Reston, Va.-based Packaging Machinery Manufacturer’s Institute (PMMI) used its presence at interpack to address the top trends and challenges impacting the North American manufacturing sector. Kicking off the week-long tradeshow May 8-14 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies discussed topics including reduced dependence on foreign oil, “Made in the USA” products, robotics, innovations in traceability technologies and retail-ready packaging at its press conference.

To help connect tradeshow attendees throughout the show with PMMI member companies exhibiting at interpack, PMMI launched www.top101innovators.com, an online platform that allowed interpack attendees to locate PMMI member exhibitors.