Fritz Yambrach

PhD

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Food Contact Substance

We in the packaging industry have gotten fairly accustomed to the regulations covering packaging for food and drugs because the FDA is the regulatory body in the U.S. that covers the majority of food packaging issues.

Who designed that?

When we packaging professionals tell people what career we’re in, they inevitably point to some package they find offensive and insist that we tell them who is responsible for its poor design.

World markets for packaging

The world is now more accessible to open trade than ever before in history.

PMMI and Pack Expo

Pack Expo has become a vital part of our educational curriculum.

Look to other industries for ideas on sustainability

Consumer Packaged Goods companies are framing their activities as a response to consumer desires and an attempt to head off onerous legislation that might require container collection.

Package Machinability

Growing up as I did in a manufacturing center like Detroit, discussions on manufacturing efficiencies and how a particular design seemed to work “better” was a common topic of discussion between my father and his friends.

Paper and sustainability

Invented a long time ago and constantly improved over the course of many years, paper has come to be viewed as a quintessentially traditional packaging material.

Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

Package/product interactions

The current notoriety of Bisphenol A (BPA) has compelled the packaging industry to make changes, even though the concentrations of the migrating substance that have been measured in food and drink have not been established to be a safety concern.