Digital Transformation

Why Obsolete Software Doesn't Retire the Way a Part Does

Physical components can be backstocked but software can't. For obsolete digital systems, the real risk is a firmware support window that quietly closes and takes cybersecurity protection with it.

September 18, 2026

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 5

Controls & machine components

Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

September 17, 2026

PMMI News

PMMI Honors 10 Next-Generation CPG Innovators

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

Inaugural CPG NexGen Award winners are delivering measurable advances in automation, productivity, sustainability and packaging to transform how CPG products are made.

September 17, 2026

Packaging line integration

MD Packaging Named Authorized Canadian Distributor for Somengil's Multiwasher Washing System

MD Packaging, part of the Tessera Group

Partnership brings Somengil's industrial washing and disinfecting technology to Canadian food facilities.

September 17, 2026

Recycling

Data and Integrated Systems Are Driving Changes in Packaging

As EPR laws, PPWR, and Digital Product Passport rules pile on reporting demands, packaging data management is becoming an enterprise challenge, one that calls for integrated platforms, not spreadsheets and standalone calculators.

September 17, 2026

E-commerce

Todd Bukowski, PTIS, LLC

September 17, 2026

Packaging line integration

Mike Ross, CPPL

September 17, 2026

Operational Excellence

Five Tour Stages, 310 Attendees, One Industry: WeighPack Systems Hosts PMMI Annual Meeting

Weighpack Systems Inc., an ATS company

WeighPack Systems welcomes more than 310 industry leaders for PMMI Annual Meeting in Montreal. Five immersive facility tours showcased innovation, manufacturing excellence, and collaboration across the Paxiom Group family of companies.

September 16, 2026

Sustainability

Chiripal Poly Films Limited

September 16, 2026

Labeling

Live at Loupe: Two New Routes to Recycling-Compatible Labels on Rigids

Due in part to EPR and PPWR legislation, brands need labels that don't compromise HDPE and PET container recycling. These suppliers are solving for the same problem through two different mechanisms.

September 16, 2026

Bio-based

Six CPG Giants Join Forces on Paper-Based Flexible Packaging

Colgate-Palmolive, Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo, P&G, and Unilever form the PaperFlex Consortium to accelerate recyclable and biodegradable alternatives to flexible plastic packaging.

September 16, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Live at Loupe: Pet Brand Seeking EPR Savings Adopts Cuboid Pouch Design

Elementary Cold-Pressed Dog Food is the latest brand to adopt the FPA award-winning Pouch3 Cuboid design, as EPR fees drive interest in headspace reduction in pouches and overall packaging-to-product  ratio reduction.

September 16, 2026

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Sun Centre USA

930 Pyott Road

Unit 100

Crystal Lake, IL 60014

September 16, 2026