Contract Packaging

CPA’s on the move with new board and expo news

Meet the new CPA president and board of directors...a new CPA employee...the first CPA scholarship recipient...PACK EXPO heads-up...and what CPA learned from a trip to an Italian trade show.

July 29, 2015

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 289

Contract Packaging

Industry Inflection Point, Part 1: The infancy of contract partnerships

I’m often asked, “What’s going on in the contract manufacturing and packaging industry today?”

July 29, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nonprofit co-packer adds new rotary sealer

SubCon Industries employs 200 with disabilities, expands with new blister sealer.

July 29, 2015

Contract packaging

The dangers of inattention

Outsourcing production to external supply chain partners is a relatively young practice. Partners both sides of service contracts must PAY ATTENTION or face potentially grave risks.

July 29, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

NatureWorks reveals third-party LCA results

Revised NatureWorks Ingeo biopolymer life cycle assessment data passes rigorous third party peer-review.

July 27, 2015

Protective/transport packaging

Burlap bags find new life as insulation for meal kits

Meal-kit delivery service Plated switches from plastic insulation liners for its shippers to ones made from recycled jute, a rapidly renewable material that is also compostable.

July 22, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Coffee capsules: A greener option?

A new study comparing the environmental impacts of single-serve coffee versus brewed coffee throughout the entire life cycle of the products provides some surprising results.

July 16, 2015

Contract packaging

Not your grandparents’ clinical trial

Everyone from the FDA to professional associations are investing time, money, and resources into upping the stakes when it comes to clinical trials.

July 15, 2015

Contract packaging

One Source Industries expands on West Coast

A second California facility will add secondary co-packing for West Coast customers.

July 13, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Controls platform brings cartoning flexibility

Pedigree Ovens of Harvard, IL, a contract manufacturer in the niche market of high-end dog treats, recently decided to invest in cartoning technology to improve productivity and increase capacity.

July 10, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

How can we get more recyclables recycled?

A new study looks at how recyclable materials flow through several different types of MRFs, with the intent of better understanding how to increase the recycling of packaging.

July 9, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Custom lighting illuminates blister packaging lines

Contract packager PCI uses on-off axis “tent” LED lighting to improve automated inspection of multiple pharmaceutical products in various reflective package formats.

July 9, 2015

Contract packaging

CellOxess commends concept-to-commercialization collaboration

Biotech firm partners with Rondo-Pak to launch unique vitamin and mineral antioxidants that address male infertility.

July 8, 2015