Best of the 2019 Top to Top Summit

Onsite coverage from PMMI's 14th annual Top to Top Summit, with its largest-ever CPG and OEM audience.

Editors from Packaging World, ProFood World and OEM Provide an inside view into the 2019 Top to Top Summit. Conversations at the summit focused on Artificial Intelligence, CPGs, robots, AR/VR and the challenges unique to the supplier-buyer relationship.

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Unilever Launches its Largest Ever Refill Trial
New Asda store in Leeds, U.K., pioneers sustainability store, offering a number of Unilever household brands available in reusable packaging through three refill models.
Nov 27th, 2020
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What Skills Do Future Leaders Need?
Join Alicia Lomas, Manager of Automation Systems at Intuity Medical and OEM Magazine's Natalie Craig, as they discuss skill sets for emerging leaders.
Nov 27th, 2020
One case packer receives cartons from one of two different robotic cartoning systems.
Nestle Purina’s ‘Most Modern’ Packaging Operation
Sophisticated use of robotics is the key to this impressive cartoning and case-packing line for 85-g tins of cat food in 4, 8-, 12-, and 24-count cartons.
Nov 25th, 2020
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New CDB Packaging Simplifies Product Story
D2C company simplifies and updates its packaging graphics for its CBD wellness products, as consumers seek remedies for sleep, stress reduction, and other conditions during COVID-19.
Nov 25th, 2020
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CPGs Lean on OEMs During the Pandemic
From equipment startups to training to more automation, manufacturers are asking machine builders to adopt new technology and service roles in difficult times.
Nov 24th, 2020
Katya Hantel, Sr. Director of Sustainability, Conagra Brands
A More Sustainable Swiss Miss
Katya Hantel, Sr. Director of Sustainability for Conagra Brands, shares details on the company’s new Swiss Miss container how the design fits into the company’s larger sustainability efforts.
Nov 24th, 2020
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Mystical Northern Lights Captured on Holographic Carton
Finnish spirits company uses unique holographic metallization effect on cartons for its Arctic Blue Gin for ‘a result that is as close to an actual northern lights flare as printed materials can accomplish.’
Nov 23rd, 2020
After evaluating the club store format of its Keurig McCafe carton, KDP redesigned the packaging for e-commerce, working specifically with Amazon SIOC specifications.
Keurig Dr Pepper Helps Guide CPGs Through Amazon Packaging Compliance
Having braved its own journey into Amazon’s Ships in Own Container (SIOC) certification demands, KDP packaging engineers explain what’s required to ready products for e-commerce delivery.
Nov 19th, 2020
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Brrr Box Cooler: A Sustainable Alternative to EPS
Startup value-added packaging company develops a reusable, recyclable cooler made from DS Smith’s water-resistant, food contact-safe material that offers an alternative to wax-coated and EPS materials.
Nov 20th, 2020
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Amazon future of E-Commerce Packaging
See the PACK EXPO Connects 2020 Sunrise Breakfast Kickoff with Dr. Kim Houchens, Director, Customer Packaging Experience at Amazon as she takes your through all the touches your e-commerce package has to survive!
Nov 20th, 2020
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Cannabis 2.0 -- Design, Engineering, Operations
Rarely does an entirely new industry emerge in packaging and processing, but the legalization of cannabis for medical and adult-use did just that.
Nov 19th, 2020
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Coca-Cola Bottler Rolls Out KeelClip
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Nov 19th, 2020
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Fewer Ampoule Rejects with Automated Inspection
Pharmaceutical manufacturer CDM Lavoisier decided to fully automate its inspection process for injectable glass ampoules, using the new AIM 3000 from Syntegon Technology.
Nov 19th, 2020
Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.
Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper
Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.
Nov 18th, 2020
Pulmuone has launched Golden Apple and Cocoa Classic beverages in Ecolean Air aseptic 125-mL packages. Photo courtesy of Ecolean.
South Korean Processor Embraces Sustainable Packaging
The new beverages are aimed at schoolchildren, featuring an easy-to-use, nutritious companion for their lunch meals.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Exhibitor Initiative Drives PACK EXPO Connects Achievement
The experience continues online through March 31, 2021
Nov 18th, 2020
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Pharmaceutical Liquid Filling Monobloc with Dual-Weight Verification
BellatRx’s Constellation Monobloc is a new servo-driven fill-weigh-cap system for unstable pharmaceutical microtubes, vials, and cartridges.
Nov 18th, 2020
Robby Martin, Engineering Specialist, Bush Brothers & Company
Risk & Brand Protection: A Two-Way Street
Great relationships have more give than take, and it comes from both sides.
Nov 17th, 2020
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The Global Outlook for the Pharma Contract Packaging Market
New report predicts a 7.1% CAGR from 2020 to 2027 and highlights the countries, packaging types, and packaging materials expected to see the greatest growth.
Nov 17th, 2020
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E-commerce 2020 in less than 20 minutes
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.
Nov 16th, 2020
More in Home
Silvio Colombo, director of Teckdes (left); David Freyre, founder of ImasD (center); and Guillermo Dufranc, Tridimage project manager, (right), were panelists in this webinar of EXPO PACK México and Mundo PMMI.
Latin American E-commerce
In the EXPO PACK Mexico Webinar, three Latin American Packaging Design Leaders offered a lucid and documented vision of the opportunities for the industry today brought about by the exponential growth of online shopping in the region.
Nov 16th, 2020
Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.
Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication
Beumer has added augmented reality to the tools available to its customers while servicing equipment, enabling faster, easier support. The OEM even used the smart glasses technology to commission and install new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov 13th, 2020
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Miss PACK EXPO Connects? No Problem
The November 2020 issue of Packaging World will have landed in your mailbox about a week after the industry’s most engaging 2020 event, PACK EXPO Connects from PMMI Media Group (PMG).
Nov 14th, 2020
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Enhanced Safety, Mobility Features for Cobotic Palletizer
Columbia/Okura’s miniPAL collaborative robot palletizer now includes scanners and safety mats to actively monitor the cobot cell, as well as quick-disconnect features for easy mobility of the unit.
Nov 13th, 2020
The Brenton RP1000 robotic palletizer with integrated Orion MADX stretch wrapper.
Robotics Integration in End-of-Line Packaging
Showing how various modules can be integrated into a packaging line with robotic capabilities, Brenton highlighted innovations in case packing and linear servo tracks.
Nov 13th, 2020
Bryan Nguyen, engineering manager at Oriental Motor, demonstrates the BMU and BLE2 series of brushless motor and drive systems.
Motor/Drive Systems Maintain Speed Regardless of Load
Oriental Motor highlighted its BMU and BLE2 series of high-performance, IP66 motors that feature speed and torque monitoring.
Nov 13th, 2020
Colin Warnes, ADCO's director of sales engineering and project management, shows the company's 3D printed tooling.
Additive Manufacturing for Packaging Machines
ADCO uses selective laser sintering 3D printing to make machine parts.
Nov 13th, 2020
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Blister Machine Features Vacuum System for Reject/Transfer
In the compact TF1pro blister machine, a vacuum arm lifts ‘good’ blisters, precisely lowering them to the transfer actuator. Another key safeguard: an upper seal plate that retracts when web motion stops to prevent unnecessary heat exposure.
Nov 13th, 2020
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HF/F/S Machine Offers Automatic Changeover, 140 pouches/min
The CMR II from Cloud, part of its CMR line of continuous-motion hf/f/s machines, completes changeover in just 15 minutes and requires just one tooling post for all bag sizes.
Nov 13th, 2020
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Palletizer Simplifies Complex Processes
The new semi-open palletizing cell with an industrial robot arm simplifies complex processes.
Nov 13th, 2020
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Nov 12th, 2020
Industrial Printing Systems
During PACK EXPO Connects, BestCode Marking and Coding Solutions highlighted its range of marking and coding systems.
Nov 13th, 2020