There’s been a lot of talk about the Pack/ Process event split and how the food industry in general needs its own killer event.

You may not be aware, but starting in 2010, Process Expo will no longer be teamed up with behemoth Pack Expo as it has for the past years.  In what looks to be a more symbiotic venture, the Food Processing Supplier’s Association will co-locate their flagship event with the Institute of Food Technologies’ (IFT) Food Expo in what IFT describes as an opportunity to  “gain a better understanding of the interrelated stages involved in the delivery of a food product.”

This new partnership could serve to benefit both parties substantially.  Food Expo has suffered dwindling participation over the past few years, and Process Expo has played what many view as consistent second fiddle in the shadow of PMMI’s towering crown jewel.

One of the best commentaries I’ve found comes from foodprocessing.com’s own Editor in Chief, Dave Fusaro.  It does a great job highlighting the potential benefits of the new partnership.  It also points out some of the PMMI-FPSA backstory that I hadn’t been aware of before.  If you have a moment, I encourage you to take a look for yourself.

Overall, the new event looks like a good opportunity for IFT and FPSA alike.  It will be interesting to see how it changes turnout and results for both the Food/Process and Pack itself for 2010.

Today we’re going to make an exception to the old rule about “what happens in Vegas” and tell you about what a great overall success this year’s Pack Expo turned out to be.  It seems that most of the post-Pack buzz focuses on strong speakers,  a high volume of new connections made, and an overall surprisingly great turnout considering  the current economy.  In fact, reported total visitor and exhibitor numbers for the co-located event indicate 2009 as the the “second-largest PACK EXPO Las Vegas since PMMI launched the show in 1995.”

It’s great to see widespread satisfaction across the board, for visitors and exhibitors alike.   Frankly,  we’ve been trying to sum up our feelings about the whole thing, and all we’ve managed to come up with is one simple word: (more…)

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The 2009 Pack Expo will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in  Las Vegas, NV from October 5 -7.  Devoted to the packaging industry, this event serves  suppliers and buyers of packaging machinery, materials, components and services.  As in previous years, Pack will also be co-located with both Process Expo, with a focus on the food processing industry, and CPP Expo, dedicated to converting & package printing interests. (more…)

Pack Expo 2009 - Las Vegas, NV

Has it been a year already?

It seems like just last week we were sharing our excitement over our enormous success at the 2008  Pack Expo, and now we’re gearing up for what hopes to be even bigger event than before.

Devoted to the packaging industry and serving suppliers and buyers of packaging machinery, materials, components and services, the 2009 Pack Expo will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in  Las Vegas, NV.

We’ll be following with more details as the event date nears, and we sure hope you join us at Booth S4924 if you’re at the Expo – it’s a great opportunity to visit with customers and vendors, both old and new!

Pack Expo 2008 is in the books and York Saw & Knife is back from the Windy City. We really enjoyed the show – and it seemed Pack Expo enjoyed the YSK booth! More attendees visited our booth than any other Pack show we’ve been involved with!* So congrats to the Pack Expo organizers and our own YSK team who coordinated our show participation and staffed the event.

York Saw & Knife blades not only deliver proven results, but they also get a lot of attention. People regularly stopped at the YSK booth to take a look at the wide variety of leading edge York Saw & Knife blades displayed. Among the favorites of the Pack crowd were the packaging knives, straight knives and circular knives.

* Maybe it was the peppermint patties!

For attendees that swiped their card at the YSK booth, we will be sending out information soon!