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Investors should pay close attention to the potential for store brands to create new winners and losers in retail and CPG, advised Todd Maute, a partner at brand strategy and design agency CBX, during a recent analyst conference organized by Stifel Financial Corp. 

The 10 finalists for the international packaging design competition focus on creative alternatives to plastic packaging. Organized by Metsä Board, the competition was created to find new, environmentally friendly solutions for some of the world’s most frequently used consumer packages.

Napolina, the U.K.’s number one Italian cooking brand, unveiled a new look for its full product portfolio.The updated range started the rollout with tinned tomatoes that launched on shelf last fall.

The global food packaging market will approach $400 billion by 2025, making operational improvements and new equipment critical for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to keep pace, according to the newly released infographic and report from PMMI.

A new automated flour packaging line at PGP International’s Woodland, California, plant is making valve bag packing faster, safer and more energy efficient.

Having partnered with specialty food brands for nearly two decades, I've learned more than a few things along the way. Specializing in only food CPG brands has allowed me to finely hone in on best practices that can transform packaging into a workhorse to sell itself, be it on the shelf or online.

As automation technologies progress, there are more opportunities for machinery to respond directly to input from human operators. This is why a good human-machine interface (HMI) is extremely important.