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Jim Chrzan

Jim ChrzanJim Chrzan is VP of Content and Brand Development, guiding our editorial teams for Packaging World, Healthcare Packaging, Automation World, ProFood World, OEM Magazine, and the Emerging Brand Alliance.

Jim travels the U.S. and Europe, speaking at and reporting on events covering sustainability, cannabis, e-commerce, robotics and the cold chain, etc.

Sustainability
Tubes Answer the Call for More Sustainable Packaging Options
Packaging World’s Jim Chrzan and Packaging Digest’s Lisa McTigue Pierce met with Tube Council members to chart green milestones for paper tubes, mono-layer plastics, sugar cane, and recycled aluminum.
April 12, 2022
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Cannabis Comes of Age — Video Report and Interview
We have followed cannabis companies and OEMs supplying cannabis operations, but here is our first look at a material supplier’s journey.
December 10, 2021
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Cannabis Comes Of Age
Packaging automation has advanced quickly in recent years with quite a few OEMs now offering smaller, slower machines targeted to this market. In materials, the sustainability wave is just starting to swell.
October 26, 2021
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PACK EXPO Las Vegas: Day-Three New Technology and Innovations Findings
After three days of wall-to-wall coverage of PACK EXPO Las Vegas, packaging veterans Pat Reynolds and Jim Chrzan check down a list of new trend and technologies found at the show on this Take Five video.
October 22, 2021
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Controlled Growth and Innovation are Current Trends in Co-Pack/Co-Man Space
Jim Chrzan interviews CPA's Ron Puvak at the PACK EXPO Innovation Stage about new developments in contract packaging.
October 9, 2021
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Why Your Peers Came to PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 (and Why You Should Too!)
Watch interviews with PACK EXPO Las Vegas attendees on what they came to find and what they discovered at the largest comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world this year.
October 1, 2021
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Unpacking the Cannabis Opportunity: Where this Market is Headed
Listen as Chris Walsh from MJBiz talks with VP of Content Jim Chrzan after Walsh's standing-room-only Innovation Stage presentation.
September 29, 2021
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The Connected Package: Consumers Want to Know Your Story | Technical Workforce Development Trends Within Manufacturing
Consumers want more from their brands and no package can hold the entirety of your brand's story. QR codes can unlock your brand experience. Also on Take Five: NAM initiatives reach out to minority communities to fill the demand for a quality workforce.
August 20, 2021
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Pet Food Packagers Weigh In On Top Issue: Sustainability
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Recently one of our content strategists chatted by phone with key players in the pet food marketplace. Their discussions really helped shed light on current trends affecting pet food processors and packaging professionals, sustainability taking top spot.
March 29, 2021
Pet blessing in the Philippines during Covid.
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E-commerce 2020 in less than 20 minutes
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See the E-Commerce Jumpstart segment from PACK EXPO Connects 2020, including all the numbers, a deep dive into improving e-commerce packaging for highly breakable stemware, and ISTA discusses Amazon requirements and where to find a testing lab.
November 16, 2020
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Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
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Through the Line: Palm-Sized Carton Delivers 180 Doses of Skin Care
How can skincare and beauty packaging be more sustainable? Nwär Skin’s Seid skin care products are encapsulated in tiny, dissolvable strips packaged in a paperboard carton.
The ‘Polka King of the Midwest’ from 903 Brewers took top honors in Quad’s eye-tracking study, thanks to its bold illustrated face and playful packaging—proving that character-driven visuals can stop shoppers in their tracks and boost shelf appeal.
Package Design
Beer Label Lessons: A Masterclass in Visual Engagement
Metropolis’s Nespresso capsule business is growing in both own-brand (left) and private-label offerings.
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Compostable Capsules for Nespresso Original Line Systems
The updated packaging is expected to replace around 600 tons of virgin plastic annually.
Recycling
Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark, and Greiner Packaging Use Recycled Materials in Packaging
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