B & CMA Back Hosting Lounge at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015
Reston, Va.; June 18, 2015— For the second straight year, the Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturer’ s Association( B & CMA) will host the Baking – Snack Break Lounge at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Pharma EXPO 2015( Sept. 28 – 30; Las Vegas Convention Center) , according to show owner PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The Baking-Snack Break Lounge provides B & CMA subject matter experts in the central meeting place and networking hub for the baking and snack industry.“ PACK EXPO is a vital part of our outreach to bakers and suppliers,” says David Van Laar, president, B & CMA.“ We not only provided a place for bakers to network, rest and regroup, we also assisted many bakers find solutions to specific issues. PACK EXPO is a vital part of our outreach to bakers and suppliers.” The baking and snack food industry is a major demographic at PACK EXPO Las Vegas with more than 14 percent of attendees identifying themselves as baking and snack manufacturers— the largest single attendee group at the show.“ B & CMA is a leader in the baking and snack food industry and we are pleased to have them host the Baking Snack-Break Lounge,” says Jim Pittas, senior vice president, PMMI.“ PACK EXPO Las Vegas is an industry-convening event where associations, in this case B & CMA, are able to provide a venue for their members to collectively experience the breadth and depth of supplier offerings.” PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 is co-located with Pharma EXPO 2015, a joint venture from PMMI and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering( ISPE). The two shows have over 800,000 net square feet of combined exhibit space and are expected to attract 30,000 packaging and processing professionals and more than 2,000 exhibiting companies. Registration is $ 30 through Sept. 14, when it increases to $ 100. Register for PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO at packexpolasvegas. com. About PMMI PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a trade association representing more than 700 companies that provide a full range of processing and packaging machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through initiatives such as packexpo. com, educational programs and world-class events, connecting participants in the processing and packaging supply chain with their customers around the world. PMMI produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows that include PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015( Sept. 28 – 30, Las Vegas Convention Center); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015; EXPO PACK México 2016, May 17 – 20, 2016( Mexico City, Centro Banamex); PACK EXPO East, Feb. 13 – 15, 2017( Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia); EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017, June 13 – 15, 2017( Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). PMMI owns the PMMI Media Group, a market-leading B2B media company that produces information for processing and packaging professionals, bringing together solution providers and end-users and facilitating connectivity throughout the supply chain. Its world class media brands- Packaging World, Automation World, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging and Packaging + Processing OEM- are proven leaders in covering this diverse and dynamic marketplace, and its digital products incorporate leading edge media technologies to deliver informed, actionable business intelligence to the industry. PMMI Media Group also produces The Automation Conference, an annual education and networking forum, taking place in Chicago each spring. Learn more at PMMI. org and Packexpo. com and pmmimediagroup. com.