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Workforce
Networking and EI skills round out your ‘total package’
At one point or another in your career, you’ll likely be asked what it is you do at your job.
July 5, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Praising polyethylene
There's no need to be a chemist or a polymer engineer to understand this primer on polyethylene.
June 28, 2018
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Doug Test Article 3
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June 27, 2018
Contract Packaging
Blazemeter Test Article
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June 20, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Plastics group acts to address marine litter issues
In this First Person column, Steve Russell, VP of Plastics at the American Chemistry Council, compliments packaging’s sustainability efforts, but packaging must provide benefits beyond its initial use as part of a ‘circular economy.’
June 12, 2018
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Evolving f/f/s tech leads to lighter, more convenient packaging, less waste
The form/fill/seal (f/f/s) machine was patented in the 1930s but it didn’t gain widespread market traction until sometime in the 70s.
June 4, 2018
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Regulators coordinate to protect kids from controversial products
Controversy has its limits.
June 4, 2018
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Cold chain growth inspires new solutions
Two high growth areas in the cold chain, namely the pharmaceutical cold chain and the meal kit food market, have necessitated this nifty pair of expanded polystyrene packaging replacements.
June 4, 2018
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Zero-loss mentality fuels continuous improvement
In part two of this discussion, Scott Spencer, Vice President of Engineering, Nature’s Bounty, explains how a simple shift in mindset away from budgeted losses can be a spark for continuous improvement.
June 4, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
The ‘airplane mode’ effect and sustainable packaging
Consumer testing finds that for shoppers, noticing and understanding sustainability claims on packaging on-shelf is as difficult as navigating a new city with your phone GPS in airplane mode.
May 27, 2018
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Streamlining for combination products: Please, may I have some more?
Sure, FDA has proposed to help speed their reviews of new products that combine categories, but will it really get out of its own way?
May 16, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Hope for recycling?
Did you know that in 2016 the one-way PET bottle recycling rate in Germany was 98%, while in the U.S. it was 28.4%, down 2.4% from 2015?
May 2, 2018
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It is what it is, except when it isn’t
Although food packagers might spend most of their time contemplating the intricacies of label and manufacturing compliance, some of their energy should also should go toward making sure the food is what it is.
May 2, 2018
Workforce
Walking the continuous improvement tightrope
In part one of a two-part interview, Scott Spencer, Vice President of Engineering, Nature’s Bounty, talks about how to earn buy-in on continuous improvements.
May 2, 2018
Sustainable Packaging
Packaging’s role in reducing food waste
I was raised by a mother who regularly reminded me of my privilege and my responsibility not to waste food because, as she would say, “there are many starving children around the world who do not have enough food to eat.”
May 1, 2018
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A regulator in an anti-regulation era
Bucking the trend, it appears Scott Gottlieb’s FDA is protecting the public health and trying to make it easier to clear new medicines and devices quickly.
April 24, 2018
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Heed the sustainability call
It's about time someone stood up for single-use plastic packaging and against bans of specific packaging materials, and formats.
April 3, 2018
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Packaging group offers suggestions for stewardship
It's a fixture in most corners of the food contact world: The giving and receiving of guarantees.
April 3, 2018
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