Arlington, VA -- Attendees touring the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Showcase of Packaging Innovations will be introduced to international packaging excellence with the addition of three international associations to the exhibit: The Argentinian Packaging Institute (IAE), the Brazilian Packaging Association (ABRE) and the Mexican Packaging Association (AMEE).
These leading international associations will feature dozens of award winning packages serving the Latin American marketplace within the Showcase of Packaging Innovations, a feature of the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Containers & Materials Pavilion.
The three Latin American packaging associations will be joining eight other organizations in presenting an array of inventive container ideas. All told, the 11 organizations participating in the Showcase of Packaging Innovations will display more than 300 packaging innovations.
The packaging organizations participating in the Showcase of Packaging Innovations include:
Argentinian Packaging Institute (IAE)
Star of the South Award (Estrella del Sur)
Brazilian Packaging Association (ABRE)
Packaging Design Award
DuPont Company, DuPont Awards for Innovation in Packaging
Environmental Protection Agency
Cradle-to-Cradle Design Challenge for E-Commerce Shipping Packaging and Logistics
Flexible Packaging Association
Packaging Achievement Awards
Foodservice & Packaging Institute
Best of the Best Foodservice
Packaging Awards
The Glass Packaging Institute
The Clear Choice Awards
Institute of Packaging Professionals
AmeriStar Awards
Mexican Packaging Association (AMEE)
Stellar Packaging Award (Envase Estelar)
Paperboard Packaging Council
National Paperboard Packaging Competition
The Tube Council
Tubes of the Year Awards
"Consumer goods companies can't afford to miss PACK EXPO Las Vegas and the Showcase of Packaging Innovations," says Charles D. Yuska, president of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI.) "Packaging plays a critical role in both protecting consumers, but also marketing a product at the retail level. PACK EXPO Las Vegas is the only place consumers goods companies will be able to see literally hundreds of award winning packaging designs used by companies throughout the world to protect and promote their products."
PACK EXPO Las Vegas is produced and sponsored by PMMI. PACK EXPO Las Vegas will be held October 13-15, 2003 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. This year's show will feature more than 800 exhibitors spread over 410,000 net square feet of exhibit space, including the Containers & Materials Pavilion and the Showcase of Packaging Innovations.
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) is a trade association whose more than 500 members manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery in the United States and Canada. PMMI' vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging. Its mission is to improve and promote members' abilities to meet the needs of their customers.
