Operational Excellence

Seven 2019 AmeriStar Award Winners Achieve 2020 WorldStar Awards

Seven 2019 AmeriStar Award winners earned the prestigious WorldStar Award produced by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).

June 16, 2020

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Operational Excellence

GS-1 Virtual Event on Supply Chain

June 16-17 join your peers for industry sessions, innovation and tech discussions as well as network with peers in a virtual setting.

June 5, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable Packaging State of the Industry 2020

Reusable Packaging Association (RPA)

With increased interest in sustainability, brands and their supply chain partners are taking a holistic view of greener processes, products, packages and distribution practices. Reusable transport packaging industry expects growth.

June 3, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Voice of the Packaging Industry: Sustainable Packaging

Sixty CPGs were interviewed for a new sustainability report by PMMI Business Intelligence. They had much to say about machines, materials, new formats and sustainable initiatives, as well as what they need from suppliers.

June 1, 2020

Sustainability

Sustainability in Secondary Packaging Lines

Secondary packaging lines need greater precision when handling materials with variances in content and weight, according to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence.

May 27, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Looking Ahead to New Packaging Material Innovation

Packaging engineers and product developers must work together to create new sustainable initiatives in packaging material innovation.

May 22, 2020

Operational Excellence

Economic Outlook: 2020 and Beyond

Discussing the current economic outlook amidst a “double black swan event,” Alex Chausovsky of ITR Economics presented “Guidance in an Uncertain Economy” last week as part of PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference.

May 18, 2020

Sustainability

Machine Efficiency and the Impacts of Sustainable Packaging

Many primary packaging lines are no longer dedicated to a single product as SKUs increase, impacting line efficiency. Sustainable material changes may also create challenges.

May 13, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Quest for a Plastic Packaging Circular Economy

Eliminating unnecessary plastic, sustainable innovation, and circulating plastic within the economy are the three goals of more than 450 global partner companies seeking to keep plastic waste out of the environment.

May 11, 2020

Operational Excellence

Food Processing and Packaging Industry Turns to Remote Access and Virtual Factory Acceptance Tests

OpX Leadership network takes a key role in preparing CPGs and OEMs for life after Covid-19 with tools on Remote Access and Virtual FATs.

May 8, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Package Reformatting on the Rise

According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, over half of CPGs are changing product packaging to meet sustainability goals by moving from one format to another.

May 8, 2020

Operational Excellence

Can Social Distancing Buoy Slowing Meal Kit Adoption?

A nationwide survey of Americans shows interest around meal kits may be waning. But will social distancing bring a bump in the numbers?

May 4, 2020

Material handling

Preparing the Supply Chain for a Coronavirus Vaccine

As we fight to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists are urgently working to create a vaccine. Manufacturing and distributing hundreds of millions of doses when a vaccine is approved is yet another challenge to address.

May 1, 2020