Coatings and adhesives play a critical role in packaging. It can enhance packaging, enable sustainability, engage the senses, increase functionality and create impact on the shelf. During today’s podcast, we’re going to speak with Rick Stokes, the vice president of the coatings group in North America at Sun Chemical, about the latest developments of coatings and adhesives for packaging.

Sponsored by Sun Chemical

For this podcast, we’ve asked Randy Ossege, Parts & Audit Manager at R.A Jones and Marketing Communications Director Jason Stover to explain exact what a specialized audit involves, how to know if you need one and the latest technology used.

This episode of Packaging Perspectives is on location at Global Pouch Forum 2022. Here we continue the Design for Recyclability panel discussion on how collection methods are evolving and end market solutions for hard-to-recycle plastics with Lisa Burns, Sr. Vice President of Sustainability, Reynolds Consumer Products and Jennifer Ronk, Sr. Sustainability and Advocacy Manager, Dow. 

At Global Pouch Forum 2022, Juan Gluth, CEO of GoodBelly by NextFoods, Inc., shares how the probiotic brand’s integration of flexible packaging to its product line increases consumer convenience and ultimately helps drive growth and product innovation for the brand.

Packaging on the east coast primarily serves food & beverage, life sciences, HAB and industrial/household chemical markets. Since 2000, consumer buying habits have drastically changed resulting in sector-specific challenges. Jorge Izquierdo, Vice President of marketing for PMMI, shares insights on those issues that will be addressed at PMMI’s upcoming Pack Expo East.

PACK EXPO East takes place March 21 – 23 in Philadelphia.

https://www.packexpoeast.com/

Amcor’s Ed Haedt sits down with us to discuss AmSky, blister packaging made from HDPE to improve recycling rates.

In this episode, we follow up with branding expert Todd Maute, a partner at CBX. Under his leadership, CBX has developed dozens of comprehensive private brand portfolios across thousands of SKUs for top retailers, like Sam’s Club. Our conversation covers topics like the rise of private labels, consumer behavior trends, opportunities for CPG brands, technology’s critical role in manufacturing and more.