Pack Expo Celebrates 50th Anniversary

That was the world into which PACK EXPO was born. So what will the next 50 years bring? Continued advances in automating not only the coding, filling, labeling, closing and case packing of packages, but the actual production of packages at the point of filling.

"We are entering a period in which packaging will become an increasingly automated process driven by developments in mechatronics, laser scanning, radio frequency transmissions, nano technology and system simplification," continues Miyares. "In response to market demands, the future is likely to see the emergence of a strong third-party professional packaging sector in which packaging machinery manufacturers independently, and in alliances with others, offer an expanded range of customer operations management services including assessing needs, developing solutions and optimizing the production-to-consumption supply chain." Packaging professionals will have an opportunity to explore these trends— and many others—firsthand at PACK