Contract Packaging

GreenSeed Contract Packaging Recognized as Local Leader in Environmental Sustainability

The company was awarded the 2021 Green Ole Award by the Batavia Environmental Commission for making the city more “eco-friendly” through operational initiatives that resulted from its strategic and collaborative partnership with global CPG Danone.

July 12, 2021

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Contract Packaging

CPA Releases Their 2021 State of the Industry Report Amid Industry Growth

Association for Contract Packagers & Manufacturers (CPA)

Contract Packaging Growth, Insights, Research, and Perspectives

June 17, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Wisconsin-based beverage co-packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.

June 17, 2021

Operational Excellence

Accelerating Speed to Market for New Food and Beverage Product Ideas

There are some common challenges when moving a new food or beverage product from idea to reality, and some considerations such as packaging and sustainability that are an integral part of the process.

June 7, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Is Your Supply Chain a Key Part of Your Brand Sustainability Plan?

According to speakers at Natural Products Expo West, one of the most powerful tools a company has to reduce their climate impact is to engage their supply chain.

June 1, 2021

PMMI News

Brands, Co-Packers Contemplate the Role of OEMs During COVID-19

These CPGs are asking machine builders for clear communication as they maneuver a new supply chain, new material and consumer demands, and a new workforce.

May 17, 2021

Contract packaging

Consumer-Centric Packaging Innovation

Association for Contract Packagers & Manufacturers (CPA)

Is packaging the product? Consumers drive package and product innovation with their decision making and trends. Recently the Contract Packaging Association discussed this intersection between innovation and consumer.

April 20, 2021

Contract Packaging

CPA President: Many Value-Added Opportunities in 2021

Mark O’Malley, CPA President, shares news on the many educational programs offered to members this year, including Nulogy University, Virtual Experience webinars, and more.

April 5, 2021

Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging/Manufacturing Industry Booming, but Watch Out for Headwinds

New report from CPA shows that after a short pause at the start of the pandemic, the CP/CM industry ‘has come roaring back.’ Meanwhile, changing supply chain and innovation paradigms are reshaping the industry.

March 31, 2021

Contract Packaging

CPA Virtual Experience Covers Trends, Connects Industry

Current programs from CPA, The Assn. for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers include Virtual Experience webinars, online training with Nulogy, and partnerships that offer members additional benefits.

March 29, 2021

Contract packaging

Contract Packagers Pivot During Covid

Three contract packaging/manufacturing industry professionals discuss the supply chain, labor, and capacity challenges they faced as a result of COVID-19.

March 26, 2021

Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging/Customer Relationships: Is Confidentiality Attainable?

When it comes to confidentiality, we all seem to align to the need to protect information that is exchanged between contract packagers/manufacturers and their customers. But perhaps we should be open to just how we protect information.

March 25, 2021

Contract Packaging

Private Equity Perspectives on Co-Packing Trends

Packaging World spills so much ink holding up a mirror to brands and CPGs that it’s instructional to seek outside opinions from time to time.

March 2, 2021