Operational Excellence

Discover Why Your Peers Attended PACK EXPO East 2022

Watch interviews with PACK EXPO East attendees on what they came to find and what they discovered at the largest comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world this year.

March 25, 2022

Trends: Page 112

PMMI News

PACK EXPO EAST Returns, Bigger than Ever

Largest PACK EXPO East welcomed 6,600 attendees across nearly 100,000 net square feet of exhibit space

March 24, 2022

Contract packaging

Forum Stage Interview: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Trends Shaping the Future

Pharma manufacturers are seeking strategies to accommodate increased product customization and changing dose formats. Live from PACK EXPO East, Donna Ritson, president at DDR Communications, shares insights on industry player collaboration and more.

March 22, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live at PACK EXPO East: Starch-based, Compostable E-comm Panels Maintain Cold Chain for Meal Kits

Food & beverage has lagged other products in e-commerce adoption since the cold chain is hard to maintain. Also, packaging that does keep cold temps may not match brands' sustainability goals. But this starch-based solution is compostable.

March 21, 2022

PMMI News

Largest PACK EXPO East to Date Opens

Philadelphia showcases countless solutions addressing packaging and processing industry's top priorities.

March 21, 2022

Coding/marking

Pharma Manufacturers Seek Visibility into Processes to Drive Efficiency

PMMI

The rise of shorter, customized runs in the pharmaceutical industry has strained production capacity at many plants. To keep up with this demand, manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.

March 21, 2022

Contract Packaging

The Latest News and Updates for Contract Packaging Association Members

If you're a CPA member, learn how you can leverage your membership to propel business and empower operations.

March 20, 2022

Podcasts

unPACKed with PMMI Podcast: The Cybersecurity Frontlines

Small and medium-sized manufacturing operations are now the companies that hackers and bad actors target the most

March 18, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Aaron Jones Named President and CEO of Bastian Solutions

Bastian Solutions

Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company, promoted Aaron Jones from President to President and CEO effective April 1, 2022.

March 18, 2022

Cartoning

Cama North America Adds Carl Roeder and Amber Griggs to its Sales Force

Cama North America

Carl Roeder, Northwest Regional Sales Manager, and Amber Griggs, Southwest Regional Sales Manager will assist customers in their respective regions with case packing, cartoning, robotics, and sleeving applications.

March 18, 2022

Digital Transformation

Krones Combines its Digitalization Activities

Krones, Inc.

Krones created Krones.digital bringing together all groupwide resources in the fields of digitalization and automation in order to adopt an overarching approach to developing solutions primarily for gathering, analyzing and utilizing production data.

March 17, 2022

Cartoning

SOMIC Packaging Hires Ken Williams as Service and After Sales Manager

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Williams will be responsible for all machine installations and managing the Service team that is being expanded, he reports to CEO Peter Fox.

March 17, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Waste Free Products Turn to Packaging To Cut Consumer Waste

As brands shift their focus to more sustainable packaging, people like Tangie by Waste Free Products are figuring out how to eliminate packaging waste entirely.

March 16, 2022