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Materials & containers
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 26th, 2022
Veritas Fine Cannabis packaging QR codes lead back to a strain card on the company’s website that provides even more detailed information not included on the label.
Package Design
Veritas Uses On-Pack QR Codes for its Cannabis to Provide Product Transparency
Anne Marie Mohan
May 25th, 2022
Nominate a mentor or other influential packaging pro for the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame.
PMMI news
Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Deadline Extended, Nominate Your Mentor Now
Matt Reynolds
May 24th, 2022
Kengos shoes’ most visually striking design element stems from the whip-stitching that mechanically attaches the sole to the upper without adhesive. That design element is reinforced in the packaging design, which is also entirely mechanical.
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
Matt Reynolds
May 23rd, 2022
Matthew Wright, founder and CEO of Specright, presented on the urgency of transitioning packaging to a digital platform using data.
Home
Data Transitions Packaging to a Futureproof Digital World
Melissa Griffen
May 23rd, 2022
Pw Cov
Take Five
Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
U.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.
David Greenfield
May 20th, 2022
The new packaging is being used for 25 SKUs of the brand’s biscuits, chews, treats, and supplements.
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.
Anne Marie Mohan
May 19th, 2022
(l. to r.) Danielle Jezienicki, Senior Director of Sustainability for Grove Collaborative, and Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director of the U.S. Plastics Pact
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.
Anne Marie Mohan
May 18th, 2022
A two-side printed paperboard carton cake box delights Taartenwinkel customers upon opening.
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 18th, 2022
Machinery
Chain Drift By Multi Conveyor High Res
Supplier Submitted
Multi-Conveyor Builds Dual to Single Lane Hygienic Conveyors Using Chain Drift Parallel Transfer Design
Multi-Conveyor
May 25th, 2022
Siemens
Supplier Submitted
Servo Drive System
Siemens USA
May 23rd, 2022
Pw Cov
Take Five
Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
David Greenfield
May 20th, 2022
Videojet
Supplier Submitted
Module for CIJ Printers
Videojet Technologies Inc.
May 20th, 2022
Design
Ben Miyares
Package Design
Insider Column: Market Challenges Trigger Creative Responses
Ben Miyares
May 26th, 2022
Liplid By Liplid
Materials & containers
Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain
Matt Reynolds
May 26th, 2022
Veritas Fine Cannabis packaging QR codes lead back to a strain card on the company’s website that provides even more detailed information not included on the label.
Package Design
Veritas Uses On-Pack QR Codes for its Cannabis to Provide Product Transparency
Anne Marie Mohan
May 25th, 2022
Kengos shoes’ most visually striking design element stems from the whip-stitching that mechanically attaches the sole to the upper without adhesive. That design element is reinforced in the packaging design, which is also entirely mechanical.
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
Matt Reynolds
May 23rd, 2022
Issues
Liplid By Liplid
Materials & containers
Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain
Matt Reynolds
May 26th, 2022
Scott Butler
Supplier Submitted
Jones Family of Companies Welcomes Scott Butler as COO
Jones Family of Companies
May 24th, 2022
Nominate a mentor or other influential packaging pro for the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame.
PMMI news
Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Deadline Extended, Nominate Your Mentor Now
Matt Reynolds
May 24th, 2022
Kengos shoes’ most visually striking design element stems from the whip-stitching that mechanically attaches the sole to the upper without adhesive. That design element is reinforced in the packaging design, which is also entirely mechanical.
E-commerce
D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
Matt Reynolds
May 23rd, 2022
Videos
Pw Cov
Take Five
Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems
David Greenfield
May 20th, 2022
Pw Cover 2
Take Five
CPGs to OEMs: HELP | Economist: Demand and Unfulfilled Machinery Orders to Abate
Matt Reynolds
May 13th, 2022
Pw Title 2
Take Five
Craft Brew Conference Report: New Products for an Industry at a Crossroads
Matt Reynolds
May 6th, 2022
Food & Bev
Sustainability
Sustainable Packaging TODAY: Food and Beverage Trends
Paul Jenkins
Matt Reynolds
May 4th, 2022
Oem Cover 2
Home
Digital Workflow Tools for Knowledge Transfer Across Operations
Stephanie Neil
Apr 22nd, 2022
Screen Shot 2022 05 17 At 4 56 53 Pm
Business intelligence
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?
Sean Riley
May 17th, 2022
Coresight Online Grocery Shopping Us Consumer Survey
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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.
Jim Chrzan
May 17th, 2022
Labor Decrease
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.
Sean Riley
May 12th, 2022
Bi Gartner Getty Images 157423931 W Text
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.
Anne Marie Mohan
May 16th, 2022
Pw Cover 2
Take Five
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 13th, 2022
Heinz and Pulpex are developing a prototype to test how the patented packaging technology could be used for the Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle and other packaging formats .
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.
Anne Marie Mohan
May 12th, 2022
Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste
Sponsored
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.
May 1st, 2022
Steel Toes and Stilettos
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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.
Sean Riley
May 11th, 2022
Technology makes manufacturing more efficient, but also creates vulnerabilities.
PMMI news
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).
Sean Riley
May 11th, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions are hampering collaboration.
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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.
Sean Riley
May 11th, 2022
At the[PACK]out, presenting 'Wicked Stability: Predicting the Aging Degradation of Materials' were speakers (from left): Dan Burgess, Henk Blom, and Rod Patch w/ Moderator Seema Momin.
Home
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.
Keren Sookne
May 10th, 2022
5. PulseNmore ES is an ultrasound device for home use. Credit: Good Design Awards and The Chicago Athenaeum.
Home
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.
Keren Sookne
May 10th, 2022
Coke
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 10th, 2022
Neither gas prices nor inflation, rising interest rates nor global conflict, will deter financially well-situated Americans from spending their way through the new Roaring 20s.
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 9th, 2022
Over the past two years, at least 20 bills in 10 states plus two federal bills related to recycled content have been introduced.
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.
Dan Felton
May 9th, 2022
Pw Title 2
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 6th, 2022
The syringes and needles that Sharp packs are manually inserted into preformed, automatically fed blisters on the KDT medplus.
Home
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.
Keren Sookne
May 6th, 2022
The Brewing Association's Economist Bart Watson delivers the good news and the bad news in Minneapolis.
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.
Matt Reynolds
May 4th, 2022
Allison Lin, Global VP of Packaging Sustainability Mars, Inc.
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.
Anne Marie Mohan
May 4th, 2022
Oem Cover 2
Home
Digital Workflow Tools for Knowledge Transfer Across Operations
J.M. Smucker, Covestro, Pretium use digital workflows for factory, field workers.
Stephanie Neil
Apr 22nd, 2022
unPACKed with PMMI: Next Stop PACK EXPO International 2022
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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.
Sean Riley
May 3rd, 2022
Bubbletree Bottles 4 (2)
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.
Natalie Craig
May 3rd, 2022
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