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PepsiCo Partners with Recycling Partnership on Residential Recycling Efforts

The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, and The Recycling Partnership have launched All In On Recycling, the ...

Pretium Packaging Acquires Cox Container

Pretium Packaging has acquired Cox Container LLC, which specializes in extrusion blow molding of high-density polyethylene (HDP...

Bob Hamilton Named New Sales Director at Butler Automation

Bob Hamilton has joined the sales team as Sales Director - EAST at Butler Automation.

Three Key Issues Facing the Protective and Transit Packaging Market

Three industry trends are providing incentives for innovation, and creating new opportunities and threats for players in the global prote...

OMAC Advances PackML, OEE and HMI Standards and Tools

OMAC held member-led workgroups to update PackML(ISA-TR88.00.02), and to develop standards and tools for calculating Overall Eq...

Smart and Sustainable Packaging Trends Can Coexist

Smart and sustainable packaging trends have gathered pace across the globe. Recent innovations are demonstrating that both can coexist an...

Blueprint Automation Appoints Jason Hogue Southeast Regional Sales Manager

Blueprint Automation has appointed Jason Hogue the Southeast Regional Sales Manager.

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Cans & bottles

The 2018 Top 25 Beverage Packaging Companies

John Kalkowski

As the Packaging Strategies ranking of the largest beverage packaging companies demonstrates, the big just keep getting bigger. Since its merger with SAB Miller in late 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev has …

Conveyors

Get Ready for IIoT: 5 Reasons to Implement PackML Now

Paul Redwood John Uber John Kowal

Your manufacturing goals for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are likely similar to your goals today—make production more efficient, cut costs and stay competitive. The challenge is charting the …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Finding Inspiration in Packaging Design

John Kalkowski

Good design is not good enough anymore, says Mark Dziersk, a recognized expert in industrial design and brand management. “Packaging really has to inspire people. A brand’s package is its …

Rigid Containers

Sunscreen Brand Gets a Facelift

The Ladival sunscreen range has been given a facelift to ensure maximum on-shelf impact in pharmacies and retail stores. …

Flexible Packaging

10 Tips on Sanitary Equipment Design for VFFS Baggers

Kim Magon-Haller

Whether planning to purchase a new VFFS bagger or would like to evaluate your existing equipment, it’s helpful to know what to consider in terms of sanitation, maintenance and reliability. …

Meat/Seafood Packaging

Meating the Packaging Challenge

Kristen Kazarian

New extended shelf life (ESL) and food waste prevention methods in fresh meat and seafood packaging have consumers craving more. This is noticeable by the global market’s strong rise over …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Label for Two-Chamber Pharmaceutical Tube Offers Transparency

Schreiner MediPharm has developed a special marking label that encloses a pharmaceutical tube like a pocket. The label design offers transparency and space for information. …

Smart Labels: The Next Big Thing in IoT and Packaging

Anand Bhoge

Smart labels are now replacing the traditional silicon-based sensors, making the routine processes smarter and empowering the internet of things.

Track & Trace/Serialization

Fortifying Your Supply Chain Against Counterfeit Goods

Steve Wood

The key to anti-counterfeiting is to prevent false goods from entering the legitimate supply chain. The good news is that you can protect your brand. Starting with your raw materials suppliers, through manufacturing, packaging and onto distribution intermediaries, you can track and trace goods safely right to the customer.What’s the key to fortifying the legitimate supply chain to protect it from unauthorized goods entering your normal channels of trade? I believe it's a combination of these three strategies.

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Blogs

Retailers Have One Chance to Make a Lasting Impression with Home Deliveries

By Ken Chrisman

The last interaction a customer has with a retailer, the last touchpoint that locks in loyalty, is the one thing that will be remembered the most after the parcel is opened.

Eye-Opening Research Leads to Smarter Packaging Design

By David Roberge

7 Reasons Why Demand for Eco-Friendly Packaging Is Rising

By Ian Venus

Beverage multipacks

HP Collaborates with Coca-Cola to Reinvent Relations

With the aim to provide unique experiences and enhance personal engagement with consumers, HP Inc. collaborated with Coca-Cola to bring the famous "Share a Coke" campaign to India.

The Road from PDMA to DSCSA in Pharmaceutical Packaging

Walt Berghahn

The year was 1987. When then-President Ronald Reagan signed the Prescription Drug Marketing Act, the first passed legislation including the concept of pedigree for pharmaceuticals. It was also the precursor to the 2013 Drug Supply Chain Security Act signed by President Obama.

Pharma/Medical Packaging

New Study Identifies Online and In-Store Shopper Behaviors in Food and Beverage

Danielle Sauvé

Data and insights on what shoppers like helps fuel innovative product designs with strong value propositions, but knowing how shoppers want to receive products is also a critical piece of the story. For example, shoppers are constantly gathering information when it comes to food and beverage packaging and with the rise of smartphones, shoppers are becoming curious about how they can use their phones to get more value out of packaging.

Beverage Packaging

Sustainability Survey Reveals Industry Perceptions

A survey released by sustainability specialists Empauer and BtoB communications firm, Adduco Communications, reveals how global packaging industry professionals feel about sustainability, and raises questions about the industry’s preparedness to both implement and measure sustainability practices now and in the future.

Packaging Strategies

2018 August

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, see the newest list of the Top 25 Beverage Packagers, take a look at package design innovation, meat packaging technology, and much more!

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