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Here’s what they saw in the pharma category.SustainabilityLoop and 7th Generation Chat with Packaging World about Returnable/Reusable PackagingTom Szaky of Loop and Kelly Murosky from Seventh Generation discuss returnable and reusable packaging options during PACK EXPO Connects last Fall--watch the 8 minute video.PEC 2020Report: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO ConnectsPMMI Media Group editors—covering a virtual event instead of an in-person exposition—divided and conquered to collectively take in as much of PACK EXPO Connects as possible. Here’s what they saw in the controls category.RoboticsL’Oreal's Robotic Packaging Line Replaces Five Machines In French PlantRobotic applications from the field with Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds. 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