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In today’s consumer marketplace, the majority of buying decisions are being made at time of purchase, influenced more by how the product speaks to the customer and draws them in than anything else.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Kim Beswick, general manager, office and desktop systems, Memjet, for insight on the present state and future of digital printing.

At North America’s big Pack Expo show last month, it was not difficult to see that machinery and material suppliers are working to capitalize on some trends sweeping the packaging industry.

In this video, Gerald Lessard, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of West Liberty Foods, discusses the major challenges of retaining technicians and how the FIT Program can help enhance plant productivity as well as keep technicians in the food and beverage industry throughout his or her career.

In collaboration with the Swedish based supplier IFS Applications, Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. has implemented a group-wide enterprise resources planning (ERP) system which will embrace its operations in the UK, as well as in North America, India and China. 

Sonoco has given its Sonoco Sustainability Star Awards to seven North America plants for their successful efforts to reduce their waste to landfill and implement sustainability practices. 

Stick packaging has greatly evolved within since its introduction to America. It was perceived as messy and aesthetically inferior, but as the public’s perception of stick packaging changed into a convenience oriented mindset, flexible packaging welcomed the adaptation with open arms. 

Carving out specialties within strategic market segments — specifically those that require a supplier to do a little bit more to solve packaging challenges. That’s the mindset that Polymer Packaging has taken over its 29-year span to become a successful mid-sized converter.

Fast lead times. Emphasis on customer service. Short to medium runs. No red tape. Those are just four of the pillars that have made Sixto Packaging a staple in the South Florida economy — and packaging community as a whole – for the past 45-plus years.