The Showcase of Packaging Innovations(TM) at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 Spotlights Award-Winning Global Package Designs

ARLINGTON, Va., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- PMMI and The Dow Chemical Company will highlight more than 300 award winning packaging designs within The Showcase of Packaging Innovations(TM), a special pavilion at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007, being held October 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

"The Dow Chemical Company is 100% committed to innovation and looks forward to the celebration of packaging that The Showcase of Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas brings to the industry," said Howard Ungerleider, Commercial Vice President, Basic Plastics, North America. "The Dow Chemical Company contracts with companies throughout the world to deliver packaging that matters to the world's consumer and industrial goods companies. We're pleased to work with PMMI to promote the award winning projects that make up the Showcase."

The Showcase of Packaging Innovations is a gallery of award winning package designs from 13 internationally known packaging associations. Four new groups will participate this year: HBA Global Expo, the North American Packaging Association, Packaging Association of Canada and the Packaging and Labeling Gravure Association.

  Following is a complete list of participants:

  -- ABRE - Brazilian Packaging Association
     ABRE Design and Packaging Award

  -- Asociacion Mexicana de Envase y Embalaje (AMEE)
     Stellar Packaging Awards (Certamen Envase Estelar AMEE)

  -- Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL)
     Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product Competition Awards

  -- Flexible Packaging Association
     Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards

  -- Glass Packaging Institute
     Clear Choice Awards

  -- HBA Global Expo
     International Package Design Awards

  -- Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council
     Compliance Package of the Year

  -- Instituto Argentino Del Envase
     Estrella del Sur

  -- North American Packaging Association
     NAPA Packaging Competition

  -- Packaging Association of Canada
     PAC National Packaging Competition

  -- Packaging and Labeling Gravure Association
     Print Quality Awards Program

  -- Paperboard Packaging Council
     National Paperboard Packaging Competition

"We're pleased to work with The Dow Chemical Company once again to showcase the exciting packaging that is helping consumers in their everyday lives," says Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO of the PMMI. "The Showcase of Packaging Innovations offers PACK EXPO Las Vegas attendees a chance to be inspired by award-winning packaging that represents a full range of market segments and regions."

While visiting The Showcase of Packaging Innovations, attendees may also review the packages nominated as the finalists in The PACK EXPO Selects program. The program, which debuted at PACK EXPO International 2006, recognizes commercial packaging projects designed, produced or executed by PACK EXPO Las Vegas exhibitors. Attendees will once again be able to electronically vote for their favorite PACK EXPO Selects packaging project.

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 will host over 25,000 decision makers including more than 2,000 international visitors from over 110 countries. Brand managers, marketers, designers, engineers and R&D specialists will take advantage of the three-day event to discover the latest developments in packaging and converting machinery, materials, containers and components.

To register for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 or obtain more information, visit http://www.packexpo.com/. You can also contact PMMI's Show Department at (703) 243- 8555; fax: (703) 243-8556; or e-mail expo@pmmi.org.

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 twenty-three 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 http://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 Mexico, 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.

  Editorial Contact:
  Sara Kryder
  PMMI Manager of Communications
  Tel: (703) 243-8555
  E-mail: sara@pmmi.org