Are YOU 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!

A robot arm lifting a package

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!

How to register
schools and teams.

FAQs
Who can participate?
How to register a school or team.

Next up

The Finals

October 18-21, 2026

at PACK EXPO International
Chicago, IL

Learn More

Informational Webinar.

Get tips on crafting a strong submission, and insights from past teams. Learn about the judging criteria, required elements, and key deadlines to keep your team on track.

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