The Contract Packaging Association 2013 Annual Meeting will take place February 21-24, 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria Naples in Naples, Florida. This year's theme will be "Creating a Winning Edge." 

Room rates and a link to the hotel for reservations can be accessed currently on the CPA web site (www.contractpackaging.org). Speakers and the detailed agenda for the meeting will also be displayed as they are finalized.

Delkor Systems STEP Funding Success

Delkor Systems was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the site to announce the funding available for the 2012 State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Program, a government program to assist selected small businesses with a portion of their export funding needs.

Delkor Systems received the 1st round of STEP funding last year from the Minnesota Trade Office. The funding was used to participate in Expo Pack 2012, one of Latin America's biggest trade shows. As a result, Delkor now has a business agent in Mexico and anticipates an increase in export sales by the end of the year. 

PacMoore Processing President Interviewed on TV

William Moore, president of CPA Member PacMoore Processing Technologies, was interviewed by 21st Century Business for a show later aired on Fox Business Network and on CNBC. 

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Nulogy Shares Success with Customer, Global CPG at F4SS

CPA Associate Member Nulogy is proud to announce that its Senior Product Manager, Emily Stover, co-presented with Todd Swift, Director of Packaging Solutions at Advertising Resources Inc., at the first annual F4SS Continuous Improvement Network Conference in October.

Swift and Stover hosted a session entitled "Getting Linked: The Next Level of Supply Chain Optimization." Attendees from global brands such as General Mills Inc. and Johnson & Johnson learned about the economic and technological shifts driving a leading integration project between ARI and a major CPG.

"Our business model," says John Mazelin, vice president of business development for Accu-tec International, "is to provide unique solutions and flexibility. We don't have a predetermined solution to any customer's needs; we begin by finding out what the customer's need is and then developing a way to meet it."

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The Shanklin® Triumph 2 automatic form-fill-seal wrapper is a perfect mid-range solution for applications that require more advanced features than an L-Sealer, but fewer than those required on a High-Speed Automatic Wrapper. Packed with an extensive list of standard features, built to last and affordably priced, CPA member Shanklin's Triumph 2 is easily one of the best shrink packaging values available on the market today. 

For a video of the Triumph 2, go to http://shrink-pkg.com/video1/triumph2.aspx

CPA member Unique Solutions US1000 PouchPlus® Elite Inserter combines a space-saving compact design with color touch screen control, parameter group recipe storage, on-the-fly parameter changes, 30-second changeover and line speed matching capability. It can place liquid, dry or three-dimensional inserts up to 51 mm thick in 2D, 3D and pouch packages at line speeds.