Packaging World
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| Type | Business Business A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit... Magazine Magazine Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three... |
| Format | Paper and online magazine |
| Owner | Summit Media Group, Inc. |
| Publisher | Joseph L. Angel |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Language | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Circulation | 70,456 |
| Website: Packaging World | |
Launched in 1994 by Summit Media Group, Inc., Packaging World is a monthly publication which covers the latest developments in packaging. Packaging World reports on packaging machinery and materials and technologies and applications. Monthly coverage includes case histories, news, products, and articles on environmental, regulatory and global packaging issues. Special features on controls and line integration strategies, sustainable packaging, marketing and design, packaging-related Web sites, exclusive packaging surveys and trade shows appear regularly.
The first issue of Packaging World was published in January 1994.
VP/Publisher Joseph L. Angel has over 22 years experience in the packaging press and serves on the board of the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
. He is a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals, the Business Marketing Association
Business Marketing Association
The Business Marketing Association is a professional association, and the world's premier community devoted exclusively to advancing the business-to-business marketing profession. BMA connects members with the kind of knowledge, people and programs that make achieving their b2b company objectives...
, the American Business Media
American Business Media
American Business Media is an association of business information providers that was founded in 1906. Currently, the association has more than 300 member companies and delivers business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway, representing almost 5,000 print and online...
, and the Chicago Area Publisher's Group.
As of January 2011, the audited BPA
BPA Worldwide
BPA Worldwide audits the circulation of business-to-business and consumer magazines. It also provides audit services for newspapers, Web sites, events, email newsletters, digital magazines and other advertiser-supported media produced by its members. Membership comes from the media owners and...
circulation of Packaging World was 70,456 subscribers.
Related titles from Summit Media Group, Inc. include Shelf Impact!, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging.
Packaging World is the sister publication to Automation World
Automation World
Automation WorldTypeBusiness MagazineFormatPaper and online magazineOwnerSummit Media Group, Inc.PublisherJim ChrzanFounded2003LanguageEnglishHeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USACirculation56,336Website:...
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