Online forum connects beverage industry

RESTON, VA — PMMI, owner and producer of PACK EXPO International 2012 (McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.; October 28-31), launched The Beverage Connected Community, an online forum where the beverage industry can connect and continue their PACK EXPO show experience beyond the show floor.

This latest addition to The PACK EXPO Connected Communities will be an online extension of new Beverage Cooler Lounge, sponsored by the International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT), which makes its debut in the Grand Concourse at PACK EXPO International 2012.

“Connected Communities are already in place for the Pharmaceutical, Confectionery, and Baking and Snack markets, as well as the general packaging and processing communities,” said Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO of PMMI. “With the announcement of the Beverage Cooler Lounge to serve one of our largest customer markets, building

The Beverage Connected Community was the next logical step. It’s all part of the customer-centric approach to PACK EXPO, Mr Yuska noted.

“There are commonalities between the needs of specific market niches for packaging and processing,” he added. “But each market has its own unique qualities, too. The lounges at PACK EXPO and the Connected Communities online are in place to expand the opportunities industry professionals in or serving those markets have to meet, network and share ideas.”

The PACK EXPO Connected Communities was launched in 2011 with communities for general packaging/processing, Baking and Snack, Candy, and Pharmaceutical industries. Participation is open — and free of charge — to anyone who works in or supplies the processing and packaging communities.