Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging/Customer Relationships: Is Confidentiality Attainable?

When it comes to confidentiality, we all seem to align to the need to protect information that is exchanged between contract packagers/manufacturers and their customers. But perhaps we should be open to just how we protect information.

March 25, 2021

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Podcasts

Know Before You Fail: Avoid Costly Downtime with Predictive Maintenance

unPACKed with PMMI tackles obvious predictive maintenance benefits: reduced downtime and increased machine lifetime.

March 25, 2021

Sustainability

Ranpak Paper Packaging Products Receive FSC Certification

Ranpak

Ranpak Holdings’ European manufacturing facilities obtained a Chain of Custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). All Ranpak packaging products produced for the European, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific markets will be FSC certified.

March 24, 2021

Operational Excellence

Cannabis Consumer Purchase Behavior: Buying Trends

Consumers trend toward similar combinations of products when purchasing a basket, but the majority of flower consumers prefer to buy only flower.

March 24, 2021

Operational Excellence

The Consumer Behavior of Plastics and Recycling in America

How consumers perceive a company may have a lot to do with its plastics and recycling initiatives. And enticing the consumer to fulfill their end of the recycling cycle may inevitably fall back on the brand.

March 22, 2021

Operational Excellence

ISTA Forum Focuses on Packaging for Transport, and Temp Controlled Packaging

International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)

The 2021 Virtual ISTA Forum, including TransPack and TempPack, will be held on Tuesday, March 30th and Wednesday, March 31st.

March 22, 2021

Podcasts

5-Minute Listen: BumbleBee Packaging Design Shift Captures Market Share

In this 5-minute listen, BumbleBee Seafoods President and CEO Jan Tharp tells us how the company handled a total branding shift, including a packaging redesign meant to make the products more relevant on the shelf and appeal to higher end sensibilities.

March 22, 2021

Converting equipment

PCMC Names President of Global Operations

Paper Converting Machine Co.

Stan Blakney was named President of Global Operations for Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC) — a division of Barry-Wehmiller. In addition to leading the company’s U.S. business, he now will assume leadership of operations in Italy and Serbia.

March 22, 2021

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

ActionPak, Inc. Completes Rooftop Solar Power Installation on New Jersey Facility

ActionPak

ActionPak, Inc. completed the196 kW rooftop solar installation on its new 175,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art packaging facility located in Camden, N.J.

March 22, 2021

Operational Excellence

Virtual FATs Here to Stay

The COVID pandemic has turned virtual factory acceptance tests into an accepted method of testing which is now here to stay.

March 18, 2021

Additives, coatings & inks

Spartech’s Oregon Facility Announces Organizational Changes

Spartech Corporation

Spartech announced the following organizational changes to its McMinnville, Ore. location.

March 18, 2021

Operational Excellence

Predictive Maintenance: A Tale of Two Technologies

Both smart sensors and software are key to a successful predictive maintenance solution, and finding a business model that benefits end users and OEMs is also key.

March 17, 2021

Operational Excellence

Editor Show Picks--The Best of PACK EXPO Connects

PMMI

Available for only two more weeks, here are short clips from our editors discussing their personal picks from last Fall's PACK EXPO Connects. Make plans to be back live in Vegas this September.

March 17, 2021