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Stretch Wrap Is Top-Selling Category in Plastic Protective Packaging Market

The plastic protective packaging market is projected to pass 9 million tons in 2019, according to a new study. This is due to the focus o...

Food & Beverage Innovation Forum 2019 a Success

The Food & Beverage Innovation Forum 2019 (FBIF2019), was held in Hangzhou International Expo Center in China on April 23, 2019. The ...

PMMI Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners

The PMMI Foundation, a part of PMMI, has announced the winners of three $5,000 scholarships to students studying food and beverage proces...

GreenPrint Corp. and Plastic Bank Partner to Offer Sustainability Solutions with Blockchain Technology

GreenPrint, an environmental technology company providing turn-key sustainability programs is partnering with Plastic Bank, an organ...

Bosch to Sell Packaging Business to CVC Capital Partners

Bosch plans to sell its packaging machinery business, based in Waiblingen, Germany, to a newly incorporated entity managed by CVC Capital...

First Hispanic Woman in Space to Headline PACK EXPO's Women's Leadership Breakfast

The Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) will host a breakfast networking event featuring Ellen Ochoa, the...

National PTA, Nestlé Waters North America and Nestlé Pure Life Team Up for Healthy Hydration

Through a healthy hydration program developed by the alliance, grants, recycling bins and thousands of bottles of water will be awarded t...

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Rigid Containers

The Modern Man's Grooming Products

Kristen Kazarian

Subscription services, grooming kits and self-barbering products are just a few of the hot trends for men’s personal care in the last few years. Even the old-school Barbasol shaving can …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

New Packaging System Designed for Glass Bottle Shipment

Nakpack arrived in the U.K. following a first order successfully performed for Roberson Wine. To get an idea of the resistance of the product, the brand performed a "crash test." …

Personal Care Packaging

The Role Closures Play in E-Commerce Packaging

Patrick Brannon

When designing closures for some of the world’s biggest brands, the biggest challenge we must overcome when it comes to e-commerce is ensuring our designs can withstand the impact of …

Pharma/Medical Packaging

Smart Robot Mounting Solution for Picking, Packing and Palletizing

The LEONI B-Flex P³ by LEONI offers a flexible, slip-resistant attachment solution for industrial robots especially for the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, serving picking, packing and palletizing applications. …

Prepared Foods

Middleware: A New Take on an Old Trend

Tom Jensen

Trends are funny. Some trends seem to quickly grab the attention of the public, only to fizzle out after the launch of the next trend. In retail, this is most …

Candy/Confectionery

Top Trends Driving Branding and Packaging

Phil Bagdasarian

In the competitive retail space it is imperative for brands to stay on top of evolving trends and consumer behavior. Thanks to technology, businesses have access to greater freedom and …

Inspection/Detection/Vision

Inspection Lines Do the Trick for Frozen Desserts

Kristen Kazarian

J&J Snack Foods is an innovative national leader in the snack food and frozen beverage industries. To protect product quality, J&J Snack Foods turned to Mettler Toledo Safeline and installed …

Cannabis and the FDA

Kristen Kazarian

When I was growing up, as many of you I’m sure, I would never have guessed that cannabis would be legalized. Back then it was taboo, worse than alcohol and seen as another drug on the streets. Remember the commercial, “This is your brain on drugs,” with the eggs frying in a pan?

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

LCA Shows Balanced Environmental Results for Produce Container Systems

Rachel Kenyon

The Corrugated Packaging Alliance recently released a new life cycle assessment of packaging for eight common produce commodities, which shows neither corrugated containers nor reusable plastic containers have an advantage in all environmental impact categories.

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Blogs

American Manufacturing Is Set to Explode - Are You Ready?

Reshoring is a hot topic in the U.S. Politically charged, the practice promises an increase in jobs for workers, profits for manufacturers and a revival of the ‘"Made in the USA" movement. Here are measures for small- to medium-sized manufacturers to prepare for a manufacturing resurgence.

Security with Tamper Evident Packaging

By Nathan Dube

Make Product Presentation a Priority

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Going Green: Three Myths About Eco-Friendly Packaging

Michael Mapes

It’s no secret that brands, regardless of industry, are constantly exploring new ways to incorporate sustainability into their products or business models. But there are still plenty of surprises coming from consumers when it comes to buying eco-friendly products.

Flexible Packaging

Mitigating Risk Through Research

Andrew Livermore

Consumer embrace of a new brand begins before they ever try the product. If the packaging is a turnoff, they may never get to what’s inside.

Special Reports

4 Things You Need to Know About Recruiting Top Talent in Packaging

Passing the torch to the next generation. Opening new doors as an industry. Coping with the rapid pace of technology. Growing your brand to ensure it remains relevant. We believe four forces will shape your ability to recruit top talent in the years to come.

Personal Care Packaging

Beauty Branding: New Generation, New Perspective

The universal language of marketing is continuously evolving. From field selling to market planning, today we see the dominance of the consumer creating meaningful content and experience for them.

Packaging Strategies

2019 July

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, we share new technologies in digital printing, insight on brand packaging, inspection lines, closures in eCommerce packaging, and more!

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