Arlington, VA, June 5, 2007 – PMMI is issuing a call for nominations for the Packaging Hall of Fame™.

Every year since 1971, a select number of career packaging professionals have been inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame™ in recognition of significant contributions made to both the industry and to packaging education efforts. The Packaging Hall of Fame program is administered by the PMMI Education & Training Foundation. Funds raised for the event are used to support packaging education programs.

Once nominations are received, members of the Packaging Hall of Fame Commission, a group representative of various sectors of the packaging community, formed by PMMI, will select the inductees. The Class of 2007 Packaging Hall of Fame™ inductees will be recognized during an awards reception at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel Ballroom on October 15, 2007 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. The reception is being held in conjunction with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007, taking place October 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is directly connected to the hotel.

Any industry professional may nominate a candidate. Qualified nominees for the Packaging Hall of Fame™ should be career packaging professionals – living or deceased – who, in the course of their packaging careers, have:

• Personally advanced the science, technology and practice of packaging (Please be specific, citing scientific inquiries made, technologies advanced, patents earned, etc.)
• Expanded packaging knowledge and understanding of packaging (Please cite significant roles played in packaging education, research, market analyses, articles/publications written, etc.)
• Been a remarkable volunteer leader in the packaging community (Please cite packaging associations/organizations in which nominee played leadership roles, achievements made during nominee’s leadership tenure, etc.)

In order to nominate an individual, please send an email to Ben Miyares at bmiyares@pmmi.org describing, in 500 words or less, how he or she meets the above qualifications. Please be sure to include a recent photograph. The preferred format is a 300 dpi jpeg headshot (in color, if possible) of the individual.

Submissions for the Packaging Hall of Fame nominatees should be submitted no later than Friday, August 3, 2007.

PMMI is a trade association whose more than 500 general members manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery in the United States and Canada. PMMI’s thirty-two supplier members manufacture commercially available packaging machinery components. PMMI's 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. Visit www.pmmi.org for more information.

PACK EXPO Las Vegas will be held October 15-17, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The show will be co-located with the PROCESS EXPO, the Converting & Package Printing EXPO and the International Bottled Water Association’s 2007 Convention and Tabletop Trade Show . PMMI also produces EXPO PACK México, the premier packaging show in Mexico serving the Latin American region. This show will be held June 26-29, 2007 at Centro Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico. PACK EXPO International will be held November 9-13, 2008 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Visit www.packexpo.com for more information.

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