The Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit Returns to Chicago in July in a New Hybrid Format Where Production & Engineering Meets Marketing & Brand Management

The Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit will be held July 15-17, 2014 at the Chicago Hyatt Regency.

CHICAGO, March 26, 2014 /CNW/ - The Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit's two-day/two-track conference program has been redesigned for 2014 to deliver high quality education to those in the food & beverage packaging space - providing in-depth case studies that can directly translate to improved ROI for existing and re-designed packaging systems. From global brand owners to packaging converters, this conference has uniquely blended the need-to-know market trends to help production & engineering specialists implement product development solutions and marketing & brand management professionals enhance their strategies for revitalized brand value.

Topics throughout the event include: updates on leading consumer trends, flexible packaging, global regulatory developments, sustainable & ethical packaging, lightweighting, innovation in strategy, materials science, smart packaging, PCR, global market opportunities, printed electronics, and other topics specifically for the food & beverage packaging industry.

Senior representatives from the PepsiCo, MillerCoors, TetraPak, Campbell Soup Co., Target, Tampico, Amcor, J.M. Smucker, Mondelez International, Bacardi, Avery Dennison, Landor Associates, ConAgra, Cargill, General Mills, MWV Corp., TricorBraun, Mintel, and more will take the stage to discuss the most lucrative, cost-saving opportunities and production solutions available to the packaging industry.

For those needing guidance on the supply chain side of things, there is a pre-conference workshop on July 15^th that Dan Balan, President of Fastraqq Inc., will conduct on Mastering the Food & Beverage Supply Chain: How to Drive End-to-End Performance. Balan explains, "This 4-hour seminar gives packaging professionals a well-rounded education beyond packaging technologies and design…this course shows them how to think about packaging as an integrated system that becomes a strategic asset for their company."

For more information about the summit and pre-conference workshop, visit http://www.fbpackaging.com.

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