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Home » Authors » Rebecca Eve Schweitzer

Rebecca Eve Schweitzer

Former Managing Editor of Packaging Strategies.

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Market Trends: Household Packaging

Household packaging innovations set consumers free from tradition

Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
September 8, 2015

Consumers want to live well, live affordable, live consciously and live innovatively. Household products are answering those demands with entirely unique solutions to traditional products and packaging.


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Materials Technology: Sustainable Materials

Sustainable packaging sustains its prominence

Eco-friendly packaging and sustainable materials are no longer a niche.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
September 8, 2015

Today, it is nearly impossible to read about packaging innovations without seeing some mention of sustainability.


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Market Trends: Single-serve food packaging

Single-serve packaging becomes a lifestyle

One is the most convenient number for food packaging.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
August 6, 2015

According to the report “Branded Refrigerated Meats and Meals: U.S. Market Trends” from Packaged Facts (packagedfacts.com), convenience, alongside health and creativity, is one of the top trends for branded refrigerated meals and meats.


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Materials Technology: Cans & bottles

Sustaining rigid packaging

Cans and bottles find more sustainable options while increasing consumer convenience.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
August 6, 2015

PepsiCo-Lipton has launched a tea drink in Central America with a bottle design exclusively for them by Amcor Rigid Plastics (amcor.com).


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Snack time moves beyond snack foods

Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
August 5, 2015

Cookies, chips, snack cakes, crackers and so on no longer dominate snack time. Consumers are branching out into healthier snack, snacks as meal replacements and eating single servings of just about any food.


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Machinery Technology: Palletizing

Palletizing machinery gets refined

Efficiency, flexibility, speed and reliability are more than matters of taste.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
July 15, 2015

In January, AFA Systems (afasystemsinc.com) introduced the TR-CPP – Transrector Series Combination Case Packer Palletizer.


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Editor's Choice: Household Packaging

How packaging helps out around the house

Household packaging simplifies and sustains.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
July 15, 2015

Chores. No one wants to do them, and no one wants them to be more complicated than they have to be. This is where the nearly $2 billion a year household products market strives to better the lives of consumers.


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CoverStory: Flexible Packaging

Flexing packaging’s muscles

Flexible packaging builds a strong presence in the industry.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
May 13, 2015

Flexible packaging may be offering lightweight alternatives to rigid packs, but it’s no lightweight in the packaging industry.


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Materials Technology: Beverage Multipacks

Beverage multipacks multipy impact

Beverage packagers position multipacks to engage consumers.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
April 13, 2015

In a world of grab-and-go convenience, checkout lines, vending machines and c-stores aren’t the only places where consumers reach for portable packs of their favorite beverage.


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Machinery Technology: Material Handling/Conveyors

Conveyors can handle anything

Advancements in conveyor technology solve a variety of packaging challenges.
Rebecca Eve Schweitzer
April 13, 2015

Multi-Conveyor (multi-conveyor.com) recently built a stainless steel constructed plastic belt conveyor designed for accumulating flat or low in height product. This particular project was designed for raw foods but the concept can be used for many applications.


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