Packaging Strategies

2020 January

The January 2020 Packaging Strategies offers a culmination of tips and best practices in “Best Practices for Packaging Line Optimization,” and the 2020 Packaging Design Forecast, along with articles on fiber laser marking, HMIs with a more human touch, rigid plastic sustainability and more!

Spotlight Feature

Best Practices for Packaging Line Optimization

Experts share tips and ideas on taking your packaging line to the next level.

Kristen Kazarian

January 10, 2020

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Optimizing a packaging line is a journey. And there are many variables to consider in the quest. If one machine or component isn’t working, it can wreak havoc on your entire line — with labor costs, downtime and of course finding the root of the issue.

Brand Packaging: Packaging Design Trends

5 Packaging Design Trends That Will Dominate 2020

Pamela Webber

January 16, 2020

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Packaging has always been a means of communicating a brand’s value proposition — who your product is for and why it’s better and different than anything else on the market today. But in today’s increasingly competitive consumer product landscape, the critical need to stand out is inspiring marketers to push the boundaries of design in new and unexpected ways. Based on what we’re seeing from design projects on our global platform, here are five new trends that will dominate packaging design in 2020 and beyond.

Brand Packaging: Food Packaging Design

10 Ways to Maximize Food Sales with Packaging

The essentials to delivering coding, marking and labeling made easy.

Jenn David Connolly

January 17, 2020

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Having partnered with specialty food brands for nearly two decades, I've learned more than a few things along the way. Specializing in only food CPG brands has allowed me to finely hone in on best practices that can transform packaging into a workhorse to sell itself, be it on the shelf or online.

Automation

Giving the Human-Machine Interface a More Human Touch

There are more opportunities for machinery to respond directly to input from human operators.

Clark Kromenaker

January 16, 2020

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As automation technologies progress, there are more opportunities for machinery to respond directly to input from human operators. This is why a good human-machine interface (HMI) is extremely important.

Machinery

CPG Manufacturers Turn to Fiber Laser Marking Systems

Advancements in laser marking technology make an enticing option on the packaging line.

Brock Young

January 16, 2020

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For years, fiber lasers have been a mainstay in the electronics, automotive and aerospace markets with their ability to produce alphanumeric text on the surfaces of hard plastic and metal parts. Now, fiber lasers are gaining a foothold in consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing.

Materials

The Role Sustainability Plays in Rigid Plastics

With its lightweight, recyclability and ability to form post-consumer resin, rigid plastic packaging offers many benefits.

Robert Flores

January 16, 2020

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The industry has experienced a lot of buzz, and even confusion, when it comes to packaging and sustainability in recent years. Schools of thought differ on the best materials to use, what happens at package end-of-life and even rigid packaging versus flexible packaging.

Editor’s Note

Time to Reset

Kristen Kazarian

January 17, 2020

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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. This led me to wonder how many of you may be struggling with a limitation in your job. Maybe it is a broken limb, long hours, or not finding the next game-changing product, etc...

Converters Expo South

Converters Expo South is a one day expo that unites converters of paper, film, plastics and nonwovens with industry buyers, specialists and suppliers. With hundreds of attendees expected, Converters Expo South will be the place to find manufacturing partners, check out testing and prototyping equipment, meet with producers of disposables and learn the latest in flexo printing and packaging.

Your one-stop shop for all things converting is back in 2020 with additional exhibit space! Celebrating 13 years as the only one-day expo exclusively located in the Midwest, Converters Expo unites converters of paper, film, plastics and nonwovens with industry buyers, specialists and suppliers.

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