Packaging Possibilities

I wanted to talk about shelf-life performance, and we did. But Absolut’s Director of Future Packaging veered into marketing and manufacturing — because they’re all connected .

How can we solve today’s manufacturing and packaging challenges, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Great Depression? Here are some surprising ideas.

The Loop reusable packaging concept, which started as an ecommerce shopping platform, continues its quest to an in-store retail model with its launch in select US stores.

A Texas company’s intricate reusable containers keep Team USA’s delicate luge sleds safe on their way to and from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

You can boost the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of your packaging machines and packaging lines in a low-lift/high-return kind of way.

It’s time to rethink what packaging sustainability departments do and why. Sustainability leader Bob Lilienfeld and I explore two core shifts led by SPRING , the new Sustainable Packaging Research, Information, and Networking Group. Lilienfeld is founder, Executive Director, and ombudsman for this virtual think tank designed to help all stakeholders make effective decisions about sustainable packa...

LiquiGlide CEO Dave Smith reveals exciting developments for the super-slippery coating including Colgate’s next-generation, recyclable toothpaste squeeze bottle; turnkey, ready-to-use LiquiGlide-optimized packaging developed by a renowned industrial designer; emerging categories and applications including viscous, high-value medicines and vaccines; dramatic yield-loss reductions in processing oper...

Instead of fighting over graduates from packaging schools, you might do better to recruit your next hire from Google. Find out why in this podcast.

Packaging operations have benefitted from robotics, improvements in vision technology, and motion control. In some cases, adding artificial intelligence (AI) as another layer could exponentially boost flexibility and profitability.

To Come

Packaging ecommerce expert John Blake sees Amazon’s new push for more Frustration-Free Packaging as an opportunity for brands to optimize their ecommerce packaging in three areas: boosting consumer delight, lowering costs, and meeting sustainability goals.

Innovative Ways Packaging Can Reduce Food Waste

Sustainability visionary Nina Goodrich expounds on insights from Earth Day founder Denis Hayes, the implications of the US rejoining The Paris Agreement on climate change, using carbon as a uniform measurement (or not), and an exciting program for SPC Impact 2021, happening now.

Lisa Pierce, executive editor of Packaging Digest, talks about remote machine servicing with John Henry, changeover wizard at Changeover.com. Like telemedicine visits, remote servicing for packaging machines and packaging lines skyrocketed during this past pandemic-year. What’s the likelihood that this will become the new normal?

Lisa Pierce, executive editor of Packaging Digest, talks about reusable packaging — specifically, reusable primary packaging — with Jason Foster, founder and chief reuser of Replenish. No longer the red-headed stepchild of sustainable packaging, reusable packages shine in the spotlight now. As well they should. They’ve earned it. But it’s just the beginning of awesome.

A look at macro trends in trucking, IT, and banking reveals areas where minor packaging shifts could make major contributions to a company’s profitability in what will be a difficult year financially.

Dan Felton, executive director of AMERIPEN , talks with Packaging Digest executive editor Lisa McTigue Pierce, about predictions for 2021 about packaging producer responsibility policies.