PMMI offers interactive learning experience at PACK EXPO.
Press Release Summary:
At PACK EXPO International, PMMI will launch The Amazing Packaging Race, sponsored by Nordson Corporation, to provide packaging students with opportunity to fully explore show floor and interact with exhibitors and attendees, all while learning and interacting with new technologies. Premise of race is for packaging students to visit participating exhibit booths and complete tasks of varying difficulty to earn points. Each member of winning team will receive an iPad®.
Original Press Release:
PMMI Provides Packaging Students with Unique Interactive Learning Experience at PACK EXPO International
Arlington, Va.; - In an effort to provide packaging students an opportunity to fully explore the show floor, interact with exhibitors and attendees, all while learning and interacting with new technologies, PMMI will launch The Amazing Packaging Race, sponsored by Nordson Corporation, at PACK EXPO International (Oct. 31-Nov. 3; McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.). Every year, PACK EXPO International hosts over 600 packaging students, from across North America, giving them an opportunity to network with, and learn from, industry leaders.
"PACK EXPO International is the world's largest packaging and processing classroom," says Maria Ferrante, Vice President of Education and Workforce Development at PMMI. "The Amazing Packaging Race is an activity designed for the packaging students that will give them an invaluable opportunity to interact with our PACK EXPO exhibitors and attendees, who will also benefit by having a chance to network with the next generation of industry leaders."
The premise of the Amazing Packaging Race is for packaging students to visit participating exhibitor booths and complete tasks of varying difficulty in order to earn points - the team with the most points at the end of the contest wins. The competition will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd.
Students will be broken out into teams and have a three-hour timeframe to compete. At the close of the contest, participating teams will gather at the Nordson Corporation booth (S-730) to determine the winner. Each member of the winning team will walk away with a new iPad ®. Student teams will navigate the contest with the use of Four Square, an internet-based geo-location tool, and will utilize tools such as the PACK EXPO product locators.
"It is important for PMMI to engage our packaging students with the show exhibits," said Charles D.Yuska, PMMI President and CEO. "By coordinating this activity between students, exhibitors and attendees, we are providing them with an opportunity to spend some one-on-one time with leaders in the packaging and processing industry, giving them a hands-on learning experience."
PACK EXPO International exhibitors can participate in The Amazing Packaging Race by volunteering to host one of the many learning activities. Exhibitors can sign up to participate by contacting Danny Martinez, PMMI education coordinator at dmartinez@pmmi.org or 703.243.8555.
About PMMI
PMMI is a trade association of 560-plus member companies that manufacture packaging, processing and related converting machinery in the United States or Canada; machinery components and packaging containers and materials. PMMI's vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging, and its mission is to improve and promote members' abilities to meet the needs of their customers.
PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and EXPO PACK México, connecting participants in the packaging and processing supply chain with their customers around the world. Coming Up: PACK EXPO International, Oct. 31-Nov. 3,2010, at Chicago's McCormick Place; EXPO PACK México at Mexico City's Centro Banamex, June 21-24, 2011, and PACK EXPO Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 26-28, 2011.
Learn more about PMMI and the PACK EXPO trade shows at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com.
