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New Filler Boosts Capacity
Installing a fifth filling line will help this leading manufacturer of commercial skin care products address the current demand for hand sanitizer and meet future customer needs.
Materials & containers
Lagunitas, Blue Moon Test Glass 'Flight Pack,' or 'Drinktainer' Concept
COVID-19
Korea-Based Biotech Co. Outfits Nine COVID-19 Test Kit Lines with New Labelers
COVID-19
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #2: COVID Trickle-Down Tied to Potential Corrugated Shortage
Supplier Submitted
Tetra Laval Donates 10 Million Euros to Support UNICEF
Workforce
Women, E-comm, and Collaborative Tech Shape a New Way of Working
An expert panel at the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network discussed women and remote work, as well as solutions for adapting to pandemic-era consumer buying trends. Read, watch, or listen to the conversation.
COVID-19
unPACKed with ProFood World Podcast: Refitting Processing Plants in a Pandemic
Listen to the inaugural unPACKed with ProFood World podcast for insight on the tumultuous past 18 months for food processing facilities and the industry's future plans for avoid repeating some of the same mistakes.
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.
Beverage
Pandemic-Related Health and Hygiene Consumer Trends Affecting Beverage Market
Product safety demands and active health management are two areas that have increased since the start of the pandemic, and the results on the beverage industry will likely be long-term.
Workforce
2021 IoPP Salary Survey: Salary Freezes Begin to Thaw. How Does Your Compensation Compare?
After a flat salary year in 2020 with heightened uncertainty and worry about both traditional salary increases and bonuses, 2021 results indicate that confidence is returning. Meanwhile, job security is high and fewer people are seeking greener pastures.
Supplier News
Packaging Webinars Continue to Help Engage the Packaging Industry Across Borders
UK packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub has been hosting free webinars since the doors of their packaging events temporarily closed at the start of the pandemic nearly 15 months ago.
Sponsored
Error Detection Automation Simplified: Introducing the In-Sight 2800
See how easily the Cognex In-Sight 2800 can automate error detection. Powered by deep learning, it can solve a wide range of inspection applications quickly and easily — no programming experience required.
Primary packaging
From Empty Warehouse to Sanitizer Bottling in Three Months
This new hand sanitizer packaging plant uses a unique automation architecture featuring edge computing to run at the pace of modern business.
COVID-19
unPACKED with Packaging World Podcast: Did 2020 Change Packaging Forever?
Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast for Matt Reynold's take on the seismic shifts in packaging caused by COVID-19 and societal call for social responsibility.
COVID-19
Packaging World on Marketplace: How COVID-19 Might Change Packaging for Good
Packaging World Editor Matt Reynolds talked packaging with Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal earlier this week. Here’s how that interview unfolded…
Package Design
Specialty Deli Meat Pack Redesign Highlights Home-Prepared Meal Possibilities
This past year, more people than ever prepared meals at home, with 71% of Americans stating that they will continue this trend after the pandemic, according to food and beverage agency Hunter.
Package Design
5 Benefits of Virtual Focus Group Testing
Necessitated by the pandemic, virtual consumer focus-group testing offers benefits such as reduced costs, more authentic outcomes, and a wider pool of subjects from which to draw.
Business intelligence
The Trickle-down Effect of Millennial Home Buying Trends
The pandemic has boosted millennial home sales, which is consequently impacting related consumer goods sales - from lawn care to pet supplies.
Supplier News
R.A Jones Offers Remote Assistance Capabilities
To identify and resolve packaging equipment issues quickly and in a COVID-19-safe manner, R.A Jones is offering remote assistance capabilities for customers across markets.
COVID-19
Speed-to-Market in the Wake of COVID-19
A full-speed-ahead approach should include a well-defined destination and the avoidance of speed bumps.
Package Design
Protective Packaging Demand Grows During Pandemic
Consumer demand for protective and hygienic packaging during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new innovations in the areas of sleeve, film, and cardboard coatings.
COVID-19
COVID-19 Test Kit Cartoning Line Increased Productivity to Meet Urgent Testing Needs
ESS Technologies supplied three Model VC30 cartoners to create a complete COVID-19 test kit packaging line, increasing the manufacturer’s production capacity when it was critically needed.
COVID-19
Avoid the Sidelines—Invest in Yourself During Pandemic
Jane Chase from IIoP reports on the sharp uptick in packaging professionals who sought online education and certification to improve their prospects while laying low during the pandemic.
COVID-19
FDA & CDC: No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging
FDA and CDC continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of COVID-19.
COVID-19
NuTec Employs Epson Cleanroom SCARA Robots to Automate Medical Syringe Manufacturing, Including a COVID-19 Medical Application
NuTec’s Syringe Coating Machine Includes Four Epson G6 Cleanroom SCARA Robots to Precisely, Efficiently, and Cost-Effectively Automate Syringe Manufacturing.
Contract Manufacturing and Packaging
Growth of Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Through 2025
Interview with Bush Brothers and Pretzels, Inc. on the expanding role of contract packagers/contract manufacturers during the pandemic, with an introduction by PMG's Jim Chrzan on recent Contract Packaging Association survey results.
COVID-19
Film Technology Protects COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Strips
The new QuickVue SARS Antigen test from Quidel incorporates active packaging technology to protect from moisture and other environmental conditions that could otherwise impact accuracy.
