July 2021 | Packaging Strategies Magazine

Packaging Strategies

2021 July

This issue highlights the 10 innovations in AI affecting packaging, how a Russian retailer was able to green its supply chain, three forces driving the CPG digital transformation, and much more!

Automation

10 Artificial Intelligence Innovations Impacting the Packaging Industry in 2021

As we enter the second half of 2021, we can expect AI-driven innovation to have a major impact on packaging design and production.

Doug Walker

July 15, 2021

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As part of AI innovation, companies are using machines and algorithms to create smarter packaging solutions. The use of 3D printing is being used increasingly in industrial applications, and it's not only designers who will be impacted by these new technologies.

Brand Packaging: Connected Packaging

3 Forces Driving the CPG Digital Transformation

The store shelf was once the mainstay of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, a crucial brick-and-mortar spotlight for tangible products. Today, the consumer experience increasingly skews digital; COVID-19 alone accelerated e-commerce by 10 years in 10 months. This new market landscape demands a major pivot to ensure success: a digital transformation.

Amanda Williams

July 13, 2021

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Here is a look at some of the twists and turns the CPG industry is taking in its digital transformation journey in order to redefine the consumer experience.

Brand Packaging: Lid Technology

Square Lid Tech Keeps Cannabis Fresh

Calyx Containers’ new lid was designed to benefit consumers and dispensaries alike.

Cherlene Erauda

July 13, 2021

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Cannabis as a commodified industry has definitely outgrown its dime-bag days, we’ve long said goodbye to weed handed off in a plastic baggie or swaddled in saran wrap. Legalized states have mandated regulations on protective packaging to enforce child resistance (CR), accessibility for those with dexterity limitations and, most importantly, preservation of the cannabis product inside.

Direct-to-Consumer Brand Reel Enters Retail with Target Partnership

June 15, 2021

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The sustainable, tree-free toilet paper will be sold exclusively in more than 200 Target retail stores and Target.com

SingleCut Releases Limited Edition NOTES IPA, an Ode to Its Love of Music

June 14, 2021

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SingleCut Beersmiths, one of Queens' original microbreweries, announced today the launch of a limited edition DDH IPA: NOTES.

Data Watch

COVID-19 and Its Impact on the Print Machinery Market

July 14, 2021

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According to a report from Smithers, COVID-19 has had a major impact on the print machinery market, with an accelerating effect on trends that were already being established.

Greening Supply

Collaboration Is a Requirement for Sustainable Change

Russian retailer X5 is setting the pace for the country’s sustainability efforts by getting supplier buy-in to green the retailer’s supply chain.

Yana Synesiou

July 14, 2021

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In the spring, X5 published Russia’s first sustainable packaging recommendations — representing the first time a large retailer has advised its suppliers to package their products in a way that is easily recyclable.