Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Inside Just Born's Approach to EPR Reporting and Packaging Data

What happens when a packaging engineer becomes a company's entire EPR function—with no dedicated team, no enterprise software, and just Excel?

August 4, 2026

Business Drivers/Specialty

Workforce

Momentium Packaging Appoints Kevin Trepa as CEO and Harrison Chien as CCO

Trepa succeeds to chief executive officer after serving as chief commercial officer, while Chien joins Momentium Packaging to lead commercial strategy and growth initiatives.

August 3, 2026

Coding & Marking

Polytag Announces Compatibility with Videojet Technologies to Enable Smart QR Code Printing on Production Lines

Polytag

The collaboration connects coding systems with Polytag’s platform to generate GS1-compliant QR codes containing live product data at the point of manufacture.

August 3, 2026

Package Design

Amid Energy-Aisle Sameness, El Jefe Treats Cans as Collectibles

In a category where most brands lean on big color blocking and sideways logos, founder Ryan Marsh bet that dense, tattoo-style illustration could stop shoppers mid-aisle. Getting that layered artwork onto aluminum meant hand-picking physical color swatches, formulating custom rose shades, and halving standard trapping to protect the fine linework.

August 3, 2026

Recycling

Community Poll: Smart Codes and Digital Watermarks to Improve Sorting

Answer to see where your peers land on QR codes and digital watermarks for recycling.

August 3, 2026

Consumer packaged goods

End of the Line Video Series: Reducing Labeling Waste, Cyclosporiasis Outbreak, and CPG Industry Feedback

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

August 3, 2026

Recycling

Emirates, Maison Piver, and Returpack Demonstrat Support for Recycling Initatives

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recycling initiatives from Emirates, Maison Piver, and Returpack from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

August 3, 2026

Contract packaging

Why Co-Packers Are Automating Print Inspection

How one co-packer automated print QA — and kept its people.

July 31, 2026

Recycling

PET Thermoform Recovery Rises, but Circularity Gap Widens

NAPCOR reports record PET thermoform recovery in 2024, but declining recycled-content use exposes processing challenges and weak domestic demand.

July 31, 2026

Sustainability

Why Packaging Machinery Is Holding Back CPG Sustainability Goals

More than half of end users say equipment limitations are stalling their sustainability progress, and the gap between what CPGs want and what machines can deliver is widening rather than closing.

July 31, 2026

Workforce

Butler Automatic Names Justin Kirkpatrick Vice President of Sales

Butler Automatic

The former SupplyOne, PAC Machinery, and Econocorp executive brings more than 15 years of global sales leadership to support Butler Automatic's growth and OEM partnerships.

July 30, 2026

Cartons and boxes

Atlantic Packaging Products

July 30, 2026

Recycling

The Billion-Package Problem: Small-Format Recycling Solutions Emerge

Small-format packages pose problems in the recycling stream that package redesign alone cannot solve, putting new attention on infrastructure, material choices, and recovery data.

July 28, 2026