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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.
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KTM Industries’ Green Cell Foam insulation
Brand Packaging: Eco-Packaging Case Study

Brands Turn to Foam for Protection of Perishables

Kristin Joker
April 12, 2020
Green Cell Foam by KTM Industries Inc. has been creating bio-based material for thermal protection and protective packaging applicants for nearly 20 years. The Michigan-based company takes U.S. grown, non-GMO corn and extrudes its starch into foam material.
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black background and bold metallic type
Brand Packaging: Packaging Design

Redesigning the Packaging Playbook

Making your brand stand out on a shelf full of copycats.
David Lemley
April 12, 2020
Marketers have done a pretty good job training consumers to recognize visual signals on packaging. Green indicates freshness, white cues purity, hand-rendered typography means a product is “artisan” and so on. But what happens when most consumer packaged goods companies play by the same rules in the packaging playbook? It’s a recipe for uniformity.
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Meler's Micron+ Adhesive Systems Improve Packaging Line Efficiency

Meler's Micron+ Adhesive Systems Improve Packaging Line Efficiency

April 9, 2020

Key benefits include an innovative tank construction that ensures uniform melt temperatures with no hotspots, char or waste; a horizontal piston pump design that provides consistent, direct adhesive feed; and a high efficiency design that uses 60% less energy and 50% less compressed air than comparable systems. 


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Trolls Take Over Lay's Poppables Snacks

Trolls Take Over Lay's Poppables Snacks

April 8, 2020

Lay's® Poppables™ launches limited-edition bags featuring five characters from upcoming "Trolls World Tour" film and bags also feature on-pack code as part of sweepstakes in which fans can win free pair of movie tickets.


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Coronavirus hand sanitizer recipes

New Podcast: How Distilleries Can Help Battle the Coronavirus

April 7, 2020

Cardinal Spirits, a craft distillery based in Bloomington, Indiana, shares provides distilleries with its directions on how to make hand sanitizer. In this podcast, Packaging Strategies News talks to Jeff Wuslich as he explains how helping the community kept him in business.

 


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