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Arlington, Va.; September 29, 2008 – PMMI's Board of Directors met Sept. 22, 2008, and added 10 new companies to the PMMI membership: three General members, three Supplier member companies and four Materials members. The Board of Directors meeting was held in conjunction with PMMI's Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.; Sept. 22-24).

“The Fall 2008 membership class brings 10 new companies into the PMMI fold and further strengthens our new Materials Membership category," said PMMI President/CEO Charles D. Yuska.

Applications for membership in any category — General (machinery), Components and Materials/Containers — are online at PMMI.org. Interested companies can also contact PMMI Vice President, Member Services, Matt Croson to learn more about the benefits of membership: 703.516.0655 or mcroson@pmmi.org.

General

ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC. (headquarters: Livermore, Calif.) produces robotic, motion control and vision inspection systems. The company was founded in 1983.
www.adept.com

ARCOBALENO, EZ FILL (headquarters: Lancaster, Pa.) was founded in 1995 and manufactures filling, weighing, sealing and stuffing machinery.
www.arcobalenousa.com

HOMER CITY AUTOMATION (headquarters: Homer City, Pa.), founded in 2007, builds conveying, orienting and feeding machinery.
www.syntronpartsfeeders.com

Components

BAUMER (headquarters: Southington, Conn.) manufactures sensor, motion control and vision system components.
www.baumergroup.com

KUKA ROBOTICS CORPORATION (headquarters: Clinton Township, Mich.) manufactures container and product-handling components.
www.kukarobotics.com

NUMATICS, INC. (headquarters: Highland, Mich.) produces control, sensor, motor and pneumatic components.
www.numatics.com

Materials/Containers

CAPLUGS (headquarters: Buffalo, NY) was founded in 1948 and manufactures cap bottle and jar closures.
www.caplugs.com

PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA (headquarters: Lake Forest, Ill.) produces paperboard and was founded in 1999.
www.packagingcorp.com

PACKAGING PERSONIFIED (headquarters: Carol Stream, Ill.) was founded in 1975. The company manufactures films for the packaging industry.
www.packagingpersonified.com

PREGIS CORPORATION (headquarters: Deerfield, Ill.) manufactures bag and protective packaging materials. The company was founded in 2005.
www.pregis.com

About PMMI
PMMI is a trade association with more than 540 member companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery, commercially-available packaging machinery components, containers and materials in the United States and Canada. PMMI’s vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging, and its mission is to improve and promote members’ abilities to meet the needs of their customers. PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and EXPO PACK Mexico. Learn more about PMMI at pmmi.org.

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