Operational Excellence

Live at TPC: Five Packaging Megatrends & How to Address Them

Armed with results from a 2023 survey depicting the packaging landscape that brands, CPGs, and their suppliers are currently navigating, global consultancy McKinsey was at The Packaging Conference to offer advice.

February 15, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging: Page 8

Cartoning

Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO International

PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO International in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found in machinery.

January 28, 2023

Protective/transport packaging

Paper-thin Smart Label Tracks Location, Temperature, and Shock

With high value placed on traceability and brand protection, this ultra-thin label is designed to ‘snip and ship’ to track goods—from pallets to individual shipments—with near real-time positioning.

January 30, 2023

Sustainability

After Pandemic-Related Innovation Pauses, Smart Packaging’s Back on Track

Andrew Manly of AIPIA, the Smart Packaging Association, catches us up with all things active & intelligent packaging. He gives us a valuable lens through which to view its recent and expected future growth on the back end (hopefully) of the pandemic.

January 23, 2023

Sustainability

Smart Packaging Illustrates Ongoing Industrial Revolution

The AIPIA World Congress proved smart packaging holds promise for brand objectives like traceability, recyclability, consumer engagement, food waste reduction, and supply chain logistics. Can tech suppliers band together to deliver total solutions?

January 23, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Bower Collective Uses Digital Passport for Circular Home Reuse/Refill Model

This D2C home care company invites consumers to scan an on-pack QR for directions, provenance info, and other engaging content. Meanwhile, logistics and performance information is gleaned at each scan, both on the filling lines and upon collection.

January 23, 2023

Sustainability

Smurfit Kappa Showcases eCommerce expertise With New Dominican Republic Store

Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit Kappa launches a new eCommerce store in the Dominican Republic. The store, created by Smurfit Kappa Todo Carton, will act as an online retail packaging boutique and serve the ever-growing packaging market in the Dominican Republic.

January 25, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Marley Spoon Meal Kits Guarantee Freshness with Sensors

Meal kit services are often at the mercy of third-party delivery services that could mistreat fresh food and produce contents, or allow them out of temperature exclusion zones. Here's how Marley Spoon used smart packaging sensors to overcome the problem.

January 23, 2023

Palletizing/depalletizing

Toyota Material Handling’s Kim Douglass Earns Gold Medal for Assembly in International Competition

Toyota Material Handling

Douglass made history by becoming the first woman to ever place in the Toyota Material Handling Group Global Skills Competition, earning a gold medal in the Assembly category during the annual international competition held last month in Takahama, Japan.

January 13, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-Commerce Packaging Innovations by Avery Dennison, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine

ThePackHub

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging solutions by Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 2, 2023

Operational Excellence

Growing Pains in Direct to Consumer E-Commerce

With direct to consumer e-commerce expected to grow in the near future, manufacturers need to consider automation advancements that can help ease the process.

December 21, 2022

Robotics

Avenue Shops to Amplify Its Operations with Hai Robotics ACR System

Hai Robotics

The automated order-fulfillment and tote handling solution will be designed to ease hiring challenges, increase storage capacity by 4x – avoiding costs of a relocation, and increasing workflow speed and efficiencies.

December 8, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Refillable and Reusable Packaging Innovations by Walmart, Ball, and Bravo Sierra

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Walmart, Ball, and Bravo Sierra from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

December 6, 2022