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Casey Flanagan

401 5As an associate editor at PMMI Media Group, Casey creates engaging content and supports production efforts across PMG brands. Casey has been with PMMI Media Group since June 2022 and has a BA in journalism and mass communication from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Package Design
Patrón Tequila Introduces First New Bottle Design in Over Three Decades
Tequila producer Patrón’s new bottle design adds new touches inspired by the agave piña while maintaining its bell-shaped silhouette.
December 3, 2025
Patrón's new bottle design retains the bell-shaped silhouette and ball-shaped cork of the legacy bottle, but makes updates in features including the bottle shape and elevated bee logo.
Workforce
Three Insights on Operator Training from CPG Leaders
Three CPG leaders shared about their efforts to upskill and empower operators, and how OEMs can better support that journey, at PMMI's Annual Meeting Tuesday.
November 13, 2025
CPG leaders offered their own strategies to empower operators at PMMI's Annual Meeting.
Recycling
WM Report: CPGs Can Find Brand Loyalty Through Recycling Commitments
Consumers are looking to brands for more recycling commitments and guidance, with many specifically looking to purchase products including recyclable or recycled material, a new WM recycling report says.
October 31, 2025
Most (64%) consumer respondents in WM's Recycling Report say they would be interested in recycling more if they knew more about what should and should not be recycled.
Package Design
V8 Energy Gives its Package Design a Refreshing Boost
Campbell’s Company brand V8 Energy is highlighting its “better-for-you” positioning and aiming for greater shelf impact with its new design.
October 23, 2025
V8 Energy's new package design features simplified and focused fruit imagery and flavor-specific coloring.
Digital Transformation
Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 3: An Integrator’s Viewpoint
An integrator describes what it would take for humanoid robots to be a viable automation option, and whether they have seen any interest in the technology among CPG customers, in part three of our series exploring humanoid robots in packaging and processing.
September 30, 2025
A packaging line integrator would assess humanoid robots' performance in the context of surrounding equipment before deciding if they’re the right solution.
Digital Transformation
Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 2: Cautious Curiosity Among CPGs
Some CPGs are evaluating humanoid robots as an automation solution, but interest isn’t translating to adoption quite yet in part two of this three-part series exploring the potential for humanoid robots in packaging and processing.
September 25, 2025
Humanoid robots can perform repetitive tasks like moving case-like containers, but adoption in CPG manufacturing will require more certainty around aspects like safety and ROI.
Digital Transformation
Through the Line Podcast: Humanoid Robots in Packaging
This episode is a conversation between Associate Editor Casey Flanagan and Melonee Wise, former chief product officer at Agility Robotics. Wise participated in this report while in her former role but left the company in late summer 2025. They discuss the company's Digit Humanoid Robot and new features for connecting with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), improved safety for human collaboration, and its potential to add flexibility to packaging operations.
September 16, 2025
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Digital Transformation
Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 1: Continuous Upgrades, Some Industry Adoption
Humanoid robot technology has advanced quickly since Packaging World first covered it in 2023. In the first of this three-part series revisiting humanoid robots as a potential packaging labor solution, we hear from suppliers about their latest advancements, industry deployments, and vision for the technology’s future.
September 16, 2025
Humanoid robots like Apptronik's Apollo are capable of completing repetitive tasks on the CPG plant floor, like repetitive lifting or material replenishment.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Benefits of Right-Sizing and Recyclability of Corrugated Material at Parcel Forum 2025
Packaging stakeholders highlighted the importance of right-sizing packaging in today's market and recycling rates for corrugated material at Parcel Forum 2025 Wednesday in Schaumburg, Ill.
September 10, 2025
CPGs can find benefits in damage prevention, carbon footprint reduction, and consumer satisfaction by right-sizing packaging.
Reusable/Returnable
PepsiCo Kicks Off Reusable Cup Program at 49ers Stadium
PepsiCo launched its first reusable cup project with an NFL franchise this preseason at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, with an estimated waste savings of tens of thousands of disposable single-use cups.
September 9, 2025
The reusable cup program at Levi's Stadium is PepsiCo's first for an NFL franchise, but the company has implemented similar programs at other venues.
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Shrink sleeves being 'shot' onto awaiting bright cans, pictured here traveling into the steam tunnel.
Beer
Top 15 of 2025, #14: Brewery Builds Runway for Growth into Tight Space
The #14 most clicked article of 2025: With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.
The product is designed to break down without leaving microplastics and is free from plastic, polylactic acid (PLA), and PFAS.
Bio-based
SayHay, My Sweet Salad, and Incredible Eats Design Bio-based Packaging
According to Sabic, the lighter weight of the bag coupled with the bio-based polymer results in a 30% lower carbon footprint when calculated against Lamb Weston’s previous retail packaging made from 100% fossil-based film.
Bio-based
Top 15 of 2025, #15: Used Cooking Oil Powers Lamb Weston’s Potato Bag
Four of the five new packaging cells are dedicated to the 8.5-oz carton while one cell can do either 40-oz or 8.5-oz cartons.
Bagging & Pouching
Jiffy Mix Modernizes Packaging With Flexible, Compact Cells
Semi-automatic Liquid Drum Filler Increases Operator Efficiency
Sponsor Content
Semi-automatic Liquid Drum Filler Increases Operator Efficiency