PMMI News

PACK EXPO East 2026 Kicks Off Today, Delivering Live Machinery, Big Ideas, and Easy Access for East Coast Professionals

PACK EXPO East opens in Philadelphia, bringing 500 exhibitors, new show floor features, free education, and high-impact networking for packaging and processing professionals.

February 17, 2026

E-commerce: Page 4

Operational Excellence

Practicality Defines 2026 Packaging

The packaging industry is being driven less by innovation and more by a disciplined, pragmatic focus on cost, labor, risk, and operational realities shaping every major decision.

February 2, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

PAC Machinery Bags & Materials Expands West Coast Distribution

PAC Machinery

The hub will stock commonly used bags and materials for automatic bagging equipment with an aim to provide faster delivery and lower shipping costs to West Coast customers.

January 23, 2026

Digital Transformation

o9 Expands Its Next-Generation Category Management Solution for Grocery Retail

o9 Solutions

o9 integrates AI-powered analytics across financial, assortment, pricing, promotion, and supply planning to help grocers make faster, more connected, and data-driven decisions.

January 12, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Interactive Card Packaging for Fintech Startup

Burgopak and Placard create an interactive mailer featuring a holographic, dual-slide artboard design that transforms card unboxing into a branded, high-end experience.

January 9, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

SupplyOne Expands in the Midwest with Acquisition of Wertheimer Box

SupplyOne, Inc.

The Illinois-based corrugated converter offers custom boxes and point of purchase displays, strengthening SupplyOne’s custom packaging solutions.

January 6, 2026

E-commerce

Wertheimer Box

January 6, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

PAC Machinery Bags and Materials Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

PAC Machinery

PAC Machinery Bags and Materials received the certification for its Quality Management System after a thorough audit of its facility by an independent certification body.

November 21, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How Amazon Combines Tech and Material Innovation to Cut Waste

Paul Jenkins, managing director of U.K. packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub, sits down with Pat Lindner, VP of mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, to discuss how consumer needs and sustainable solutions often overlap, and the sustainability wins the company has achieved in meeting these priorities.

October 28, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel

How can sustainability and convenience intersect? Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle.

October 21, 2025

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Live from London Packaging Week: Four Trends Redefine the Future of Packaging

A new Smithers report marks 15 years of London Packaging Week with insight into the market forces driving the next decade of packaging innovation.

October 20, 2025

Bio-based

Pregis Opens Illinois Manufacturing Facility

Pregis

The facility is expected to divert an estimated 33,000 tons of waste from landfills as brands transition from plastic alternatives.

October 1, 2025

E-commerce

Right-size Packaging Now Includes High-res Print Decoration, Variable Data

September 30, 2025