Robotics and automation have both long served the packaging industry, speeding up the packaging process, increasing sustainability and efficiency, all with safety in mind.
“Spending money like water” usually means wasting money. Not so long ago, many companies spent money like water on water, and on other seemingly abundant commodities, like compressed air.
Companies are doing more with post-consumer recycled content, plant-based materials and even sustainable company practices, and that is usually because consumers are demanding for more.
Now and in the future of the snack food industry and packaging trends, we’ve seen a significant shift in not only the greater market share and consumer demand, but the way that snacking is viewed from both consumer and provider perspectives.
Whether it’s an X-ray, sensor, checkweigher or other inspection or detection device, manufacturers are constantly thinking of new innovations that could provide the safest solutions.
The winter often brings expectations of colder, lower humidity weather and the right conditions for generating static electricity in flexible packaging processes.
A new market report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, predicts 5.5% annual growth for the global personal care packaging market through 2019.
When it comes to packaging, it can be argued that nothing appeals more to a consumer’s eye in the aisles more than beautifully and strategically designed packaging.