PACK EXPO 2011 is quickly approaching! The following news releases about the PACK EXPO cannot stress enough how big this packaging and processing show will be. We thought we’d provide you with some of the interesting aspects of PACK EXPO 2011 that Newlogic President Marc Drucker will be experiencing first-hand.
As PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 Continues Growing, PMMI Anticipates Its Largest Las Vegas Show Ever
According to PMMI, PACK EXPO 2011 is “still growing and is poised to break all records.” This year the show will have over 1,600 exhibitors with over 25, 000 attendees. Some topics that will be covered include food safety and the Food Safety Modernization Act, sustainability and project management. There will also be presentations from well-known consumer goods such as Coco-Cola, Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd., General Mills, Kellogg Company, Land O’Lakes, Inc. and Ocean Spray Cranberry Inc.
Consumer Retail Experience to Debut at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011
PACK EXPO continues to stand out from other shows with its debut of the Consumer Retail Experience. Created by Clemson University and Sponsored by Kodak, the Consumer Retail Experience tracks “what participants look at or were persuaded by as they walk through a simulated retail environment against what they purchase” with a digital tracking technology. Clemson University will release one report analyzing the “impact of sustainability messaging” and another report measuring the “appeal of private label packaging versus name brand packaging” after the show.
Innovation Stage Program to Link PACK EXPO Las Vegas Attendees to New Packaging and Processing Technologies
PACK EXPO will also debut the Innovation Stage Program. Composed of three seminars in industry-specific lounges, the program enables professionals in the confectionery, pharmaceutical, and baking and snack industries to “easily discover packing and processing innovations.” Additionally, each lounge will contain an”’Ask the Expert’” forum that enables attendees to get guidance from experts on specific packing and processing related challenges.”
Just Announced: General Colin L. Powell, USA (RET.) will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2011 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Show
In March, PMMI announced that former Secretary of Stated and retired General Colin L. Powell will be the keynote speaker at PACK EXPO 2011. “’When we were considering who we wanted to invite to speak at our PACK EXPO Leadership Lecture, Colin Powell was the first name on our list,’” says Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI.
Vendors also show excitement for the approach of PACK EXPO 2011.
In the Booth: Scholle Packaging at Pack Expo 2011
Scholle Packaging is ready to participate in PACK EXPO 2011. In its booth, Scholle will feature the Scholle SureFill High-Acid, its “bag-in-box packaging solution for institutional beverage markets.” It also plans to introduce “KeyKeg, the revolutionary one-way keg.”
CAPS to Promote Reusable Shipping Containers at PACK EXPO 2011
CAPS, North America’s leading provider of container rental and asset tracking solutions to food, beverage, cosmetic and several other industries, will be attending PACK EXPO 2011 for its 2nd consecutive year. It will exhibit its sustainable shipping containers and other packaging solutions in the Reusable Packaging Pavilion with representatives presenting at the reusable Packaging Association’s Conference Sessions.
“’This has been an exciting year for CAPS, with several R&D projects underway to address niche markets and the integration of containers from our sister division to form a more comprehensive suite of IBC solutions,” explains Bob Wiedmaier, CAPS CEO. “At this year’s expo, we’ll be displaying our CAPS 315, CAPS Dry Bin and the CHEP Intercon…’”
Filmatic at Pack Expo 2011
Filamatic, a leader in the liquid filling and integrated systems packaging machinery industry which serves, contract packaging, food/beverage and other industries, will also be making an appearance at PACK EXPO 2011. Filmatic will be featuring a variety of automatic and semi-automatic liquid packaging machines with representatives in engineering, sales and upper management for support.
Packaging Outlook Summit
Following PACK EXPO 2011 is the Packaging Outlook Summit in November. The conference will “capture many of the trends, issues and approaches on the leading edge of packaging and
consumer markets that it serves” with “key influencers and distillers of these trends” sharing their vision of what is to come in packaging within the next couple of years. One of these observers is no other then Marc Drucker, president and founder of Newlogic.
His presentation titled “Is Packaging SaaS Innovation the Future for Packaging?” will discuss the “growing trend in innovation software for R&D packaging organizations that puts change into the hands of packaging professionals.”
SaaS innovation tools are available from any computer and most mobile devices, which packaging professionals appreciate. SaaS innovation tools represent a growing trend in innovation software for R&D packing organizations because SaaS efficiently places innovation software into the hands of packaging professionals.
Some Take-A-Ways from the presentation include learning:
- How SaaS innovation tools work and how they benefit packaging R&D organizations.
- Why SaaS innovation tools are not dependent on IT.
- How the state of the SaaS innovation tools are is.
Compiled by Daneke Beaumont