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ProMach Acquires Fogg Filler
The acquisition expands ProMach’s filling solutions.
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It’s All About the Cost, Not the Price
Business/Management
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: Overly Lean Organizations Are Less Resilient
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ERP Upgrade Enables Direct-to-Consumer Model for Avery
Workforce Development
How Machine Builders Can Participate in Manufacturing Day 2020
Business/Management
Inside Polypack’s Green Company
Weathering uncertain times, the leaders of Polypack are handling growth and increased demand, while also keeping their eye on innovation and saving the environment through sustainable packaging, operations, and equipment.
Automation
PLCs Gain Esteem as the Brains Behind the Machine
Next-generation controllers are offering multifunctional automation with more intelligence and connectivity, opening the door to new opportunity for machine builders.
Business/Management
How to Shorten Lead Times in a Demanding Market
With the push from consumers in the generation of “now,” CPGs need support from their OEM partners to tighten equipment delivery times in the race to innovation. Ideas run the length of the project, from inception to installation.
Business/Management
A Powerful Resource to Ensure Trade Show Success
How to create an exhibit program that supports your company’s core business objectives and delivers measurable value beyond cost.
Workforce Development
Company Performance Depends on Diversity
Research shows that businesses with gender diverse leadership teams have better results. So why are there so few women in the C-suite?
COVID-19
COVID-19 Resources for Machine Builders
The coronavirus has completely changed the way OEMs operate. Here are resources from PMMI to support builders as they deal with the evolving pandemic.
Business/Management
Sales Focus: Don't Trip on the Way Down
Learn how to get higher-level engagement and support while selling down the ladder.
Business/Management
Selling your company requires expert advice
From the largest to the smallest, every business will change hands. A succession plan is a prudent and necessary step in the lifecycle of every company. Who is going to get it and what type of process will it be are up to you, the seller.
Business/Management
The CARES Act and Payroll Protection Plan
In a recent Town Hall for PMMI members, representatives from alliantgroup, Dean Zerbe and Rick Lazio, provided some insights into the relief available for small and medium size businesses.
Business/Management
Cybersecurity Best Practices During a Pandemic
Although cybercrime and attacks are on the rise, more than half of OEMs have zero cybersecurity measures in place. Experts weigh in on how to protect your people, processes, assets, and reputation from cybercriminals.
Business/Management
Economy Update: How COVID-19 Will Affect OEMs
Economists predict the U.S. industrial production sector will experience a recession in 2022, but manufacturers are already feeling the effects of a minor downturn expected to last throughout the rest of this year.
Business/Management
OEMs Grapple with COVID-19: ProMach’s Strategy for Keeping Business as Usual
PMMI’s UnPACKed podcast shares insight on how packaging and processing OEMs can handle business during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Business/Management
CSS International Celebrates 75 Years
The company, which provides tools and accessories for conveyors, has reinvented itself over the years to withstand the test of time.
Business/Management
Harpak-ULMA: The Innovator
With a long history of “firsts” to its name—from packaging patents to intelligent automation—this pioneering OEM has a digital transformation strategy that will serve as a model for machine builders and manufacturers alike.
Business/Management
Marketers, Are Your Most Promising Prospects Going Unnoticed?
Use these tools to detect interest signals from potential buyers earlier in the sales funnel.
Workforce Development
Master-At-Arms Turns Master of Marketing
Find out how Oronde Vassell is elevating this packaging OEM's online presence and profile.
Business/Management
Selling Against Economic Headwinds
Is your sales team making these four mistakes that could make it more difficult to sell during an economic downturn? Here’s how your company can adapt.
Business/Management
CSS International Marks its 75th Anniversary in 2020
Vance Coulston, President of CSS International, recently announced that 2020 marked the 75th Anniversary year for the company.
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The Power of Iconic Package Design
Warhol retrospective at Chicago’s Art Institute recalls how iconic brands and their alluring package design inspired the pop art movement and catapulted the artist into history.
Business/Management
U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Fell 15% Last November to $320 Million, But There is Still Optimism.
According to the latest report from the Association for Manufacturing Technology, the Pending China trade deal and anticipated approval of the revamped NAFTA (USMCA) should see the manufacturing technology market pick up in the second half of 2020.
Machine Design/Management
Digital Twin Double-Take
Most OEMs aren’t embracing the idea of creating a digital twin for the machine, but the benefits—including design flexibility, faster time-to-market, and virtual training—deserve a second look.
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Maturing Consumers Pose Untapped Packaging Market
Pharmaceutical companies who react quickest to the packaging needs of an aging population have a unique opportunity to attract long-term brand loyalty, according to PMMI infographic and accompanying white paper.
