Coding/marking

UDI Implementation Highlights Global Challenges

Q&A: At times, the hardest parts of UDI implementation are not about data matrices and linear barcodes at all. Jay Crowley talks global databases, portfolio management, and workforce issues.

July 25, 2022

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Operational Excellence

Over 50% of CPGs to Increase Cobot Spending

The suspected surge in cobot spending comes at a time when companies are just starting to grasp how to take advantage of them.

June 28, 2022

Operational Excellence

Legal Column: GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) Designation Goes to Congress

The GRAS pathway to clearance of the use of substances in packaging and in food is crucially important, and this proposed law has the potential to make enormous changes in various legal obligations.

June 28, 2022

PMMI News

CPG Cobot Use Expected to At Least Double in Next Five Years

CPGs predict cobot usage in packaging will more than double in the next five years, with processing use expected to triple according to PMMI report.

June 27, 2022

Recycling

J&J Chief Medical Officer Talks Package Design Considerations

In part 2 of this two-part series, we delve into design considerations, including caregiver burnout, as well as some of Dr. Kuffner’s tips for those within and outside the packaging community to prevent unsupervised medication ingestions in kids.

June 17, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Cybersecurity Roundup: Med Device, Packaging Ops, and Industrial Control

Essential businesses and connected devices are under increasing threats domestically and globally. Check out nine recent articles.

June 14, 2022

Operational Excellence

Emerging Brands at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show

We visited the Startup Pavilion and Incubator Village on our first day at SFA's Summer Fancy Food Show, to see emerging CPG brands' products.

June 13, 2022

Contract Packaging

CPGs Move More Lines to Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Facilities

A PMMI industry report reveals what’s driving growth in machinery sales to the CoMan/CoPack market.

June 10, 2022

Operational Excellence

How SaaS and MaaS Impact Industry

From lowering barriers to entry to changing capex and opex strategies, software and machines as-a-service are changing the business of technology and manufacturing.

June 10, 2022

Beverage

Craft Brew at a Crossroads

The pint glass is either half full or half empty for craft brewers—which it is depends entirely on how individual operations plan to navigate a doubly disruptive suite of consumer changes.

June 3, 2022

Operational Excellence

Legals Side: Exploring Contracts etc.

The bottom line is that it’s important to make sure whenever possible to enter a written contract that is clear and complete. But, you'll be surprised to hear, it's not always the end of the world when a contract isn't in place, in certain circumstances.

May 29, 2022

Material handling

Data Transitions Packaging to a Futureproof Digital World

Specright offers insights into spec management using a common language at ISTA Forum 2022.

May 23, 2022

Controls & Machine Components

Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems

U.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.

May 20, 2022