Operational Excellence

Dr. Karl Busch, Co-founder of Busch Group and a Vacuum Technology Pioneer, Passes Away at 96

Dr. Busch transformed a 5,000 Deutsche Mark startup in 1963 into a global enterprise with over $2 billion in revenue and more than 8,000 employees worldwide, leaving an indelible mark on the vacuum technology industry.

July 24, 2025

Operational Excellence

Operational Excellence

Colbert Packaging Announces WBENC Recognition

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Long-time independent, woman-owned business achieves certification as a Women's Business Enterprise.

July 16, 2025

Contract packaging

CM/CPs: Don’t Let Your Brand Customers Paralyze Your Team

What's one of the most important lessons that external manufacturers and their brand customers can learn?

July 9, 2025

Operational Excellence

How End-Users and OEMs Can Avoid Vertical Startup Dips

Packaging and processing end-users and original equipment manufacturers note 12 strategies each to avoid performance dips in vertical startups.

July 4, 2025

Operational Excellence

Industry Professionals Note Keys to Vertical Startup Success

Packaging and processing end users and original equipment manufacturers join together to note the factors that make vertical startups successful.

June 27, 2025

Webinars

Top Trends in Predictive Maintenance

Join Packaging World and industry leaders as we explore the latest advancements helping manufacturers move from reactive fixes to proactive solutions.

May 20, 2025

Sponsored By: Boston DynamicsLayton SystemsPeco InspXRockwell Automation Inc.

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Operational Excellence

JLS Celebrates 70 Years of Innovation in Industrial Automation

JLS Automation

JLS Automation has evolved from a manufacturers' representative firm to a specialist in hygienic robotic packaging systems for the food industry.

April 22, 2025

Robotics

PMMI Member FANUC America Named a 2025 "Top Workplace USA"

FANUC America

FANUC America earns the designation for the fifth straight year after expanding its workforce and investing in its infrastructure and the future of manufacturing education.

March 20, 2025

Digital Transformation

Tootsie Roll Slashes Line Data Analysis Time by 90% with OEE-trained AI Layer

Tech-spotting at PACK EXPO Southeast: The confectionery icon can now query & interrogate its live packaging line OEE data via common language prompts within OEE software by OFS. Also by OFS, this new Mavyn AI layer also interprets data & suggests actions.

March 11, 2025

Operational Excellence

Massman Companies Showcases Comprehensive Packaging Solutions at PACK EXPO Southeast

Massman Companies

Visit Booth 1911 to explore Massman's unscramblers, fillers, palletizers, case packers, cartoners, wrappers and more.

February 25, 2025

Operational Excellence

Column: Emerging Brands, What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Fledging CPGs face a ton of early packaging decisions that will have repercussions as they scale. Being deliberate and clear eyed about early packaging choices is key. Consultant Ken McGuire, former P&G exec asks "what do you want to be when you grow up?"

February 17, 2025

Contract Packaging

Century-old CM/CPs Portland Bottling, Richmond Baking, Boost Ops with ERP

Live at Automation Fair were two recent packaging-centric examples of co-man/co-packs taking the ERP plunge with Rockwell's Plex. Both projects, integrated by Revolution Group, are ongoing and continue to add efficiencies and features through today.

November 20, 2024

Sustainability

The Major CPGs Committing to Carbon Emission Reduction Pledges

Companies like Amazon, Coca-Cola, Unilever, and more have set their sustainability goalposts over the next decades with these carbon emission goals and pledges.

October 18, 2024