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Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain
Every year, more than 300 billion plastic lids, equivalent to 1.5 million tons of plastic, are produced, and many of them end up as litter in the world’s oceans.
Package Design
Veritas Uses On-Pack QR Codes for its Cannabis to Provide Product Transparency
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Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Deadline Extended, Nominate Your Mentor Now
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
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Data Transitions Packaging to a Futureproof Digital World
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Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
U.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.
Package Design
Milk-Bone Rebrand Affirms That ‘Life’s More Fun with a Dog’
Leading dog treats brand Milk-Bone refreshes its look, wrangling 80 dogs in a photo shoot to capture the most tail-wagging, smile-inducing images for its iconic red packaging.
Sustainability
Live from Circularity 22: Grove Collaborative Continues to Push ‘Beyond Plastic’
Danielle Jezienicki, Senior Director of Sustainability for Grove, shares how the company’s ambition to be plastic-free is the first step toward a circular economy.
E-commerce
Dutch Bakery’s E-Comm Pack Keeps Cakes Cool
E-commerce is hard enough for durable, shelf-stable products. It's even trickier for cakes, etc., that need to maintain a temperature of less than 7°C (45°F) while out for delivery. Here's how a popular Dutch bakery and e-tailer sustainably made it work.
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Multi-Conveyor Builds Dual to Single Lane Hygienic Conveyors Using Chain Drift Parallel Transfer Design
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Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
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Insider Column: Market Challenges Trigger Creative Responses
Materials & containers
Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain
Package Design
Veritas Uses On-Pack QR Codes for its Cannabis to Provide Product Transparency
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
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Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain
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Jones Family of Companies Welcomes Scott Butler as COO
PMMI news
Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Deadline Extended, Nominate Your Mentor Now
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
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Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
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CPGs to OEMs: HELP | Economist: Demand and Unfulfilled Machinery Orders to Abate
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Craft Brew Conference Report: New Products for an Industry at a Crossroads
Sustainability
Sustainable Packaging TODAY: Food and Beverage Trends
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Digital Workflow Tools for Knowledge Transfer Across Operations
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Innovation Not Keeping Pace With Sustainability Demands
OEMs and CPGs agree that right now, packaging and processing technology hinders any significant sustainable solutions. Consumers and brands want it yesterday, but how?
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New Survey Reveals 54.3% of U.S. Consumers Bought Groceries Online in Past Year
The Coresight Research survey dives into changes in online grocery shopping habits and demographic drivers.
Business intelligence
Great Resignation Driving Employee Poaching
It’s a buyer’s market for job seekers as 81,000 left manufacturing from Aug. 2020 through Aug. 2021. Manufacturers are climbing over each other to poach workers to meet increases in production.
Business intelligence
Three Tips for Chief Procurement Officers Navigating Packaging Shortages
Gartner, Inc. provides tactics for chief procurement officers attempting to deal with packaging material shortages amidst supply instability and rising costs.
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CPGs to OEMs: HELP | Economist: Demand and Unfulfilled Machinery Orders to Abate
At PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference in April, a panel of CPGs told OEMs about the challenges they face and how machine builders can help. Meanwhile, an economist says one challenge—long lead times—should work itself out.
Sustainability
Kraft Heinz Explores Potential of Paper-Based Ketchup Bottle
The company aims to become the first brand to use Pulpex’s patented recyclable, paper-based bottle technology for a sauce product.
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Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste
Protect your personnel, product, and equipment. Engineered-to-application bulk bag dischargers from NBE, with enclosed dust recovery, keep material in the product stream and throughput at its peak.
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unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Femininity in Manufacturing
Listen as Stephanie Neil outlines the challenges for women in manufacturing with “Steel Toes and Stilettos” authors Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels.
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Hackers Shift Focus to Packaging and Processing
Pervasive new technology increases entry points for cyber attacks. Discover cybersecurity solutions at PACK EXPO International (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago).
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Consolidation Threatening CPG-OEM Relationships
The shift in the CPG-OEM relationship from transactional to strategic collaboration has hit a snag.
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KiiP Tackles Wicked Problems in Package Material Stability
What began as a chat over coffee has led to work on a hypothesis and a white paper with far-reaching potential in saving time and resources in medical device packaging stability testing. Efforts were presented at the[PACK]out's inaugural event in Austin.
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Good Design Awards Highlight Connected Devices
The Chicago Athenaeum 2021 GOOD DESIGN Awards Program featured designs for insulin injectors, portable ultrasound and ECGs, allergy detection, and more. The closing date for the 2022 Good Design Award applications is June 1, 2022.
Sustainability
Bill Nye the Science Guy and Coca-Cola Teach Recycling in Fun, Accessible Video Short
Coca-Cola and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) team up to create a stop-motion video that aims to demystify recycling. In a unique twist, the actual materials used to model Nye and the set in the stop-motion animation are recycled or recyclable.
PMMI news
Economist: Improving Supply Chain, Easing Demand, Let Packaging Machine OEMs Catch Up
ITR economists forecast a soft landing—not a recession—in coming months as consumers ease out of the pandemic and the revved-up stimulus-era economy fades. This will allow the supply chain to recalibrate and packaging machine OEMs to catch up on orders.
Sustainability
AMERIPEN: ‘New Recycled Content Mandates Doomed To Fail’
An examination of legislation meant to boost demand for PCR reveals lawmakers are not considering the full implications of these requirements and the other industries that compete for demand.
Take Five
Craft Brew Conference Report: New Products for an Industry at a Crossroads
In an industry that’s quickly maturing, craft breweries are forced to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. We’ll talk about the trends, equipment, & materials shown at the 2022 Craft Brew Conference designed to help brewers take on the next chapter.
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Turntable Machine Packages Prefilled Syringes
Implementing new equipment for a customer packaging prefilled syringes, Sharp implemented a machine offering energy efficiency, flexibility, and easy handling.
Beverage
Live at the Craft Brew Conference: Is the Pint Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Pandemic-related channel shifts subsided in 2021, and on-premise sales bounced back, but there are both encouraging and concerning signs for the craft brew industry. Brewers Association's Bart Watson captures the landscape in his State of the Industry.
Workforce
Mars’s Allison Lin Champions Women in Packaging
Mars, Inc. Global VP of Packaging Sustainability Allison Lin shares her journey in the packaging industry, providing advice to other women seeking a career in the field, and shares Mars’s efforts to enhance inclusiveness in the workforce.
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Digital Workflow Tools for Knowledge Transfer Across Operations
J.M. Smucker, Covestro, Pretium use digital workflows for factory, field workers.
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unPACKed with PMMI: Next Stop PACK EXPO International 2022
Hear about automation and software options from PACK EXPO which directly address continuing workforce issues and materials to meet consumer demand for sustainable packages.
Materials & containers
Refillable Aluminum Bubble Container Goes Against the Norm
Bubble Tree launched with an aluminum bottle designed to reflect the brand’s goals of sustainability and environmental safety.