Sustainable Packaging

Is Your Supply Chain a Key Part of Your Brand Sustainability Plan?

According to speakers at Natural Products Expo West, one of the most powerful tools a company has to reduce their climate impact is to engage their supply chain.

June 1, 2021

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Protective/transport packaging

Pharma Packaging Spotlight: Mechanical Testing for Passive Thermal Coolers

In this Take Five report on ISTA’s TempPack, Healthcare Packaging editor Keren Sookne discusses damage and acceptance criteria guidance, payload selection, actual product versus placebo, testing multiple product configurations, and more.

May 28, 2021

Flexible packaging

Liquibox Expands U.S., Global Workforces

Liquibox

Despite the global pandemic, demand for bag-in-box packaging continues to increase, enabling Liquibox to hire both professional and entry-level positions across the globe.

May 27, 2021

Material handling

Apis Wise Promotes Michael Cirocco to President

Apis Wise

Apis Wise, a software solution provider for supply chain optimization, promoted Michael Cirocco to President, effective immediately.

May 27, 2021

Labels

Steve Sundstrom Appointed President of SATO America

SATO America

Steve Sundstrom was appointed president of SATO America, LLC. He will assumes responsibility and oversight of SATO’s business in North America.

May 26, 2021

Digital Transformation

MES Provides Insight Needed in Competitive Distillery Sector

The Bourbon Trail is facing tight margins and market erosion, making the insights from Parsec’s TrakSYS software particularly helpful. But the food and beverage industry overall could benefit from capabilities in OEE, track and trace, and more.

May 25, 2021

Operational Excellence

Approved Vendor Lists for Packaging

To be told, “You’re on my list,” is welcomed news when it refers to an AVL.

May 24, 2021

Workforce

IoPP Announces Winners of the 2021 Packaging Education Scholarship Fund

Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)

Each year, the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) awards over $10,000 in scholarships to students studying packaging or a related field.

May 24, 2021

Workforce

4sight Inc. Joins Product Ventures

Product Ventures Ltd.

4sight Inc. joins Product Ventures creating a premier structural packaging innovation agency. Stuart Leslie, Founder of 4sight Inc., joins Product Ventures as the new VP of Industrial Design.

May 21, 2021

Digital Transformation

Mettler-Toledo, EVRYTHNG Partner to Further the Digitalization of Global Food Safety

METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection

The partnership will provide food manufacturers and brand owners with an end-to-end technology solution to join up their product data at every point in the value chain, for visibility, validation and real-time intelligence.

May 21, 2021

Robotics

RōBEX, Plus One Robotics Form Partnership

RōBEX

RōBEX, a system integrator designing and building automation solutions company formed a partnership with Plus One Robotics, a high-performing 3D and AI-powered vision software manufacturer for logistics robots.

May 19, 2021

Podcasts

unPACKed podcast: PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 - It’s on!

Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Laura Thompson breaks down the significant competitive advantages that attendees and exhibitors will obtain from the show.

May 19, 2021

Flow wrapping

Fred Serrano Joins Formost Fuji as Southwest Regional Sales Manager

Formost Fuji Corporation

Formost Fuji Corp. announced that Fred Serrano joined its sales team as Southwest Regional Sales Manager. Based in the greater Los Angeles area, Serrano will cover the market in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

May 19, 2021