Operational Excellence

Live at Craft Brew Conference: Small, Independent Brewers Face Transition

In a maturing market, craft brewers are dealing with change on two fronts: the drastic, immediate impacts of pandemic-related channel shocks; and the slow, imperceptible tectonic landscape shift of generational, demographic change.

September 11, 2021

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Operational Excellence

Global Economy Passes Pre-COVID GDP as Business Investments Pick Up; Risks Remain

After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1973, but there are still potential risks.

September 8, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Three Models of Secondary Packaging Operations

Secondary packaging trends are being driven by retail demands, e-commerce growth, and direct-to-consumer (DTC). See how these three models are impacting end-of-line operations.

September 2, 2021

Operational Excellence

Packaging and Predictive Maintenance

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

Predictive maintenance is the ability to monitor a machine, or machine component, and avoid unplanned downtime by foreseeing machine failure and allowing the opportunity to take preventative action.

September 1, 2021

Operational Excellence

Top Seven U.S. Packaging Machinery Trends in 2021

According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, there are seven areas currently trending in the U.S. packaging machinery market.

August 31, 2021

Operational Excellence

The Bottling Plant in the Mountains

Sheikh Mohammed Mussallam describes what it’s like to build a brand new water bottling company, A&M Rare, in the remote Pambak Mountains of Armenia.

August 30, 2021

Digital Transformation

CPGs to Spend $23.8 Billion on Digital Transformation by 2030

As the sharing of information along the supply chain becomes more critical, CPGs are increasingly creating digital threads to inform their production plans with relevant data.

August 30, 2021

Operational Excellence

Market Trend Snapshots: Personal Care, Dairy, Meat, and Frozen Foods

Today’s Take Five video quickly covers a few of the market trends that were discussed at Natural Products Expo West conference including personal care trends, a market that was drastically affected by the pandemic.

August 27, 2021

Operational Excellence

Investment in Packaging Machinery Maintains Positive Growth Trend in Mexico

The most recent business intelligence report drafted by PMMI about investment in packaging operations in Mexico confirms growth during the second quarter and projects significant increments for the following months.

August 24, 2021

Recycling

The Connected Package: Consumers Want to Know Your Story | Technical Workforce Development Trends Within Manufacturing

Consumers want more from their brands and no package can hold the entirety of your brand's story. QR codes can unlock your brand experience. Also on Take Five: NAM initiatives reach out to minority communities to fill the demand for a quality workforce.

August 20, 2021

Operational Excellence

Packaging Serialization: Are You Ready to Exchange Master Data?

Watch this Take Five video to learn how, with limited time left to onboard, experts urge pharmaceutical manufacturers to begin testing and sharing traceability data with distributors ASAP to meet DSCSA requirements.

August 13, 2021

Flexible packaging

Printpack’s Williamsburg Plant Receives VPP Star Certification

Printpack

The facility was approved as a Virginia STAR Worksite under Virginia’s Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), the agency’s highest level of recognition for excellence in safety and health management systems.

August 13, 2021

Material handling

Importing Cannabis Packaging? Make Sure Your Packaging Suppliers Know the Industry

From the Cannabis Packaging Conference West in Anaheim: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the hunt for what they deem to be 'paraphernalia,' packaging suppliers must be aware of nuance in describing what products are coming into the country.

August 13, 2021