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E-comm lessons
As U.S. food and beverage brands contort themselves to prepare for a potential e-commerce grocery revolution, itâs worth taking a look at a place where e-comm is hitting on all cylinders.
October 5, 2018
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New product accelerator fills industry gap
Michigan Stateâs new Food Processing and Innovation Center sought to provide small companies the chance to hone and test their products. Now that the facility is a reality, even the biggest food and beverage producers are taking note and taking a number.
October 5, 2018
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Get a handle on hand holes
When the size and/or weight of the product justifies them, hand or access holes are designed into corrugated boxes to facilitate safe manual handling.
October 5, 2018
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Planning, teamwork: Essentials for this digital age PACK EXPO
Global markets are in flux and PACK EXPO International 2018 is the easiest way to assess competing processing and packaging technologies for these times.
October 5, 2018
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How to vouch for products from here or there
This column is being written on the 17th anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001.
October 5, 2018
Plastics/resins
Cracking open packaging innovation
Some of the best examples of packaging innovation are those that address unarticulated consumer needs by offering greater functionality and enjoyment of existing products.
September 25, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Is garbology accurate about packaging?
It almost seems that one canât talk trash without mentioning packaging.
September 11, 2018
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Backstage pass to a redesign
With another PACK EXPO International right around the corner, you might notice a few changes to the pages of Packaging World magazine.
September 4, 2018
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Design patents protect
Design patents protect ornamental features that determine how manufactured products look.
September 4, 2018
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Think globally, act locally from a packaging perspective
The world of consumer goods continues to change at an increasing pace.
September 4, 2018
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Undeclared allergens make foods misbranded and unsafe
If youâve ever perused the lawâs definition of âmisbrandedâ food, you know it has lots of sub-parts, describing essentially every imaginable detail about a food label that could be improperly displayed, missing, inaccurate, or misleading.
September 4, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
A Hall of Famer peers into the future
Soon to be inducted into the PMMI Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame, McCormickâs Michael Okoroafor shares a few insights.
September 4, 2018
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Sensor tech reduces food waste
The USDA estimates that between 30 to 40% of the American food supply is wasted, much of it after passing some sort of expiration date.
August 3, 2018
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The ground has shifted, in a bad way
If anyone asks you in the next few months what the big new legal trend affecting packaging is, I suggest you tell them itâs the âWorldwide Plastics Smackdown.â
August 3, 2018
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Will Plastics Pact tide wash over American shores?
In a move that hasnât gone unnoticed here in the U.S., the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in England, collaborating with the British NGO WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), has launched a global environmental initiative to address âthe root causes of plastics pollution.â
August 3, 2018
Contract Packaging
Supply chain of the future: âDigitize or dieâ
An event sponsored by contract packaging/manufacturing supply chain software company Nulogy explores the necessity of digitization to meet industry challenges.
July 10, 2018
Contract Packaging
CPA selects PMMI to provide association management
The CPA Board has decided to partner with PMMI â The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies for management support going forward.
July 8, 2018
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Amazonâs Dash may disrupt
Amazon recently opened up to third parties its Dash Replenishment Services (DRS), and the move may have far-reaching implications for brand owners.
July 6, 2018
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