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Packaging as cargo: out the door, but not out of mind
If you design or manufacture retail product packaging, you might not give much thought to what happens to it once it’s out of your facility.
January 9, 2019
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Steps to optimize new pouch projects
Printed laminated flexible packaging continues to occupy a larger share of the packaging market.
January 9, 2019
Digital Transformation
Six steps to supporting an automation system
When you find yourself trying to get a broken system up and running again, going through the troubleshooting process systematically can help. Here’s a six-step process.
January 7, 2019
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Pharma can be instructive on food track and trace
While saying “serialization” is coming to food isn’t quite right, and in fact is fraught with pitfalls, looking to pharma for lessons learned still will be critical.
December 11, 2018
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Innovative approaches address sustainability issues
My August 2018 column noted the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s launch in the UK and Chile of a global initiative to reduce plastics marine waste.
December 3, 2018
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Despite lots of recall advice, companies often left wondering
Food recalls nowadays are quite common, and they are the subject of a lot of advice and some legal and regulatory requirements. And yet, recalls often leave companies confused.
December 3, 2018
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Active packaging ready for primetime
Food waste has been grabbing headlines lately based on reports that as much as 40% of food produced in the U.S. is never consumed due to waste and spoilage.
December 3, 2018
Containers
Key considerations for paperboard multi-pack beverage carriers
A multi-pack carrier can carry the day for the beverage marketer that understands the many variables involved.
November 29, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Sustainability labeling helps in purchasing decisions
With consumers skeptical about green product marketing, it’s critical that companies adopt rigorous and reputable labeling systems to build consumer awareness, understanding, and trust.
November 17, 2018
Contract Packaging
New management brings new opportunities
The new partnership with PMMI for management support of the Contract Packaging Association is going well, with the group already realizing several member benefits.
November 14, 2018
Contract Packaging
A passion for packaging
There are some people in the packaging industry who make an indelible impression due to their passion for packaging.
November 14, 2018
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A smattering of PACK EXPO observations
Another PACK EXPO International is in the rearview mirror. I understand that not all of our readers were able to be among the 45,000 attendees at the show, so I hope this column can deliver some of the big-picture takeaways.
November 5, 2018
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California’s Proposition 65: still weird after all these years
It has always seemed that everything about California’s Proposition 65 was weird—as in, unusual, unexpected, a tad askew. I can think of at least four such things.
November 5, 2018
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The importance of rightsizing your package
As I am in my 35th year in the packaging profession, I have seen trends come and go in how products are packaged.
November 5, 2018
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CPGs strategize on tepid recycling adoption
Packaging World talks with vegan-friendly cosmetics brand Love Beauty and Planet and non-profit Recycle Across America about the solutions and strategies for closing the plastics loop and preventing waste from going into oceans.
November 4, 2018
Recycling
Packaging in South Africa: a Hall of Fame perspective
Just welcomed into the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame at PACK EXPO International 2018, former World Packaging Organisation President Keith Pearson shines light on Africa’s packaging market.
November 1, 2018
Consumer packaged goods
Tobacco pushes to the front of the line
A latecomer to FDA’s stable of responsibilities, regulation of tobacco aims to protect the public health, though these efforts are not without controversy.
October 30, 2018
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Packaging: the strongest link in supply chain management?
Manufacturers acquire materials, convert those materials into finished goods, and get those finished goods to customers.
October 26, 2018
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