In 1993, Branko and Lilly Tisma founded PMI Cartoning, Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. For 25 years, PMI worked hard to ensure that its customers were satisfied with the quality of every machine that left PMI’s doors. As the company grew, PMI expanded its operations. In addition to its headquarters that housed all engineering, parts, service, and support staff, PMI opened a 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing, engineering, and testing facility next to its Elk Grove Village offices, and a rebuild facility down the street in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In December 2017, Kyoto Seisakusho Co., LTD. (KSS), the leading packaging automation and equipment manufacturer in Japan, acquired PMI. Today, the former PMI Cartoning continues to operate from their original Elk Grove Village location as PMI KYOTO Packaging Systems and offers the same service and high-quality vertical and horizontal cartoners, case packers, and integrated packaging systems that customers have relied on for over 25 years.