Workforce

Butler Automatic Names Justin Kirkpatrick Vice President of Sales

The former SupplyOne, PAC Machinery, and Econocorp executive brings more than 15 years of global sales leadership to support Butler Automatic's growth and OEM partnerships.

July 30, 2026

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Controls & Machine Components

Adding a Plant Vitality Score Could Strengthen Automation ROI

A proposed Plant Vitality Index would pair traditional payback calculations with a score for line condition, flexibility, workforce readiness, and strategic priorities.

July 30, 2026

Package Printing

Zavida Coffee Roasters Bets On Digitally Printed Corrugated

For Canadian roaster, a risky move into a new format becomes a best-in-class shipper for pods.

July 30, 2026

Cartons and boxes

Atlantic Packaging Products

July 30, 2026

Recycling

The Billion-Package Problem: Small-Format Recycling Solutions Emerge

Small-format packages pose problems in the recycling stream that package redesign alone cannot solve, putting new attention on infrastructure, material choices, and recovery data.

July 28, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Why Inclusive Packaging Design Is Becoming a Brand Loyalty Strategy

What does it really mean to design packaging for everyone? Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with Deb Gokie from the Arthritis Foundation. They discuss how testing for arthritis and chronic pain conditions, disciplined attention to grip, strength, and dexterity can make products easier to use across the entire consumer base, not just those with accessibility needs.

July 28, 2026

Flexible packaging

Registration Open for FPA's 2026 FlexForward Conference

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)

Industry leaders to gather in Milwaukee to explore the trends, policies, and innovations shaping flexible packaging

July 27, 2026

Flexible packaging

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)

185 Admiral Cochrane Drive

Suite 105

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

July 27, 2026

Sustainability

End of the Line Video Series: Mole Mapping, Career Development, and Robots vs. Human Labor

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

July 27, 2026

Package Design

Recent Innovations from Heinz, Tequila Tromba, and Ecopak

ThePackHub

See a few examples of new and different innovations from Heinz, Tequila Tromba, and Ecopak from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

July 26, 2026

Digital Transformation

Auburn University RFID Lab

1550 E Glenn Ave

Auburn, AL 36849

July 24, 2026

E-commerce

Gildan (HanesBrand)

July 23, 2026

Logistics/Supply Chain

Pilot from Walmart, Hanes/Gildan Teaches Cartons to Talk via RFID, 2D

A GS1 US initiative nicknamed Operation Brilliance gave 30,000 apparel cartons a web address of their own. The eight-week pilot gave Walmart and Hanesbrands (now Gildan) their first true end-to-end view of what actually moves through the supply chain.

July 23, 2026