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General Mills to Reduce Pesticide Use in Supply Chain

The company has explicitly stated its intention to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides on supplier farms.

Graham Packaging Snags 2019 Sustainability Award

Graham Packaging was honored with a 2019 Sustainability Award from the Business Intelligence Group in the Sustainability Leadership (Orga...

Sabri Demirel Apppointed Managing Director of Romaco North America

Sabri Demirel has just been appointed new managing director of Romaco North America. He succeeds Charles Ravalli, who retired in April 20...

Call for Entries: Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge Competition

In its 16th year, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge has become a prestigious competiti...

Impossible Foods' New Vegan Burger to Rival Beyond Meat

Impossible Foods will sell its plant-based burger in grocery stores starting in September after the Food and Drug Administration approved...

Pentawards Shortlists New YUNJIANG Label Created by RRD

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has been shortlisted for the annual Pentawards competition for its work with YUNJIANG, a private ...

Magnum Launches Ice Cream Tubs Made from Recycled Plastic

Magnum launches what it says are the first ice cream tubs made from recycled plastic; tubs are now available in Belgium, Spain and the Ne...

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Cans & bottles

A Popular Ale's Toast to Change

Toast — the planet-saving, certified B Corp brand that brews beer from surplus fresh bread and uses its profits to help fix the food system — has partnered with B&B …

Meat/Seafood Packaging

How to Seal Success in Competitive Markets

Tony Burgess

Fueled by today’s busy lifestyles, the convenience retail food market remains fast-moving and competitive. According to Statista, the U.S. market specifically is expected to grow. For manufacturers, this offers plenty …

Personal Care Packaging

Linear Transport Systems Accelerate Machinery Advances

Advances in all areas of automation technology continue to enable packaging operations to do more with less. New mechatronic solutions, which combine the principles of mechanical and electronic engineering for …

Conveyors

FlexMove Conveyor Platform Merges Two Existing Products Lines

Dorner has consolidated two existing product lines and unified them into a single platform called FlexMove. While the FlexMove name isn’t new, it now incorporates the features and strengths of …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Zero Waste Packaging: Real Sustainability at Last

Stuart Leslie

Our single-use disposable packaging world is about to change. And this time the change is being fueled by consumer demand. …

Dairy Food Packaging

Frozen Foods Heating Up

Kristen Kazarian

Frozen food packaging has a job to preserve food from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten, all the way throughout the product's journey. The packaging …

Personal Care Packaging

Blister Packaging Expands Performance in Pharma Industry

John Forsyth

There are a wide range of solutions that can be used to increase the shelf life of capsules, tablets, pills and other pharma products. Among these are PVC, PCTFE, PVDC …

Pet Food Packaging

The Fight for Fido

Kristen Kazarian

I have dogs — three to be exact. And not much is more important to me than my dogs’ health. Yet here we are with another — major — potential pet food recall. Sixteen brands are under the FDA’s watchful eye; most are grain-free versions but the players are some of the higher-end (and more expensive) brands.

Columns

OMAC Closes in on PackML 2020 Update

Lee Smith

OMAC and OPC Foundation jointly released a PackML OPC UA Companion Specification in 2018 — a nearly two-year effort to standardize how PackML information should be modeled in OPC UA. Since its release, technical solution providers have started to create real implementations of the specification.

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Blogs

Building Blocks to the Smart Factory

By Jonathan Wilkins

America’s uptake of robotic technology is increasing. Combined with the country’s desire for products “Made in America” and the political backing to support this campaign — it is an exciting time for U.S manufacturing.

Digital Evolution Creates Exciting Possibilities

4 Packaging Trends to Consider for 2020

By Chroma Color Corporation

Pharma/Medical Packaging

Optimally Equipped for Seamless Track & Trace

Packaging Strategies had a conversation with Romaco's Nicola Orsini about track & trace challenges, solutions and the future.

Beverage Packaging

A Glimpse at Pack Expo Las Vegas

Sean Riley

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019, co-located with Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019, is the year's most comprehensive packaging event on the continent. The shows will offer the latest packaging technologies to help manufacturers improve operations and stay competitive.

Snack Food Packaging

To Achieve Packaging Success, Rethink "Failure"

Neil Kozarsky

Triumph and disaster can occur with the introduction of a new product, line extensions of an existing product, and they can happen during the redesign of a legacy brand. Every problem – and by extension – every resolution has its own unique set of circumstances. And time is of the essence. Here are a few universal thoughts to consider.

Cans & bottles

Building Brand Preference Through Aerosol Packaging Innovations

George Buckland

While the majority of shopping decisions are based heavily on individual preference, when it comes to personal care products, purchases tend to be even more intimate choices.

Packaging Strategies

2019 August

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, we cover the Top 100 food & beverage packaging companies, 3D technology for experience and brand packaging, linear transport systems, case and tray sealing, frozen food trends and more!

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