Pack Expo Las Vegas Oct1 2015 Mdash Students From Calpoly Took First Place In The Annual Pack Solutions Challenge Competition Sponsored By Bampr Industrial Automation And Presented By The Pmmi Foundation Teammates Nick Abbatelli Rebecca Kisch Jeff Norton And Patrick Salibi Will Share The Prize A 4000 Scholarshipthe Pack Solutions Challenge Is A Contest In Which Students Attending Pack Expo Work To Address Real World Packaging Problems For This Yearrsquos Edition Students Were Tasked With Developing A Packaging Solution For Fictional Company Ldquoinnovative Pharmaceuticals Incrdquo And Its New Fastdissolving Otc Productstudents Presented Their Proposals To A Panel Of End User Judges Frank Bieganousky Montesino Associates Llc Tom Pack Johnson Amp Johnson Travis Powell Schrieber Foods Inc And James Powers Teva Pharmaceuticals On Tuesday Sept 29 Marc Ostertag President Of Sponsor Bampr Industrial Automation Announced The Winners That Afternoon At The Bampr Booth S5956in Addition To The First Place Prize Awarded To Calpoly The Team From Michigan State Which Placed Second Received A 2000 Scholarship Students On The Thirdplace Rutgers University Team Took Home A 1000 Scholarshipthe Other Participating Schools Were Purdue University Calumet Rochester Institute Of Technology University Of Florida Virginia Tech And Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institutequoti Would Like To Thank The Schools That Have Participated In This Year39s Contest No Matter What The Final Judgment You Have All Wonit Was Quite A Challenge For The Judges To Rank You In Fact Judging Took Most Of The Dayquot Says Ostertagvisit Packexpolasvegascom To Learn More About Pack Expo Las Vegas Pharma Expo And The 2015 Pack Solutions Challengeabout Pmmipmmi The Association For Packaging And Processing Technologies Represents The Voice Of More Than 700 North American Manufacturers Of Equipment Components And Materials For Processing And Packaging We Work To Advance A Variety Of Industries By Connecting Consumer Goods Companies With Manufacturing Solutions Through The World Class Pack Expo Portfolio Of Trade Shows Leading Trade Media And A Wide Range Of Resources To Empower Our Members The Pack Expo Trade Shows Unite The World Of Processing And Packaging To Advance The Industries They Serve Pack Expo International Pack Expo Las Vegas Pharma Expo Pack Expo East Expo Pack Meacutexico Expo Pack Guadalajara And Profood Tech Launching In April 2017 Pmmi Media Group Connects Manufacturers To The Latest Solutions Trends And Innovations In Processing And Packaging Yearround Through Brands Including Packaging World Automation World Healthcare Packaging Contract Packaging And Packaging Processing Oem Pmmi Business Drivers Assist Members In Pursuing Operational Excellence Through Workforce Development Initiatives Deliver Actionable Business Intelligence On Economic Market And Industry Trends To Support Membersrsquo Growth Strategies And Actively Connect The Supply Chain Throughout The Year