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CDMO Speeds its Line with Open-Source L4 Serialization System
With the serialization deadline approaching, Sovereign Pharmaceuticals implemented open-source software that allows the company to make their own changes and improve packaging efficiency.
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Co-Pack Opportunity in Chicago’s South Suburbs
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Global Co-Packing Market Expected to Grow 8% Through 2022
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Plastic Bans: A Threat or an Opportunity for Contract Packagers?
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A Changing of the Guard at CPA
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CPA Elects New Board Members
CPA, The Association for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers, announces the newly elected officers of the Board of Directors.
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European Co-Packing Market is Growing
Market report from the European Co-Packers Association depicts a healthy industry, but new requirements from CPGs for quality management and turnkey services present challenges.
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Social mission underpins contract packaging business
Commercial non-profit Friendship Industries balances its mission with margins, as it provides jobs and work skills training for disabled persons and for those with barriers to employment.
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PMMI Roadshow: 6 trends driving the need for packaging innovation
CPA Managing Director Ron Puvak details the market forces, consumer trends, and radical technologies that are driving new packaging solutions.
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Live from PMMI Roadshow: Co-packer shows off ‘Stranger Things’
A tour of Coregistics headquarters reveals some ‘Stranger Things,’ as well as a very complex labeling line for Coca-Cola, both of which demonstrate the co-packer’s belief that ‘no customer job is impossible.’
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‘Unseasonably hot’ annual meeting
The CPA Annual Meeting in Tampa features hot topics, including automation and e-commerce.
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CPA grows and evolves
The Contract Packaging Association holds successful events and rolls out an improved website.
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‘Riding the Wave – Adapting to the New World of Outsourcing’
As the Consumer Packaged Goods industry undergoes veritable tsunami of change, contract packagers/contract manufacturers need to position themselves to ride the waves to growth.
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Nutraceutical provider has quality in the bag (and bottle)
New metal detectors, X-ray systems, and checkweighers for eight packaging lines ensure final product quality and safety, and detect under- and overweight packages.
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Co-packers challenged to leverage automation
A new report from PMMI, “Vision 2025,” enumerates those challenges that contract packagers face when automating and offers suggestions on overcoming these hurdles.
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Automation becomes viable
In the contract packaging environment, automation traditionally has not been an option. But as cobots become more affordable and easier to program, they offer a new opportunities.
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Contract Packaging - the new frontier for brand innovations
There is a “perfect storm” of market forces turning food and CPG manufacturers to CP/CM partners for product, process and external innovations. Consumer trends, sustainability, and new technologies are also drivers of this “new frontier.”
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PCI joins the fight on opioid abuse
PCI addresses opioid abuse by advocating for limited medication doses and using adherence-prompting unit-dose packs. Meanwhile, it’s closely watching Amazon and e-commerce for potential impact on Rx and OTC package design.
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HPP paired with bottle filling proves to be a powerful combination
Stay Fresh Foods finds success in the rapidly expanding High Pressure Processing market, then adds bottling services to provide healthy-beverage customers with a one-stop shop.
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Live at CPA: Contract packagers must offer (and advertise) reverse logistics capabilities
Dave Mabon of Ongoing Value thinks the many contract packagers that are capable of reverse logistics services, often simply by virtue of their software, are leaving money on the table by not advertising it as part of their value proposition.
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Live at CPA: Address differences between generations in your marketing
Generations are formed by economic, technological, and historical events that happen during formative years, and they create like-thinking cohorts. Awareness of the differences and similarities between them can inform how narrowly (or widely) you target with packaging design and messaging.
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CPA to participate in 2019 ProFood Tech Partner Program
CPA’s Sourcing Center booth will provide information to attendees on CPA members’ packaging and manufacturing services and how to engage these service providers.
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Co-packer, brand owners toast success of wine in a can
Canned wine takes off for co-packer Free Flow Wines after it adds a canning line. Also getting a boost are customers Essentially Geared and Foley Family Wines.
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Contract Packaging Association update
CPA offers an abundance of educational and industry intelligence resources
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Key insights from new global contract packaging market report
A new research report from Mordor Intelligence looks at growth, trends, and forecasts for the global contract packaging market.
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New management brings new opportunities
The new partnership with PMMI for management support of the Contract Packaging Association is going well, with the group already realizing several member benefits.
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A passion for packaging
There are some people in the packaging industry who make an indelible impression due to their passion for packaging.
