FDA Enforcement Statistics Summary
Column/Opinion
| May 20, 2013

Enforcement Statistics, Fiscal 2012, published by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration compiled and published these data about its enforcement activities during fiscal 2012 (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012).
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Column/Opinion
| May 20, 2013

Bio-feedstocks becoming flights of fancy?

Just because something can be converted into packaging doesn’t mean that it should be.
Column/Opinion
| May 17, 2013

Crowdsourced packaging at Wrigley, Heineken

Few consumer packaged goods companies are better at promoting their brands than Wrigley or Heineken.
Sample codes for UDI story
Column/Opinion
| May 17, 2013

UDI: Bane or benefit? You decide

Packaging and labeling professionals may be best prepared to help their organizations navigate Unique Device Identification.
Medicine kit pack rides Coca-Cola crates to save lives in Zambia and captured the premier Diamond and the Special 25th Anniversary Food Security award.
Package Case Study
| May 17, 2013

The DuPont Awards—from strength to strength for 25 years

This year's top winner is special. By leveraging the Coca-Cola Company’s distribution network, it gets medicines and instructions to remote areas and helps save lives.
iCel® polyamide-based sausage casing - Atlantis-Pak Company, Ltd., Russian Federation
News
| May 17, 2013

25th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation—Silver Winners

The following are the 2013 DuPont Silver Award winners
Podcast | May 17, 2013

Podcast: Automated, wireless replenishment of packaging materials

At The Automation Conference 2013, contract OTC pharma manufacturer Perrigo presented their Stage By Component process, where Automated Guided Vehicles bring packaging materials to packaging lines on demand. Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds talks with Perrigo’s Trent Martin, Lean Sigma Black Belt, about the project.
Thun specializes in handmade ceramic giftware, with its trademark figurine the Original Bolzano Angel, created by the company in its early days.
Machine Case Study
| May 17, 2013

Giftware shippers made to measure

New technology at giftware distribution center in Italy will allow custom-size cases to be produced automatically, with less than 1% waste, saving material, labor, and logistics costs and enhancing consumer satisfaction.
BioLogistics San Francisco
Column/Opinion
| May 16, 2013

Airfreight packaging must be approved by FAA

Tom Ferguson, senior technical consultant for the Council On Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles, addresses lithium battery risks related to packaging and shipping airfreight in this Q&A.
Column/Opinion
| May 16, 2013

Lots to learn at The Automation Conference

Not everybody was able to attend The Automation Conference May 14-15 in Chicago. So I figured I’d share a few things I heard while there.
Campbell Soup's Tom Braydich talks data acquisition at The Automation Conference.
News
| May 15, 2013

Campbell Soup’s data acquisition journey

'Hard core data trumps hearsay anytime.'
Biosimilars Thomson Reuters
News
| May 15, 2013

Report says U.S. lags behind other nations in biosimilars

Thomson Reuters report names Amgen, Sandoz, and Hospira as companies with greatest potential to dominate the early stages of biosimilar medications entering the U.S.
New 4”-wide square polypropylene tub.
Package Case Study
| May 15, 2013

Smart Balance gets square

In May 2013, Smart Balance, a division of Boulder Brands, Boulder, CO, began market introduction of redesigned packaging for all of its 13 popular, heart-healthier buttery spread products.
News
| May 15, 2013

White Paper: Sprint improves packaging sustainability 55% in three years

Independently researched study examines the evolution of Sprint-branded device packaging.
PMMI's new logo.
News
| May 14, 2013

New Logo for PMMI

A new logo and descriptor reflect shifts in PMMI & the packaging community it serves.

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