Packaging Strategies

2019 September

The September issue of Packaging Strategies is the PACK EXPO Show issue, and offers articles on IIoT, pneumatic systems on a stretch wrapper, sanitary machine design, gender neutral branding, dairy food trends and more!

Using the IIoT to Improve Packaging Line Performance

Spotlight Feature

Using IIoT to Improve Packaging Line Performance

Incremental implementation of the IIoT by plant engineers and other experts is the best route to success.

John Fryer

September 10, 2019

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Food packaging plants face a host of challenges in terms of eliminating food waste, improving safety and increasing uptime. These challenges are heightened by a confluence of external factors including pressure on margins, responding to real-time demand, requirements to use sustainable materials and others.

PACK EXPO: Show Issue, Part 1 of 2

Pack Expo Show: Viva Las Vegas

Kristen Kazarian

September 11, 2019

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Designed to power innovation across the industry, PMMI’s PACK EXPO Las Vegas and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO, Sept. 23-25, will cover 900,000 net sq. ft. of exhibit space, with 2,000 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees from nearly every market.

Brand Packaging: Beauty Branding

The Rise of Gender-Neutral Branding

Fashion, cosmetic and fragrance companies are connecting to a new generation of consumers by doing away with gender-specific branding.

September 12, 2019

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Even before birth, gender norms are thrust on all of us, from gender reveal parties to pink and blue blankets. Gender has traditionally been treated as a foundational building block of our identities.

Machinery

Setting Up Equipment for Low-Temperature Operations

How Wulftec beat the cold with pneumatic system enhancements.

September 12, 2019

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It seemed like an exciting product development opportunity. Building material suppliers in cold climates were moving packaging operations outdoors. They needed equipment that could operate in an open shed or shelter to bundle their bricks, blocks and masonry products.

PACK EXPO: Show Issue, Part 2 of 2

Elevating Brand Value with Digital Package Printing

Sean Riley

September 11, 2019

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Three experts from around the industry weigh in on the latest trends, technologies and practices that brands can leverage to effectively tackle multiplying stock keeping units (SKUs) and bolster efficiency, sustainability, security and brand experience through customization and personalization.

Editor’s Note

Animal vs. Plant

Kristen Kazarian

September 12, 2019

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The fight is still on — agriculture and dairy industries vs. plant-based food and beverage companies over the terms “burger,” “milk,” “cheese” and others.

HCPC Column

Packaging Opioids in Smaller Dose Blisters Can Help Young Victims

Walt Berghahn

September 11, 2019

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Blister Packaging for Certain Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics for Treatment of Acute Pain – Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1845 as it relates to opioid packaging, and recently passed Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients (SUPPORT) Act, passed in late 2018.

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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