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Hotel Toiletries in Bioplastics Serve the Eco-Friendly Traveler
One CPG, Public Goods, is helping hotels avoid single-use plastics with a reusable, refillable toiletry solution. Also featured: Digital printing technology has exceeded being useful only for sales samples and regional event personalization.
Contract Manufacturing and Packaging
Packaging World News Roundup: Co-Packing and Manufacturing
Sustainability
New Nordic Sustainability Criteria Poised to Expand in Europe
Sustainability
Conference Report: Digital Print’s Potential to Boost Sustainability
Workforce
Partnerships: One Path to Training to Ease Talent Shortages
PMMI news
Revived EXPO PACK México Returns, Stronger Than Ever
The show’s return provided the Latin American packaging and processing industry with four days of intense business activity around innovative technologies and unmatched networking opportunities.
Sustainability
Companies Innovate With Compostable and Bio-Based Packaging
See a few examples of naturally sourced and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s June Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
Sponsored
Cognex In-Sight 2800 | Machine Vision Made Simple
Cognex In-Sight 2800 vision system enables users of all skill levels to use the power of deep learning to automate error detection. See for yourself by entering for your chance to win one of five In-Sight 2800.
Supplier News
Documentary Showcases Graphic Packaging’s Commitment to Sustainability
The short film reflects on Graphic Packaging International’s participation in an initiative called Vision 2045.
Supplier News
Jeffrey Prosinski Appointed to Michelman Board of Directors
Prosinski is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at J.M. Huber Corp.
Take Five
J&J Chief Medical Officer Talks Package Design Considerations
In part 2 of this two-part series, we delve into design considerations, including caregiver burnout, as well as some of Dr. Kuffner’s tips for those within and outside the packaging community to prevent unsupervised medication ingestions in kids.
Sponsored
Cognex In-Sight 2800 | Machine Vision Made Simple
Cognex In-Sight 2800 vision system enables users of all skill levels to use the power of deep learning to automate error detection. See for yourself by entering for your chance to win one of five In-Sight 2800.
Supplier News
Sabic, UPM Raflatac Launch Label Materials Made from Certified Circular Ocean Bound Plastic
Sabic joined an innovative project with value chain partners to help UPM Raflatac launch a packaging label material made from SABIC®certified circular PP based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP).
Sustainability
Planning Your E-Comm Package’s Funeral: Considerations for Designing for End of Life
PMMI news
New PACK EXPO Competition Challenges Student Creativity
Hands-on experience is the name of the PACK Challenge game
Supplier News
Emerson Announces Net Zero Targets
Company plans to achieve net zero operations by 2030, net zero value chain by 2045.
E-commerce
Reusable & Refillable E-Commerce Packaging Solutions
Companies are searching for sustainable e-commerce innovations to meet growing demand. Packaging World's Matt Reynolds and U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of ThePackHub discuss a trend known as 're-commerce.'
Sustainability
Amazon: Transformational Change in E-comm Packaging Begins Upstream
At E-Pack Europe 2022, Amazon’s Jeremy Long explains how true innovation around e-commerce packaging requires an upstream strategy that involves both the product and the packaging.
Supplier News
Michelman Collaborates with Bobst, UPM on Sustainable Packaging Innovation
On June 15th, Bobst will host a webinar to discuss an innovative new solution for the creation of high-barrier, sustainable, fiber-based food packaging, developed in conjunction with Michelman and UPM Specialty Papers.
Business intelligence
Cybersecurity Roundup: Med Device, Packaging Ops, and Industrial Control
Essential businesses and connected devices are under increasing threats domestically and globally. Check out 9 recent articles.
Sustainability
EPS-Free Packaging Passes the Test for Heavy, Fragile Windows
The shift to paper-based packaging from EPS for sustainability purposes is common these days, but it’s noteworthy in this case since the products are notoriously heavy, unwieldy, and highly breakable glass windows and frames.
Business intelligence
Emerging Brands at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show
We visited the Startup Pavilion and Incubator Village on our first day at SFA's Summer Fancy Food Show, to see emerging CPG brands' products.
Business intelligence
CPGs Move More Manufacturing and Packaging Lines to Contract Facilities
A PMMI industry report reveals what’s driving growth in machinery sales to the CoMan/CoPack market.
PMMI news
EXPO PACK México Reunites the Industry in Person
The largest packaging and processing show in Latin America returns to México for the first time in four years.
Business intelligence
How SaaS and MaaS Impact Industry
From lowering barriers to entry to changing capex and opex strategies, software and machines as-a-service are changing the business of technology and manufacturing.
PMMI news
PMMI New Member Spotlight: Marel: A One-Stop Protein Processing Shop
Project management, well prepared employees, and Lean processes drive sustained global growth.
Supplier News
Ranpak Holdings Corp. Announces Progress Towards Key ESG Targets
Ranpak, a manufacturer of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, released its 2021 ESG Impact Report showing it made significant progress in 2021 towards achieving its 2030 ESG targets.