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The future is now
I often think of trade shows as time frame clarifiers.
September 18, 2017
Operational Excellence
First Person: E-commerce lifescience package transportation and testing considerations
Michael Kuebler, Technical Director, Smithers Pira North America, discusses trends and package considerations for life science products transported via e-commerce.
September 14, 2017
PMMI News
Vision 2025 has packaging insights for all
Imagine being a Consumer Packaged Goods company eyeing an automation upgrade but having to postpone it because your internal workforce is not sufficiently prepared.
September 5, 2017
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The New Global Packaging Economy
AÂ decade or so ago, Ben Miyares, a regular contributor to this magazine and President of The Packaging Management Institute, was teaching a module for our on-line Packaging Masters Program Course âThe Value of Packagingâ at Michigan State University.
September 5, 2017
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No, the message is the message
Todayâs topic is communications strategies, and why the unfairly put-upon food contact industry has such a tough time with them.
September 5, 2017
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Donât touch that (stretchwrap) dial!
How many times have you said or heard the phrase âDonât touch that!â and yet you still find someone touching what they arenât supposed to?
September 1, 2017
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No Package is an Island
Drug and device packaging consultant emphasizes the interconnectedness of packaging with other aspects of GMP and quality systems programs.
August 28, 2017
Sustainable Packaging
Hershey pursues â25 by 25â goal
In this First Person column, Greg Gressel, Director of Disruptive Supply Chain at The Hershey Company, shares how the chocolate and snack producer is working toward its sustainability goals.
August 20, 2017
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FDA releases guidance on CR packaging
Agencyâs effort aims to help ensure CRP statements on drug labels are clear, useful, informative and consistent.
August 4, 2017
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How to avoid the 5 common pharma packaging artwork hurdles
Regulatory compliance and patient safety are top priorities, but packaging and labeling errors can lead to recalls, monetary loss and delays to market.
August 1, 2017
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A holistic approach to modern maintenance
With the marketplace growing ever more competitive, and ever-changing consumer demand for greater flexibility, beverage producers are pushing the limits of their production equipment to their very maximum.
August 1, 2017
Sustainable Packaging
3 steps forward, 1 step back?
Four notable brands are all making news in the sustainable packaging space.
August 1, 2017
Workforce
ââŚWeâre not in Kansas anymore.â
You know how Dorothy wakes up in the Emerald City and tells her dog she doesnât think theyâre in Kansas anymore?
July 31, 2017
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To read FDA, see numbers, sure, but also new commissioner
If you want to gauge whatâs up, and upcoming, at FDA, looking at its 2016 enforcement statistics gives an even more incomplete picture than usual.
July 31, 2017
Reusable/Returnable
Own that unboxing experience: E-commerce packaging in the spotlight
To assuage consumersâ concerns over products purchased online, brand owners create their own âunboxingâ videos along with packaging that accommodates easy-to-assemble products.
July 31, 2017
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To regulate, or not to regulate
Despite powerful rhetoric to the contrary, there are signs and portents of somewhat conventional regulatory activities.
July 20, 2017
Contract Packaging
Changing of the CPA guard
As outgoing Contract Packaging Assn. President Vicky Smitley prepares to pass the torch, she reflects on the many members who have supported her and the organization overall.
July 18, 2017
Contract Packaging
Clorox speaks on CP strategy
Rick McDonald, VP, International Supply Chain for The Clorox Company, shares how the consumer and professional products company leverages contract packaging services.
July 18, 2017
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