Robotics

Cleaning Chemicals Producer Tackles Labor Challenges with Cobot Palletizing

Faced with high labor turnover, tight floorspace, and nearly 900 SKUs, Nyco Products turned to modular cobot palletizing to stabilize end-of-line operations, improve throughput, and create a more sustainable workforce model.

April 1, 2026

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 45

Confection/Candy

Women in Packaging & Processing: Laura Shimmin

Watch our one-minute video series as Shimmin reflects on her path to packaging and her passion for sustainability.

April 1, 2026

Package design

Alloyd – A TOPPAN Company

1401 Pleasant St.

DeKalb, IL 60115

March 31, 2026

Recycling

Inside Google’s Packaging Strategy: Why Sustainability Isn’t a Competitive Edge

Paul Jenkins, CEO of ThePackHub, sits down with Miguel Arevalo, Head of Packaging Sustainability and Innovation at Google, to discuss Google's plastic-free packaging playbook. In this conversation, learn why the company believes sustainability should be a global standard and how that mindset could reshape the industry.

March 31, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: 2026 Sustainability Annual Outlook Report

Editors Anne Marie Mohan and Matt Reynolds sit down to discuss how paper continued to dominate, the rapid rise of recyclable monomaterial plastics, and how expanding extended producer responsibility (EPR) frameworks are redefining packaging strategies in 2026.

March 31, 2026

Webinars

Corrugated Boxes Are Evolving…Are You?

Learn about the challenges associated with recycled content in corrugated boxes and how you can solve them confidently for your business and your customers.

April 28, 2026

Sponsors: 3M

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Logistics/Supply Chain

Network Distribution and Packaging Distributors of America Finalize Strategic Alliance

Network Distribution

The alliance integrates PDA’s members and operations under the Network Distribution name to expand capabilities and strengthen service across the packaging market.

March 30, 2026

E-commerce

Network Distribution

1400 American Lane

Suite 300

Schaumburg, IL 60173

March 30, 2026

Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray

Antares Vision Group Joins Crane NXT

Antares Vision Group

Antares Vision agrees for Crane NXT to acquire a 58.70% stake in the company, a step to expand its capabilities in traceability, inspection, and digital supply chain solutions.

March 30, 2026

Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray

Crane NXT

March 30, 2026

Sustainability

Community Poll: Stabalizing PET Recycling—Feasible or Impossible?

Answer to see how your peers responded on the issue of stabalizing PET recycling.

March 30, 2026

Recycling

Brand Owners Hold the Key to Stabilizing U.S. PET Recycling

As domestic rPET demand falters amid imports and low-cost virgin resin, panelists in a recent webinar from The Recycling Partnership say brand purchasing decisions will determine whether the system stabilizes or continues to lose capacity.

March 30, 2026

Sustainability

Healthcare Packaging Reader Survey: Annual Outlook Report

Watch as we discuss the results of our inaugural reader survey and give a sneak peek into the healthcare packaging trends for 2026.

March 30, 2026