Operational Excellence

All Roads Lead to Delay in the Time of COVID-19

Land, sea or air – the supply chain is being hard hit by shortages, delays, rising costs and lack of workers due to the coronavirus.

March 24, 2020

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PMMI News

Nominations open for Packaging and Processing Hall of Fame

Now's the time to nominate deserving candidates for the 2020 class of the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame. Nominations will remain open through June 5, 2020.

March 24, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Musings on Sustainability

Read what Jim Chrzan, VP of Content & Brand Strategy at PMMI Media Group, and Sean Riley, PMMI’s Senior Director of Media & Industry Communications, had to say about the state of sustainability during a lively conversation at the show earlier this month.

March 23, 2020

Operational Excellence

Moody’s: Food Processing, Packaging Largely Resilient in the Face of COVID-19

A heatmap of the economic impact of the coronavirus on North American industries shows low exposure for food and beverage processing, and packaging, among others.

March 23, 2020

Podcasts

OEM COVID-19 #4: Morrison Container & F.R. Drake

Special UnPACKED with PMMI podcast series offers operational best practices for dealing with the pandemic.

March 20, 2020

Podcasts

OEM COVID-19 #3: Polypack, Inc. & Garvey Corp.

Special UnPACKED with PMMI podcast series provides an evolving look at how OEMs are forging ahead after employing proper caution.

March 20, 2020

Operational Excellence

Market Snapshot: Dairy

Retail-ready and flexible packaging demand is growing, and pouches and bags are expected to grow in milk packaging use.

March 20, 2020

Podcasts

OEM COVID-19 #2: Pearson Packaging Systems

Special UnPACKED with PMMI podcast series reveals how packaging offers certainty during uncertain times.

March 19, 2020

Podcasts

OEM COVID-19 #1: ProMach, Inc.

Special UnPACKED with PMMI podcast series offers candid insight from a global OEM supplier on surviving in a world that changes from day to day.

March 19, 2020

Operational Excellence

PACK EXPO East: From the Floor

Did you miss PACK EXPO East? See what Packaging World Editor Matt Reynolds had to say in the “PACK EXPO Rewind Show Floor Findings” podcast with PMMI’s Sean Riley.

March 19, 2020

Robotics

Soft Robotics Webinar: Handling Variation in Food Packaging

Oxipital AI

Soft Robotics, Inc. will host a free webinar on March 26 at 12 p.m. EDT that will help integrators and manufacturers successfully launch food and consumer packaged goods to market.

March 18, 2020

Operational Excellence

Despite Confusion Over CBD, Sales Projected to Grow

The source and legality of CBD products can cause confusion to consumers, but product sales are expected to reach $20 billion in the US by 2024.

March 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Solutions for a Circular Plastics Economy

The Packaging Conference takes on sustainability, in particular the war on plastics, shedding light on the monumental challenges facing the packaging industry and how they are being addressed.

March 16, 2020