The
Future of
Packaging.

Welcome to PACK Challenge - An exciting, real-world, end-to-end competition that challenges students to innovate, collaborate, and develop essential industry skills through creativity, engineering, & hands-on experience!

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Submission Deadline

November 21, 2025

Make it great! It's your shot at the finals!

Key Dates

Dream. Build. Lead.
Inspiring tomorrow's Innovators

As PMMI continues to work with industry leaders to build the pipeline of skilled future employees in the packaging industry, the PACK Challenge aims to promote and inspire students to learn more about the packaging sector.

PACK Challenge is a real-world, end-to-end competition at PACK EXPO International that requires collaboration, creativity, innovation, process, design, build, programming, debug, marketing, and field installation knowledge – all put to the test in a competition format!

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Kickoff Webinar.

Get tips on crafting a strong submission, insights from past teams, and a live Q&A. We’ll cover judging criteria, required elements, and key deadlines to keep your team on track.

Date & Time: May 16, 2025 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

Register here!

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