Packaging Strategies

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2020 July

The July issue of Packaging Strategies highlights active packaging benefits; the private label boom post-COVID, staying competitive with X-ray machinery, a new OpX column, how factory of the future solutions unlock equipment efficiencies, expanding business with new product development and a household care company who believes it’s humor and sustainability that make the brand.

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Spotlight

Active Packaging Functions Gain More Traction

One solution was modified to work for foods as well as pharmaceuticals.
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Kristen Kazarian
July 8, 2020
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Active, smart and intelligent packaging solutions are used with food, pharmaceuticals and several other types of products to help extend shelf life, monitor freshness with temperature control, display information on quality, improve safety and improve user convenience.
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Feature Articles

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Materials

Tethered Caps & Lids Find a Home

The EU recently introduced a directive on marine plastic litter, and tethered caps and closures play an important role.
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Kristen Kazarian
July 13, 2020
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In May 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) directive proposed by the Juncker Commission as an essential element of its Circular Economy Action Plan to reduce marine plastic litter.
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Target's Good & Gather
Brand Packaging: Private Label Brands

Private Label Brand Boom Post-COVID

The pandemic has shifted consumer shopping and spending behaviors and put private brands in an ideal position to grow.
Kristin Joker
July 8, 2020
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Since the start of the pandemic in the U.S., private-brand sales grew 29%, outpacing regular-branded product sales, which grew by 24%, according to the most recent data from Nielsen.
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Moments of Reflection

Walt Berghahn
July 13, 2020
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We all reach moments of reflection. An incident or series of events that makes you take a breath, step back and evaluate what has gone by and what might be to come. As a nation, we’ve had too many of these moments in the last few months.
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