E-Commerce During the Time of Covid-19: Video Highlights from PACK EXPO Connects

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

Overview by Jim Chrzan, VP of Content and Brand Development, PMMI Media Group includes latest numbers on growth, store closings, retail sales and grocery deliveries, etc.
E-Commerce design firm tackles highly breakable category--Lennox Stemware Packaging, by Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo. Less material and better results!
ISTA Answers the Most Asked E-commerce Question: How to Start?

PACK EXPO Connects content, including machine demos, Innovation Stages, Trend Chats and editor's Daily Download is all still available here through March 31, 2021.

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Packaging Trend Focus: E-commerce Channel Growth is Great Packaging Opportunity

All signs are that the e-commerce market will continue to thrive even after the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. There is excellent opportunity for operators to find innovative ways to make online packaging both more functional and sustainable.

Beverages are some of the most common package leaks in e-commerce.

The Challenge of Package Design for Liquids in E-commerce

The e-commerce or direct-to-consumer supply chain is particularly challenging for liquid consumer packaged goods. A collaborative effort is working to solve this problem.

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Stretch Wrapper for e-Commerce Packaging

TAB Industries’ TAB Wrapper Tornado Box Wrapper automatically secures small, loose, and low profile parts and products to cardboard backing to create a organized, unitized package that can ship without dunnage or containers.

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Heinz UK Launches Recyclable Paperboard Multipack to Replace LDPE Shrink

The new Heinz Eco-Friendly Sleeve design features a robust and convenient handle that enables consumers to carry multiple cans of Heinz Soups, Beanz, and Pasta products without plastic shrink film.

An exploded view of the Fatty 15 starter kit demonstrates the use of corrugated inserts to safely handle a glass bottle through the many-touchpoint e-comm channel in a compact format without extra space or the need for dunnage.

Subscription D2C Supplement Brand Makes Sustainable Impression at Unboxing

A new-to-science fatty acid supplement promises to improve longevity. Seraphina Therapeutics created a sustainability-minded D2C packaging and unboxing experience to align with and amplify the discovery.

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Sustainability Still a Global Key Packaging Focus, Despite COVID

The packaging industry is in high gear as the pandemic enters year two, searching for innovative solutions to sustainable packaging and e-commerce design demands.

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Covectra: Smart Label and Mobile Authentication

Next Generation Stellaguard brings mobile product authentication to consumers worldwide; combines two methods of simultaneous authentication with serialization and random patterns and numbers of holographic stars.

Lenox’s new red wine stemware package for Amazon comprises two inserts holding six glasses, covered with a paperboard sleeve, and shipped in a corrugated case.

Lenox Optimizes Wine Glass Packaging for Amazon Shipping

A packaging redesign for tableware brand Lenox for its red wine glasses hits the sweet spot, providing both enhanced sustainability and greater product protection for Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging requirements.

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Pregis to Open Pennsylvania Manufacturing Facility

Pregis is opening a 300,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Bethel, Penn., to produce lightweight, recyclable all-paper cushioned mailers to support demand in the Northeastern region of North America.

Cannabis, CBD Sagas About to Get Real

If you have been waiting and hoping for a federal change in law or policy about cannabis and CBD products, it’s OK to start holding your breath now, because real changes are likelier than ever during 2021.

This e-comm play for specialty and value-added proteins like wild-caught fish, free-range poultry, and grass-fed beef uses a striking printed corrugated shipper that’s fully recyclable.

D2C Proteins' Thermal Insulation Sits at the Intersection of E-Comm and Sustainability

This e-comm startup hit the big time only a couple of months ago. A big step in getting there was bolstering its package sustainability profile to better align with its brand positioning.

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Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Looking for automation solutions for packaging and palletizing? This is your destination for all things cobot. Whether it’s webinars, video case studies or product information, you’ll find it all in this one spot.

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COVID Trickle-Down Tied to Potential Corrugated Shortage

The pandemic has pushed e-commerce into overdrive, boosting the demand for corrugated shipping boxes while also slowing down recycling efforts and supply chains, creating a potential problem (or a great opportunity) for the corrugated industry.

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Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Connects

PMMI 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 robotics category.

Ranpak Survey Reveals E-Commerce Will Rise in 2021

The results of Ranpak Holdings Corp.'s first annual E-Commerce and Packaging Trends Survey shows 67% of Americans plan to do more online shopping in 2021 than in 2020.

Five Post Testing Considerations

Testing is an essential step in ensuring your packaged product has a successful journey to the end consumer, but there are other steps that should be taken for bolstering confidence in your system throughout its life span.

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Fanuc America and PlusOne Robotics Partner on E-commerce Fulfillment Technologies

Fanuc America and Plus One Robotics have paired their automation technologies to meet the needs of their mutual customers in e-commerce.

This year’s View from the Top feature focused on Colgate-Palmolive. Shown here left to right are Senior Global Design Manager Jadalia Britto, Chief Technology Officer Patricia Verduin, Director of Global Packaging Innovation and Sustainability Greg Corra, and Jose Luis Molinar, Global Packaging Director Personal & Home Care.

Colgate: Packaging’s Day Has Come

Colgate-Palmolive has made sustainable packaging a key priority. From recyclable toothpaste tubes to aluminum bottles for mouthwash, they’re locked in on eliminating plastic waste and delighting consumers.

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NiceLabel’s Public Cloud Solution Helps Regulated Companies Remain Compliant

NiceLabel introduces Label Cloud Compliance, a public, validation-ready cloud labeling solution designed to helps organizations of all sizes manage labeling in a regulated environment.

After evaluating the club store format of its Keurig McCafe carton (left), KDP redesigned the packaging for e-commerce (right), 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.

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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!

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.

NiceLabel Launches Labeling Management Portfolio

NiceLabel launches the Version 2019.3, a new version of its label management solutions portfolio. It will enable organizations to use a single platform for designing and printing their labels and supply chain documents.

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Cascades: Sustainable Systems at PACK EXPO Connects

Retail and packaging systems introduced as protective and sustainable options.

E-commerce and Covid-19

New consumer shopping behaviors, sustainability and returns are just some of the changes Covid-19 has accelerated for shipping products direct to your door.

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Shrink Wrap Side Sealers Handle Variable Pack Sizes

That was the Clamco 6800CS automatic side sealer, a highly efficient all-electric side sealer that combines a hot-knife end seal with an adjustable seal and trim knife.

Baby Food Brand Grows Up

Babyblends maker Little Spoon has expanded its product offerings to include supplements/vitamins and a line of plated meals for the younger set in just a few short years, while also selling solely direct-to-consumer.

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Bosch Rexroth Launches E-commerce Website

Bosch Rexroth launches a new e-commerce portal designed to provide the easiest access to select authorized Bosch Rexroth products.

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Five Considerations for Preventing Product Damage Prior to Launch

Preparing your package for its journey to the end consumer involves many considerations.

The new line from Seventh Generation includes powders as well as tablets.

Plastic-free Packaging for Homecare Line

Kelly Murosky, Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation, the Burlington, Vt.-based firm that sells eco-friendly cleaning, paper, and personal care products, talks about the packaging for the new Zero Plastic Homecare line.

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New Package Ideas for the E-Commerce Space

Join Jim Chrzan, PMMI Media Groups' VP of Content, as he discusses disruptive e-commerce packaging ideas from around the globe at ISTA's Omni-Channel Packaging Strategies Webinar.

Autonomous Mobile Robot

AutoGuide Mobile Robots launches the AutoGuide MAX-N High Bay autonomous counterbalanced forklift that can travel up to 4 mph and lift 2,400-lb payloads up to 36 ft.