............................................ N-442

Esko.................................................................... N-610

Essentra............................................................. N-540

ESS Technologies, Inc...................................... N-121

Extract Technology........................................... N-305

Fargo Automation, Inc....................................... N-214

Federal Equipment Company.......................... N-345

Felins USA, Incorporated.................................. N-421

Fette Compacting America, Inc................... N-317-C

Finecables Inc.................................................... N-618

Fogg Filler Company....................................... N-303

FP Developments, Inc....................................... N-414

GBA Builders..................................................... N-668

Gemcity Engineering and Manufacturing....... N-657

Gerresheimer AG.............................................. N-638

Girton Manufacturing Co. Inc........................... N-431

G&K-Vijuk Intern. Corp..................................... N-544

Glatt Air Techniques Inc............................... N-317-E

Greydon LLC...................................................... N-307

groninger USA L.L.C........................................ N-107

Guangdong Baojiali Color-Printing
Industrial Co.,Ltd.......................................... N-528

Guilin Seal Technology Co., Ltd....................... N-118

Gustav Obermeyer Gmbh & Co. KG............... N-149

Harro Hofliger, Inc........................................ N-317-D

Heritage Manufacturing.................................... N-531

Herma Us, Inc................................................... N-324

Hibar Systems Limited..................................... N-221

Hiwin Corporation............................................. N-440

Ice Qube, Inc...................................................... N-665

Igb Srl................................................................. N-202

Impak Corporation............................................. N-512

Industrial Inkjet Ltd............................................. N-619

Isolation Systems, Inc....................................... N-633

Isolation Systems, Inc....................................... N-633

ITHPP................................................................. N-525

IWK Packaging Systems, Inc.......................... N-109

James Alexander Corporation.......................... N-608

Jonesville Paper Tube Corp............................. N-523

JY Plastic Products Inc..................................... N-559

Kagoshimaseiki Co.,Ltd.................................... N-548

Key International, Inc......................................... N-329

Koganei International America, Inc.................. N-629

Korber Medipak Systems NA, Inc.................... N-208

Korsch America Inc........................................... N-127

Lives International.............................................. N-515

Locked4Kids inc................................................. N-204

Locked4Kids inc................................................. N-204

Mactec Packaging Technologies LLC............ N-444

Madison Company............................................ N-511

Marchesini Group USA Inc............................... N-215

Meco................................................................... N-636

Medical Packaging Inc..................................... N-201

Meritech............................................................. N-411

Merz Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH............. N-145

Meto Lift Inc........................................................ N-120

Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed.................................. N-306

Mettler Toledo PCE........................................... N-306

Mettler-Toledo Safeline..................................... N-306

MG America, Inc............................................... N-227

MHI - Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations................ N-630

Modular Packaging Systems, Inc.................... N-137

M&O Perry Industries, Inc................................ N-110

Multi-Pharma..................................................... N-502

Multivac, Inc....................................................... N-220

NanoFlowX........................................................ N-627

Nature Pack....................................................... N-504

Neogard............................................................. N-625

New England Machinery, Inc........................... N-320

Newman Labeling Systems Inc....................... N-437

NFA Co., Ltd...................................................... N-530

NJM Packaging................................................ N-307

Optel Group........................................................ N-309

Overlook Industries, Inc. (OVLK)..................... N-533

Pacific Ozone..................................................... N-617

Perlen Packaging / Perlen Converting AG..... N-536

Pester USA Inc.................................................. N-206

Pfeiffer Vacuum................................................. N-413

Pharmaceutic Litho & Label Company............. N-510

Pharmapack North America............................. N-135

Pharmaworks Inc.............................................. N-211

Piercan USA, Inc............................................... N-509

Pieri, SRL........................................................... N-660

Pivotal Packaging............................................. N-634

PKB..................................................................... N-403

Planar Motor Inc................................................ N-663

Plastikon Healthcare......................................... N-661

Preco, Inc........................................................... N-124

Profile Solutions USA Inc.................................. N-622

QT9 Software..................................................... N-203

Qualicaps Co., Ltd............................................. N-230

QuickLabel......................................................... N-532

QuickPouch........................................................ N-518

Racoma Inc........................................................ N-612

Rasco Industries, Inc......................................... N-623

RCA Bignami Srl.............................................. N-140

REA Elektronik Inc............................................ N-429

Reliance Machinery Co., LTD.......................... N-105

Rena Systems, A Neopost Brand..................... N-116

ReThink Labels.................................................. N-643

Robinson Printing.............................................. N-639

Romaco North America.................................... N-326

RxSafe, LLC....................................................... N-102

Scanware Electronic GmbH............................. N-211

SEA Vision......................................................... N-514

SensoScientific, Inc........................................... N-613

Shining Star Plastic Co., LTD.                        N-158