Herndon, Va. – PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, continues its sustained growth, adding 23 new companies at its Spring Board of Directors Meeting during the Executive Leadership Conference. Active membership now stands at 947.

“Adding 23 new members at a time when so much is happening and changing in our industry reinforces the confidence packaging and processing companies have in the resources provided by PMMI,” says Andrew Dougherty, senior director, membership, PMMI.

PMMI’s Board of Directors also modified some qualifications for certain member categories. Materials Suppliers now need annual sales of $3 Million to qualify for membership – down from $10 Million. The Affiliated Supplier Membership also added the following product categories:

Container Engineering & Design
Product Heating & Steam Equipment
Lubricants
Transportation, Logistics, Software & Warehouse Service Providers
PMMI new members are:

GENERAL
Allied Technology, Broomfield, Colorado
Brother USA Machinery LLC, Houston, Texas
EAM-Mosca Corp., Hazel Township, Pennsylvania
EMS Group USA, Safety Harbor, Florida
IMPAK Corporation, Los Angeles, California
JMP Solutions, London, Ontario, Canada
Paxiom Group Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
SideDrive Conveyor Co., Souderton, Pennsylvania
Spec Engineering, Plainfield, Illinois
VMek Group LLC, Midlothian, Virginia

ASSOCIATE
Fette Compacting, Inc., Rockaway, New Jersey
Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions Inc., Pasco, Washington

AFFILIATED SUPPLIER
Inficon, East Syracuse, New York

COMPONENT SUPPLIER
Ashworth Bros., Inc., Winchester, Virginia
Genesis Robotics and Motion Technologies, Langley, British Columbia
M.R Machine Knives Ltd., Sheffield, UK
Weidmuller, USA, Richmond, Virginia

MATERIALS SUPPLIER
Airguard Packaging, Grand Prairie, Texas
Chicago Glue & Machine, Itasca, Illinois
ICPG, Putnam, Connecticut
Novembal, Peoria, Arizona
Pemcor Packaging, Spring Valley, California
Polyplex USA, LLC., Decatur, Alabama