PMMI offers five membership categories: general, associate, components supplier, materials supplier and affiliated supplier membership. General membership - Machinery manufacturers within the United States, Mexico and Canada that are engaged in the manufacturing of processing, packaging or packaging-related converting equipment. Associate membership - Machinery manufacturers with a non-manufacturing presence in North America. Components Supplier membership - Original manufacturers of commercially available packaging machinery components, who are not engaged in manufacturing, packaging machinery and packaging-related converting machinery. Components Materials membership - Original manufacturers of commercially available packaging materials and containers, who are not engaged in manufacturing packaging machinery and packaging-related converting machinery. Affiliated Supplier membership - Suppliers to the packaging and processing industry that do not supply components for the build of machinery (i.e., integrators, engineering, design and construction services). Events As the owner and producer of the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows, PMMI is responsible for the following industry-wide events in the US, PACK EXPO Las Vegas, PACK EXPO International (Chicago), Healthcare Packaging EXPO (co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas and PACK EXPO International), PACK EXPO East and ProFood Tech. In Mexico PMMI organizes EXPO PACK México and EXPO PACK Guadalajara. In 2013 PMMI formed a strategic partnership with Cologne Trade Fair (Koelnmesse), the organizer of Anuga FoodTec, ProSweets Cologne, International FoodTec India and International FoodTec Brazil. Education PMMI U is the education section of the Institute. In 1966, PMMI initiated its first Education Committee to expand the packaging education program nationwide. Today, PMMI U annually donates $100,000 to packaging students, member employees, and packaging schools. PMMI U has partnered with 28 institutions in the United States and Canada that offer packaging and processing curriculum. PMMI U has also partnered with the Mid Atlantic Mechantronic Advisory Council and several packaging and technical schools to develop a series of Certificate Programs focused on Mechatronics. ANSI Standards In response to the National Product Liability Act of 1977, PMMI Product Safety Committee and the American National Standards Institute created ANSI B155.1-1973 – Safety Requirements for the Construction, Care, and Use of Packaging and Packaging-Related Converting Machinery for use in future litigation. See also Packaging Machinery Technology References Trade associations based in the United States Packaging machinery Manufacturing trade associations