David Newcorn

Senior Editor/Special Projects Editor
In with the new
Packaging World re-launches Web site
Simpler navigation, better design, bigger photos, related articles, and mobile/tablet friendliness lead the list of improvements.
Oct 31st, 2011
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Packaging pros embrace the tablet
A new survey reveals how packaging professionals are using iPads and tablets for accessing packaging media.
Sep 1st, 2011
What's this? A new Web site?
The new Packworld.com is loaded with features to make it easier and faster to find what you're looking for.
Sep 11th, 2006
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Envisioning a new environmental package design
Since innovative thinking on ways to balance packaging and the environment is always in short supply, I was curious to see if Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World by Daniel Imhoff would contribute something new to the dialog.
Jan 31st, 2006
More from David Newcorn
Do your specs drive up the cost of packaging machinery?
Your boilerplate packaging machinery specs could inadvertently be driving up the cost of your packaging machinery purchases.
Dec 31st, 2003
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Siemens says integrated safety yields benefits for machine builders
For years,emergency stops (e-stops in shop-floor parlance) on packaging machines have had to be hardwired independently of any network to comply with government safety requirements.
Dec 31st, 2003
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OMAC releases PackTags 2.0 for comment
In late December, the OMAC Packaging Workgroup released the PackTags 2.0 specification for public comment at http://www.packml.org.
Dec 31st, 2003
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Machine builder case study: Gen3 vs Gen2 machinery
Norden Pac, a maker of tube-filling and cartoning equipment, recently delivered its first Gen3 servo-driven tube-filling machine to a customer.
Dec 31st, 2003
Getting operators to comply with packaging SOPs
What do you do when line operators ignore written standard operating procedures (SOPs), preferring to do it their own way?
Dec 31st, 2003
Reliability management: MTBF an unreliable metric?
Reading through a recent copy of Maintenance Technology magazine, I discovered an arresting headline: 'Using MTBF to determine maintenance interval frequency is wrong.'
Dec 31st, 2003
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Sustainable packaging coalition forms
In November, a group of two dozen packaging professionals from companies such as Coca-Cola, Estée Lauder/Aveda, Masterfoods, Nike, PepsiCo, Starbucks, and Unilever agreed to form the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.
Dec 31st, 2003
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Demand vs forecast-driven production
Facing increased competition and a fickle consumer, consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers must shift from forecast-driven to demand-driven production.
Dec 31st, 2003
Packaging inspection and GAMP4: from pharma to food?
Will GAMP4 procedures make the leap from the pharmaceutical industry to food? Probably, was the consensus of many at the Rockwell Automation Fair held in Milwaukee, WI, in mid-November 2003.
Nov 30th, 2003