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Through the Line Podcast: Live From PACK EXPO — Dry-Formed Fiber, Square Yogurt Cups, and a Printer Fast Enough for Sunrise 2027

What does a trend look like once it’s a machine on a show floor?

Matt Reynolds and Anne Marie Mohan sit down on day one of PACK EXPO International with what they found in the first few hours: a dry forming platform that lays fiber where it’s needed instead of cutting it out of a web, paper barrier structures built through supplier partnerships rather than a single material, a square food container that fits more units on a pallet and won’t rotate out of view on shelf, and a thermal inkjet printing GS1 codes fast enough for Sunrise 2027.

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