OMAC Scholarship Available to Students

A $5,000 scholarship that can help students interested in packaging careers is accepting applications through March 2025.

The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) sponsors the John A. Kowal Memorial Scholarship. It was established in the memory of Kowal, one of OMAC’s founding members and his contributions to the field he served for more than 20 years, and to encourage the growth of careers in automation, according to the organization.

Previous recipients have included a student studying packaging management at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and a student studying packaging engineering at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.

‍The scholarship opened on January 2, 2025, and the deadline to apply is March 31, 2025.

Applicants will be taken to a website sponsored by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, that promotes several other scholarships. Details about those programs are available on the PMMI website, as well.

The meeting place for the polyethylene value chain.

Visit Event Page

The FPA 2025 Annual Meeting will be held March 5-7, 2025, at JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, Aventura, Florida.

Visit Event Page

The SPE Flexible Packaging Division has been presenting FlexPackCon since 2000. In 2023, the Montreal location reached maximum capacity of almost 200 attendees. The event blends fundamentals with applied experience to address emerging issues and opportunities in packaging.

Visit Event Page

Held annually in the U.S. since 2012, Digital Print for Packaging began as an opportunity for digital print equipment suppliers to network with converters on the relatively new idea of digital print for packaging. The interest and desire for digital print options continues to grow as converters look to provide new services and satisfy growing demands, and the industry shares a desire to explore more mainstream applications for digital print, and hopefully iterate the ROI of switching to fully digital. Smithers’ Digital Print for Packaging Conference (DPP) is the key place in the industry to have technical discussions around commercializing digital print for the packaging industry. FPA is a media partner for the event, and FPA members enjoy a 10% discount on the registration fee. Contact FPA for the discount code.

Visit Event Page

Packed with first-hand experience, our high-level lineup of expert speakers will share their industry insights, best practices, and lessons learned throughout their e-commerce packaging journeys to provide invaluable market insights that help attendees to evaluate and optimize their own e-commerce packaging strategies. FPA is a media partner for the event, and FPA members enjoy a 10% discount on the registration fee. Contact FPA for the discount code.

Visit Event Page

See All Events