Packaging Possibilities

The US will be competitive again in manufacturing. It’s a bold claim, made by Tom Kelly, Executive Director and CEO of Automation Alley , a nonprofit focused on helping Michigan businesses succeed by embracing innovation and automation. “You know how you beat China?” he prods. “You make products of one.” Kelly spoke at the 2023 Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis event on Tuesday, October 10. Packa...

Packaging engineer Michael Johnston taps into his personal experience as a patient to spread awareness of how noisy medical packaging is and how traumatic that can be.

The food and beverage giant doubles down on packaging compostability, driving knowledge, technology, education, and (ultimately?) acceptance.

Data-driven decisions are far more successful than “going with your gut” when choosing the best packaging design for your brand.

Packaging departments for medical device manufacturers can now help save months of development time and up to a million dollars in development costs with the new PATH pre-validated package and process from Eagle Medical.

The label design for International Delight’s new limited-edition Manhattan Hazelnut Mocha coffee creamer is “hilariously relatable” for fans of this popular TV show.

Having blazed a trail filled with packaging innovation, Michael Okoroafor looks back over the factors that have shaped his career so far, weighs in on being a proud black man for Black History Month, and projects what must happen to ensure the sustainable trajectory of packaging.

More new ideas from the inventive and passionate people of packaging energize our final Packaging Possibilities podcast recorded on-site at Pack Expo 2022.

Artificial intelligence and small-footprint automated packaging systems meet up with an engaged workforce and sustainable shipping at Pack Expo 2022, as Day 3 concludes. Oh, plus a couple of happy robots.

A busy Day 2 at Pack Expo 2022 nets digital printing news, notable machine designs, and impressive educational opportunities.

As Day 1 of Pack Expo 2022 wrapped up, we chatted about some standouts that we saw.

In this Packaging Possibilities podcast, Meaghan Ziemba, Principal of Mavens of Manufacturing, talks about the current state of engineering talent in the US and how packaging operations can rethink their personnel needs.

How do sustainability pledges made by brands align with the changing culture about the environment? What should package designers be doing differently?

In his “exit interview,” trailblazer Rich Hollander of Pfizer fame challenges pharmaceutical packaging professionals for the future and sets up shop to give back to the industry.

Spurred by a challenge from an ex-Pfizer packaging executive, let’s figure out how to speed up delivery of your next packaging machine.

Here’s what some packaging machinery partners are doing to ensure delivery of the systems, parts, or solutions you need to keep your packaging line running as it should.

In a gutsy move, Nestlé totally eliminated plastic packaging from its popular Smarties candies portfolio, more than 400 stock-keeping units. Adjusting production lines to run paper packaging — at the same speeds — was key to the project’s success.

A medical-market first, the new ProMax OnDemand tray sealer prints, places, and seals lids at up to 14 cycles per minute.

Through a co-creation process with packaging machinery manufacturer R.A Jones, Bumble Bee Foods introduced a new paperboard multipack for tuna cans that is win-win: curbside recyclable for consumers and offers retailers a more-flexible in-store display.

What will innovation in medical packaging look like? Inventor Nick Webb sees a connected, traceable, intuitive outlook that’s dummied down.

Global foodservice manufacturer Golden State Foods shares helpful advice on how best to source packaging today.

We can’t solve the plastics packaging pollution issue by reducing or eliminating material, but we can innovate our way out of it, says a Mars executive. In this Earth Day 2022 Packaging Possibilities podcast, Anders Bering, Vice President, Global Public Affairs of Mars Inc., explains: • Why Mars supports this treaty; • How we think about the plastic pollution problem in different ways in different...

In caring for COVID-19 and other patients, Nurse Vanessa Warner relies on sterile packaging to keep critical medical products safe for use. And, for that, she’d like to thank you. But she also has an ask.

Think of it. The virtual world opens up new scenarios for customized packaging experiences, virtual unboxing, and testing new designs. Packaging Digest noodled on this concept with Brent Lindberg, Head of Curiosity at packaging design firm Fuseneo . In our conversation, we jumped into the rabbit hole headfirst to unpack the challenges of designing for a new reality.

Frito-Lay will debut new commercially compostable packaging — made from 85% renewable plant materials — at a popular music and art festival this April.