Contract Packaging

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Leading-edge product manufacturers increasingly are requiring contract packagers to source some or all of the supply chain to maximize short-run efficiency and increase speed-to-market.

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Contract Packaging

Eight tips for assuring adequate capacity

Sources interviewed for this article came up with the following list of tips for CPG companies to ensure that production capacity needs are met adequately:

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Contract Packaging

Crunch time on the 'fuzzy front end'

Retailers and consumers are placing more demand than ever on the need for variable production capacity, but CPG companies are struggling with contingency planning.

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Contract Packaging

Resurgence in cross-docking drives efficiency, speed-to-market

For product manufacturers and contract packagers—especially those involved in logistics—cross-docking provides a welcome boost in production, as well as savings.

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Companies

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Contract packaging

K-CoPack opens facility

K-CoPack has opened a new facility in Ashley, IN, with a complete high-speed, liquid-fill-sprayer line.

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Request Foods launching skillet meal co-packing program

Request Foods, Holland, MI, a contract packager of frozen entrees, side dishes, and specialty items, is adding skillet meals to the company’s product lineup.

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Nor-Cal planning major expansion

Nor-Cal Beverage Co., West Sacramento, CA, is laying the groundwork for a major expansion in its Southern California operations through the recent purchase of 5.1 acres of developed light-industrial land adjacent to its contract packaging plant in Anaheim.

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Jacobson Companies moves into international markets

Jacobson Companies, Des Moines, IA, a third-party logistics and contract packaging services provider, said it has established Jacobson Global Logistics Ltd. (JGL), in Hong Kong. Jacobson will leverage JGL to expand its logistics services in Asia.

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U.S. pharma packaging market to grow 5.5% annually through 2014

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) will increase 5.5% annually to $18.4 billion in 2014, according to a Freedonia Group Inc. report on pharmaceutical packaging prospects.

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Walmart's answer to dollar stores has implications for CP

The accompanying photo shows a bustling Walmart distribution center. It’s going to get even busier and a bit more complex.

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Sustainable packaging: eco-friendly and unbreakable

’Ethical consumerism’ further emphasizes desire for sustainable packaging that reduces materials without compromising package stability.

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Sustainability

Bottle made of OCC and ONP

Holding 50 oz of laundry detergent, this molded-pulp bottle—recyclable and compostable—is actually a shell with a LDPE liner inside that holds the product.

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