Inspire innovation

PACK EXPO Las Vegas, produced by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, will take place September 27 to 29, 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Show hours are Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Wednesday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The event is co-located with the Healthcare Packaging EXPO. Top show features will include:

• Full-scale machinery on display
• Top advances and solutions in packaging and processing, sustainability, packaging materials, automation, robotics, printing, and more
• Educational sessions and discussions in several venues around the show floor

The PACK EXPO Las Vegas pavilions will focus on solutions in the categories of containers and materials, confectionery, digital printing, processing, and reusable packaging:

• Front-of-the-line solutions: homogenizing, mixing/blending, forming sizing, and coating
• Achieve total systems integration
• Increase efficiency and ensure safety

The Processing Zone

• Cutting-edge digital printing, labeling, coding, and marking
• Sustainability and traceability solutions
• Solutions for cost-effective, customized, and smart packaging
• Ideas for micro-marketing efforts
• Folding cartons, flexible, and corrugated packaging
• SKU proliferation

The PACKage Printing Pavilion

• Paperboard, glass, metal, plastics
• Flexible, reusable, and resealable packaging
• Sustainable materials
• Plant-based packaging
• SIOC (ships in own container) packaging

The Containers and Materials Pavilion

• Reusable products and services
• Solutions for increasing sustainability in your supply chain
• Reusable Packaging Learning Center, providing insight into incorporating reusable packaging solutions into your supply chain

The Reusable Packaging Pavilion

• Aeration, batch refining
• Shaping, enrobing, cluster production
• Cooling conveyors
• Easy-open packaging, portion control

The Confectionery Pavilion

The Innovation Stage will include over 70 quick 30-minute sessions on various stages throughout the show floor. Highlights specific to snack production include:

• “State of Snacking: Opportunity and Innovation Abound,” Monday, September 27, 12:00 to 12:30 pm
• “The Future of Snack Packaging,” Wednesday, September 29, 11:00 to 11:30 am

Other education opportunities include roundtables on industry issues at The Forum and presentations in the Reusable Packaging Learning Center. The PACK to the Future Stage also features presentations by industry experts that showcase advancements such as sustainable solutions, smart packaging, and artificial intelligence.

For complete details and to register, visit http://www.packexpolasvegas.com/. SF&WB