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Packaging Safety in the Age of COVID-19

October 8, 2020

Despite the fact that the U.S. and the rest of the world has been dealing with the impact of coronavirus since March 2020, food safety and cleanliness in packaging must still be upheld.

PACK EXPO Connects: Columns

Hemp Packaging for Cannabis — and Beyond

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

October 8, 2020

While FDA is still assessing the safety of CBD in foods and beverages, cannabis-infused products are widely available on the market — particularly in states that have fully legalized cannabis products.

PACK EXPO Connects: Preview

PMMI Presents: PACK EXPO Connects

The virtual PACK EXPO Connects tradeshow will include an intuitive, interactive platform for live engagements with consumer packaged goods companies and suppliers.

Kristen Kazarian

October 8, 2020

For the first time in 60 years, PACK EXPO International has cancelled. However, if you thought that a pandemic would stop the global packaging event, you would be mistaken.

Eagle EPX100 x-ray system for packaged products

Machinery

Staying Competitive in Challenging Times

Manufacturers look to invest in X-ray inspection equipment to set the stage for brand protection and future growth.

Kristen Kazarian

July 11, 2020

As COVID-19 reshapes the international manufacturing landscape, food and beverage companies are looking at ways to optimize their production efficiencies.

Automation

Back to the Basics: When and How to Automate Your Packaging Line

Michael Castor

May 11, 2020

You’ve worked hard to grow your business, starting out as a small company where you packed a few boxes per day to growing into one that requires packing a few boxes per second. While you’ve been able to keep up with the busy pace of change, you’re wondering, “how long can I keep this up?”

Automation

Packaging Machine Safety

Machine safety is about productivity, not just compliance.

John Kowal

April 12, 2020

Typically, we think of packaging machine safety in terms of hard wiring, e-stops, guarding, lock out/tag out and regulatory compliance. Those are important considerations, of course, but today’s networked safety technologies can achieve substantial increases in productivity.

Automation

There Is No One-Size-Fits-All IIoT Strategy

With or without the cloud, scalable IIoT technologies solve common problems, such as inefficient compressed air systems.

Mark Ruberg

March 20, 2020

In packaging plants across the world, compressed air systems create significant energy waste. Pinhole leaks in air lines, sticky valves and other inefficiencies cost huge consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufactures and small contract packagers alike substantial amounts of money.

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Flexible Insights: Materials

Dennis Calamusa

February 11, 2020

As a longtime supplier of flexible packaging machinery, I have had the unique opportunity to work with a number of companies to help them solve their evolving packaging challenges and continue to evolve their packaging— from large companies to a growing number of entrepreneurial startups.

Industrial-Grade 2D Camera Provides Fast and Detailed Error Analysis

December 3, 2019

The new EventCam from SICK brings clarity when unexplained gripping, handling and positioning problems arise, or when unreproducible installation errors or machine downtimes occur.

Automation

7 Tips for Choosing Cleanable Packaging Equipment

Machines incorporating sanitary design can improve the bottom line by lowering the risk of product recall and improving productivity.

Steve Bain

October 15, 2019

Sanitary design and cleanability offer opportunities for improving the bottom line. Complying with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for equipment and utensils lowers the risk of expensive product recalls and the consequent damage to brand reputation.