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Machinery

Communication Is Key to Successful Form, Fill & Seal Projects

Understand your application and communicate expectations of the equipment and the partnership you want.

June 11, 2020

Due diligence goes a long way toward ensuring a proper match between your new form fill seal equipment and your production and sales goals. This was my own firsthand experience for many years while I was on the purchasing side, specifying packaging equipment for a global food manufacturer.

Amcor Joins World Wildlife Fund-Led Activation Hub, ReSource: Plastic

June 9, 2020

Launched last year, ReSource aims to help accelerate large-scale plastic commitments by organizations. By 2030, Resource has a target to prevent at least 50 million metric tons of plastic waste from entering nature.

Dispelling 3 Common Myths about Sustainable Packaging

May 22, 2020

The demand for sustainable products and packaging is only growing. With continuous innovations to packaging technologies, brands have many options for improving their packaging and reaching sustainably minded consumers.

Smurfit Kappa Cuts CO2 Emission by 32%

May 18, 2020

Smurfit Kappa is making significant progress in reducing its relative CO2 emissions, according to its 13th annual Sustainable Development Report (SDR) which was published earlier this month. The paper-based packaging provider reported a 32.9% reduction in fossil CO2 emission intensity between 2005 and 2019.

Operations

How to Get Pricing Right — For You and Your Customers

Combine business expertise and strategy with data-driven customer and market insights to consistently set the right price at scale.

Jared Wiesel

May 11, 2020

Packaging companies are operating in a rapidly and dramatically changing economy. The landscape is increasingly digital, requiring new ways to make transactions and position products online.

WPO Announces WorldStar Special Award Winners

May 8, 2020

The WPO (World Packaging Organisation) announced Bronze, Silver and Gold Special Award winners in the categories of Marketing, Sustainability, Packaging that Saves Food, and the President’s Award. There will be a special ceremony to present the Special Awards during Interpack 2021.

P&G Expands Eco-Box Line for Laundry Products

April 29, 2020

The Eco-Box portfolio now includes more of the same fabric care brands in smarter packaging, including Tide Original, Downy, Gain, Tide purclean, Tide Free & Gentle and Dreft.

PTG Launches Dual-Temperature Pharmaceutical Shipper

April 28, 2020

Packaging Technology Group, Inc (PTG), a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions for the biopharmaceutical and life sciences sector, has launched a dual temperature pharmaceutical shipper made with sustainable materials.

Meeting the Increased Demand for Takeout and Delivery with Sustainable Packaging

Ian Lifshitz

April 27, 2020

As Americans isolate in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a definitive surge in the demand for food delivery. Apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub have seen a significant uptake in orders placed and have become a lifeline for struggling restaurants.

PMMI Column: Advances in Packaging Sustainability

Maria Ferrante

April 12, 2020

Sustainability impacts the conversation around packaging as consumers become progressively more aware of the impact brands have on the environment. Sustainability is especially important among younger consumers.