Digital Transformation

Top 15 of 2025, #8: AI is Transforming Packaging Manufacturing

The #8 most clicked article of 2025: AI is driving advancements in packaging efficiency with applications in areas like predictive demand forecasting, smart packaging design, and AI-powered robotics for smart factories.

December 28, 2025

Digital Transformation

Robotics

Automation Aligns Around Standards, AI, and Real-World Use

An A3 webinar brings together industry leaders to explain why automation is becoming easier to deploy and harder to delay.

December 17, 2025

Contract Packaging

How CVS Store Brands Handles Refreshing a 5,000-item Private Label Portfolio

CVS VP Michael Wier says store-brand growth and product/package localization are adding manufacturing complexity. Keychain CEO Oisin Hanrahan tells PW that the newly launched Keychain 360 helps retailers and brands manage private-label packaging specs, vendors, and compliance across outsourced supply chains.

December 12, 2025

Digital Transformation

Automation’s Catch-22: CPGs Eye Expansion, But Costs and Constraints Persist

End users see automation as a solution to labor shortages, but space limitations, high costs, and line complexity force many to take a gradual approach.

December 12, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #4: AI Chat-enabled Packaging Machine Copilots

The #4 most downloaded episode: As AI continues to grow in its capabilities and prevalence, it may be time for packaging and processing equipment to come with a ChatGPT-style interface. AI chat copilots could assist in alleviating some of the workforce challenges CPGs are experiencing.

December 9, 2025

Digital Transformation

Vorne Industries

December 4, 2025

Digital Transformation

Keychain Builds AI-Powered Private Label Operating System with $10M from Investors

Keychain

The investment—including from W23 Global, a global fund backed by Tesco, Ahold Delhaize, Woolworths Group, Empire Company Limited, and Shoprite Group—supports the launch of Keychain360, an AI operating system giving retailers full visibility and control over their supply chains, cutting product development timelines by months.

December 3, 2025

Digital Transformation

W23 Global

December 3, 2025

Digital Transformation

Keychain

December 3, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Glacier's AI Tool Turns Recycling Data into Insight

Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.

November 25, 2025

Digital Transformation

Automation Fair Q&A: Inside Rockwell’s Push Toward Autonomous Packaging for CPGs

Rockwell Automation’s Lee Coffey explains how AI, digital twins, edge computing, and model-predictive tools are converging to move CPGs from reactive to truly autonomous operations — and what brand owners should prioritize next.

November 24, 2025

Digital Transformation

How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of New Product and Package Testing

Virtual prototypes, e-commerce mockups, and rapid A/B tests now let brands gauge demand in days, not months. It's transforming how teams design, validate, and launch new products and packaging.

November 21, 2025

Digital Transformation

How These Two CPGs Boosted OEE and Speed With Digital Twins

A beverage line saw downtime drop 52% and OEE rise 14%. Another CPG cut NPI timelines by 32 weeks. Real-world case studies show digital twins are paying off fast for packaging teams.

November 20, 2025