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Preface
With more than 1,900 exhibitors occupying 1.1 million square
feet of exhibit space, packaging and processing professionals
had plenty of innovaons to see in acon at PACK EXPO Interna-­‐
onal 2012 (McCormick Place, Chicago; Oct. 28–31).
Interviews with packaging managers in aendance revealed
them as:
Modestly posive about business in 2012 and cauously
opmisc about 2013;
Intrigued by technological advances demonstrated on site
— parcularly in flexible packaging technology;
Planning to expand, upgrade and/or streamline operaons;
and,
Pleasantly surprised by the crowds on hand (45,338
aendees) despite Hurricane Sandy, which blew through
the East Coast as the show got under way.
Among the crowd were seven packaging professionals commis-­sioned
by PMMI to cover developments of parcular interest to
food, beverage, confeconery, bakery and snack and pharma-­ceucal
manufacturers. This report comes to you courtesy of
PMMI and this group, the 2012 “Packaging Posse:”
Ben Miyares (BDM)
bmiyares@packmgmt.org
Packaging Management Instute
(President); PMMI (Vice President,
Industry Relaons, ret.)
Edward J. Bauer (EJB)
edwardbauer@prodigy.net
Packaging Technology Integrated
Soluons (Senior Associate);
“Pharmaceucal Packaging Hand-­book;”
(Author); Bausch & Lomb
(Global Packaging Director, ret.)
Robert C. Collins (RCC)
rcc2@gpopt.com
Global Packaging
Opmizaon, LLC (President)
Procter & Gamble/Gillee
(Associate Packaging
Director, ret.)
Hallie E. Forcinio (HEF),
editorhal@sbcglobal.net
Packaging Journalist
Barry A. Goldberg (BAG)
bgoldberg@tappagroup.com
TAPPA Group Int’l, LLC (President)
Rick T. Lingle (RTL),
ricktlingle@gmail.com
Packaging Journalist
James E. Sco (JES),
Jamesesco56@verizon.net
JES Packaging (Principal); Kodak
(Packaging Development Dir., ret.)