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

Operational Excellence: Page 19

Operational Excellence

Innovation Not Keeping Pace With Sustainability Demands

OEMs and CPGs agree that right now, packaging and processing technology hinders any significant sustainable solutions. Consumers and brands want it yesterday, but how?

May 17, 2022

Operational Excellence

New Survey Reveals 54.3% of U.S. Consumers Bought Groceries Online in Past Year

The Coresight Research survey dives into changes in online grocery shopping habits and demographic drivers.

May 17, 2022

Operational Excellence

Great Resignation Driving Employee Poaching

It’s a buyer’s market for job seekers as 81,000 left manufacturing from Aug. 2020 through Aug. 2021. Manufacturers are climbing over each other to poach workers to meet increases in production.

May 12, 2022

Operational Excellence

Three Tips for Chief Procurement Officers Navigating Packaging Shortages

Gartner, Inc. provides tactics for chief procurement officers attempting to deal with packaging material shortages amidst supply instability and rising costs.

May 16, 2022

Recycling

CPGs to OEMs: HELP | Economist: Demand and Unfulfilled Machinery Orders to Abate

At PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference in April, a panel of CPGs told OEMs about the challenges they face and how machine builders can help. Meanwhile, an economist says one challenge—long lead times—should work itself out.

May 13, 2022

PMMI News

Economist: Improving Supply Chain, Easing Demand, Let Packaging Machine OEMs Catch Up

ITR economists forecast a soft landing—not a recession—in coming months as consumers ease out of the pandemic and the revved-up stimulus-era economy fades. This will allow the supply chain to recalibrate and packaging machine OEMs to catch up on orders.

May 9, 2022

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Craft Brew Conference Report: New Products for an Industry at a Crossroads

In an industry that’s quickly maturing, craft breweries are forced to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. We’ll talk about the trends, equipment, & materials shown at the 2022 Craft Brew Conference designed to help brewers take on the next chapter.

May 6, 2022

Retail display packaging

SOMIC Packaging Completes First U.S. Factory Acceptance Test

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

SOMIC Packaging representatives conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test of a retail-ready packaging machine in North America at GOYA Foods.

May 6, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Sidel Receives Certification for its Vocational Training Programs

Sidel Group

Sidel received French Qualiopi Certification for its global training methodology, reinforcing its commitment to provide additional value to customers through long-term support programs.

May 5, 2022

Beverage

Live at the Craft Brew Conference: Is the Pint Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Pandemic-related channel shifts subsided in 2021, and on-premise sales bounced back, but there are both encouraging and concerning signs for the craft brew industry. Brewers Association's Bart Watson captures the landscape in his State of the Industry.

May 4, 2022

Operational Excellence

In-process Package Testing for the Manufacturing Process

For many medical device manufacturers (MDMs), it is an accomplishment to bring their packaging and sealing operations in-house.

May 2, 2022

Operational Excellence

How Will Inflation Affect Packaging Material Costs in 2022?

In light of the Russia-Ukraine war, new report provides the 12-month inflation outlook in North America for packaging materials, including plastic, paper, glass, and aluminum.

May 2, 2022