WHO: Matt Kistler, vice president, package & product innovations,
Sam's Club
Amy Zettlemoyer, director of packaging,
Sam's Club
WHAT: "The Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Packaging Vision" Keynote Address at PACK
EXPO International.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will introduce and demo a packaging
scorecard to measure its 60,000 worldwide suppliers on their
ability to improve packaging and conserve resources. This
initiative is projected to reduce overall packaging across the
Wal-Mart global supply chain by five percent by 2013. Wal-Mart
first announced the packaging initiative at the Clinton Global
Initiative in New York City this September, and will reveal the
scorecard during the Keynote address.
Key program milestones:
-- November 1, 2006: Wal-Mart introduces the packaging scorecard
at PACK EXPO 2006. More than 2,000 private label suppliers gain
access to the scorecard, and an online demonstration goes live
for others to view.
-- February 1, 2007: Wal-Mart shares the packaging scorecard with
its global supply base of more than 60,000 suppliers, allowing
them to input information and track their performance relative
to other suppliers.
-- February 1, 2008: Wal-Mart begins to measure and recognize its
entire worldwide supply chain based upon the packaging
scorecard.
WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (CST) - Keynote Address
11:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. (CST) - Question and Answer Session
WHERE: PACK EXPO International 2006
McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois
Room South 105a
Members of the media are invited to attend both sessions, or
listen to the Keynote address and Q&A session via a media
conference call. To attend the PACK EXPO sessions, please contact
Angie White at 303-918-2787.
Media conference call: 1-800-862-9098 (Inside the U.S.)
785-424-1051 (Internationally)
Conference ID: WAL-MART
Reporters will be asked to give the conference code Wal-Mart,
their name, and outlet. Please note, conference call participants
will not be able to ask questions, only listen.
INFO: About PACK EXPO
With over 1,900 exhibitors covering over 1.2 million square feet
of exhibit space, PACK EXPO International is the second largest
tradeshow and the largest packaging tradeshow worldwide. Sponsored
by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), the
show will attract more than 50,000 attendees, including over 6,000
international visitors from more than 75 countries.
PACK EXPO International will be held October 29-November 2, 2006
at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The show, started in 1956, will
celebrate its 50th Anniversary and will be co-located with the
PROCESS EXPO and the Converting & Package Printing EXPO.
For more information about PACK EXPO International 2006, visit
http://www.packexpo.com/.
About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States. The company also operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The company's securities are listed on the New York and NYSE Arca stock exchanges under the symbol WMT. More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting http://www.walmartfacts.com/.
About PMMI
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) is a trade association whose more than 500 general members manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery in the United States and Canada. PMMI's twenty-three supplier members manufacture commercially available packaging machinery components. PMMI's vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging. Its mission is to improve and promote members' abilities to meet the needs of their customers. Visit http://www.pmmi.org/ for more information.
Contact: Angie White, ABI
303.918.2787
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
1-800-331-0085
