Vacuum conveyors eliminate hand scooping and dumping

VAC-U-MAX’s Signature Series conveys a range of free-flowing and nonfree-flowing materials, including gel caps and powders, with ease.

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Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

Annual Outlook Report: Sustainability

Annual Outlook Report: Sustainability

Researched List: Engineering Services Firms

Researched List: Engineering Services Firms

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How Do Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines Work?

Liquid Filling Equipment Package This Pmmi

A Video Overview of Liquid Filling Machines

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A Look into the World of Cartoning Equipment

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

Through the Line Podcast: Nextloop is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle with AI

How can polypropylene, one of the most widely used plastics in consumer packaging, be diverted from landfills or incinerators? Packaging World Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek. They discuss how the Nextloopp initiative is uniting stakeholders across the packaging supply chain to enable the closed-loop recycling of food-grade PP.

Lightweighting continues to drive measurable progress in packaging reduction. Coca-Cola’s redesigned bottles, shown here across several brands, lower PET weight from 21 g to 18.5 g for key sizes, a 12% reduction expected to cut PET use by 3 megatons by 2025.

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

Instead of shrink film, the bottles are held together using strategically placed adhesive dots, paired with a recyclable cardboard handle for carrying.

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

Sortation on a belt at a material recovery facility (MRF).

Column: With Recycling at an Inflection Point, CPGs to Shape What Comes Next

Semi-automatic Liquid Drum Filler Increases Operator Efficiency

Semi-automatic Liquid Drum Filler Increases Operator Efficiency

Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond? Packaging World editors explore the survey responses from 118 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers for its new Annual Outlook Report.

Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

Hiring remains a major challenge in packaging, with 78% struggling to fill unskilled roles and 84% lacking experienced workers. As automation grows, companies must rethink hiring and training. Download the full report for key insights.

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

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The Festo FPaKit is an all-in-one palletizing kit that combines pre-assembled mechanics, controls, and software to cut engineering costs and speed time to market.

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