In this episode with Carl Kanner, vice president at Smith Corona, we discuss challenges facing the paper industry and what those challenges mean for packaging companies when it comes to choosing materials. We also discuss opportunities for the sector in the labeling and packaging space.

Packaging Strategies recently sat down Eldon Schaffer, CEO of TekniPlex Consumer Products, to discuss the company’s role in the evolution of molded fiber packaging solutions. (Image courtesy of TekniPlex)

With bans on PFAS and polystyrene popping up across the packaging landscape, Bill Kuecker and Emily Parsons of Solenis explain how a new generation of molded fiber is responding to the call for sustainable packaging options that also offer high performance. (Images courtesy of Solenis)

BNP Media Group Publisher Doug Peckenpaugh sits down with Erik Brainard, President & CEO of Anritsu Infivus Inc and Vice President of the Food Production Solutions Association Board of Directors, as they discuss the upcoming Food Solutions Exchange & Conference 2025. The event will take place March 19-21 at Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, AZ.

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As someone who heads the U.S. operations of Germany’s SOMIC, Peter Fox is intimately familiar with the different approaches that North America and Europe take to secondary and end-of-line packaging. In this interview, Fox shares those insights as well as what he sees as overarching trends in packaging. 

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Brett Parker recently sat down with Shang Wu, Client Director, and Nei Valente, Creative Director, for Design Bridge & Partners to discuss their redesign campaign for Smirnoff Ice, which earned them a 2024 Designalytics Effectiveness Award. Wu and Valente explain recent changes in the beverage and alcohol space that influenced the redesign, the positive consumer feedback they received on the campaign, and lessons from the project that can be applied to all packaging redesign efforts. Images courtesy of Design Bridge & Partners

Packaging Strategies recently sat down Gillian Garside-Wight, Director of Consulting at Aura, to discuss the role of data in packaging sustainability.