HomeSteve BarlasContributing EditorCOVID-19An Appeal to Support Our Essential Services and Critical Infrastructure WorkersThe COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a tremendous global challenge that we must work together to defeat. Now, our essential and critical workers are being relied upon to provide the services we expect every day and we must do everything to support them.HomeUltrasound Gel Pouch Gets Ergonomic Design, Reduces WasteDesigned to be easy to hold and evacuate more product, this multilayer spouted pouch replaces the traditional bottle while requiring less energy to manufacture and transport.Contract packagingCPA’s 2020 Annual Meeting a Huge SuccessCPA – The Association for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers shares news on its recent Annual Meeting, the PACK EXPO East Sourcing Center, and upcoming events.HomeOEM COVID-19 #5: BellatRx & Mpac LangenUnPACKED with PMMI podcast with Canadian OEMs highlights communication early and often.WorkforceWhy Women are Under-Represented in the C-SuiteIf companies with more women in leadership roles have greater innovation, increased productivity, higher employee satisfaction, and higher employee retention, why are there so few in the C suite?SustainabilityFighting Back Against Anti-Plastics LegislationAt the CPA Annual Meeting, FPA President Alison Keane shares how the organization is working to help shape legislation around plastic packaging, rather than just react to it.HomeCornell Creates COVID-19 Website for Food IndustryHelps food processors determine what’s necessary to protect the public and employees, while helping to maintain safe U.S. food supplyPMMI newsOpinion: Packaging Industry Begins COVID-19 ResponseRapid response to crisis seen industry wide, inspiring hope and reflecting resilience in the time of a crisis.Machinery‘Quality Conscious’ CanningThis Portland, Maine, brewery decided to “dip our toes in the can market” by installing a small filler/seamer. It quickly became clear that a 300 cans/minute line was going to be required.Contract packagingCPGs: Build Relationships for Contract Packaging SuccessRobby Martin of Bush Brothers shares those factors that go into building great relationships between Consumer Packaged Goods companies and contract packagers/contract manufacturers.Business intelligencePopularity of Cannabis Formats Evolving, Packaging Follows SuitDried flower is giving way to creams, gels, dried teas/powders and inhalers, products that doubled in growth in two years’ time. Packaging for cannabis is expanding to meet this growth.SustainabilityOpinion: COVID-19 Swings “Reusable” from Good to BadBusiness intelligenceGlobal Pet Food Market Surpassed $94.6 billion in 2019A new study from PMMI Business Intelligence, “Trends and Drivers Impacting The Pet Food Industry,” reveals North America is the top market for pet food, with an annual growth rate of 4.5% in the next five years.Package DesignPremium, Single-Origin Instant Coffee is Totally TubularBoston area-based specialty coffee roaster introduces an instant coffee product produced using a new freeze-drying process and packaged in a PP tube that provides a nine-month shelf life.HomePackaging and Processing Industry COVID-19 ResourcesPMMI collated resources for the industry to navigate business in uncertain times.Business intelligenceAll Roads Lead to Delay in the Time of COVID-19Land, sea or air – the supply chain is being hard hit by shortages, delays, rising costs and lack of workers due to the coronavirus.HomeNominations open for Packaging and Processing Hall of FameNow's the time to nominate deserving candidates for the 2020 class of the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame. Nominations will remain open through June 5, 2020.SustainabilityMusings on SustainabilityRead what Jim Chrzan, VP of Content & Brand Strategy at PMMI Media Group, and Sean Riley, PMMI’s Senior Director of Media & Industry Communications, had to say about the state of sustainability during a lively conversation at the show earlier this month.Business intelligenceMoody’s: Food Processing, Packaging Largely Resilient in the Face of COVID-19A heatmap of the economic impact of the coronavirus on North American industries shows low exposure for food and beverage processing, and packaging, among others.HomeThe COVID-19 Outbreak and Food ProductionFood and beverage industry workers are deemed essential to critical infrastructure; FDA suspends some inspections.
