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Berry Global has created a new global healthcare packaging and device division, with an emphasis on developing patient-friendly drug-delivery devices. The goal is to create a “better healthcare experience that is very patient centric,” Jean Marc Galvez, president of the new global healthcare unit, told MD+DI.   Berry’s total global healthcare business has grown from $500 million in 2015 to more than $1 billion today, according to the company. New investments include ISO Class 7 to Class...

The California-based protein products firm is expanding its portfolio to include plant-based alternatives. Ground beef processor and marketer Jensen Meat Co. recently broke ground on a new processing plant and launched expansion projects at its two existing plants to add capabilities for production of plant-based beef alternatives. “With sixty years’ experience, Jensen Meat has perfected how to process and pack quality ground beef,” Abel Olivera, the firm’s CEO, said in a company ...

Shifts caused by the pandemic in packaging materials for foods and beverages for foodservice and retail linger.

Creating a packaging design is quite a challenge, though creating a design in a day is remarkable. However, creating a graphics design every day for a year, now that’s astonishing! Ludovic Mornand, founder, Studio Blackthorns, did that just that, starting January 1, 2020 and continuing through December 31. Because it was a leap year, he created 366 different designs. Mornand responds to Packaging Digest’s questions in an exclusive interview. In addition to the above example, where we fea...

Photo credit: MarekPhotoDesign.com Looking for a job? Find career opportunities for packaging directors and managers, graphic designers, sustainability czars, and more. A New Year often triggers a review of current careers. If you’re open to new opportunities and are interested or skilled in various packaging functions, you’re in luck! The packaging industry remains active for job seekers, which is fortunate because 2021 will continue to test many Americans who los...

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Medical device companies can make a difference when it comes to sustainability, according to a senior packaging engineer at Medtronic who spoke during Virtual Engineering Week. In the Virtual Engineering Week session, “How to Make Medical Packaging More Sustainable,” Jennifer Griffin, senior packaging engineer at Medtronic, shared her recent visit to a tranquil fishing village along the Atlantic in Massachusetts. She s...

The breath-powered device delivers a standard drug deep into the nasal cavity for a clinically different product. About 30 million Americans suffer from chronic rhinosinusitis, Ramy Mahmoud, M.D., tells MD+DI, and the condition “causes a lot of distress and impairment,” he says. About 10 million of these patients have nasal polyps and use nasal corticosteroid sprays for relief. Many patients remain symptomatic, however, and they often turn to injections or even surgery, explains Mah...

Image courtesy of Massman Automation Designs LLC The precise capabilities of the GP-M3000 pouch-filling system make it attractive to packagers in the growing cannabis industry. Massman Automation Designs LLC , a leader in the design and manufacture of easy-to-operate, innovative packaging equipment for more than 40 years, is also the exclusive North American distributor of pouch-filling systems manufactured by General Packer Co., Ltd. These high-performance machines ha...

  “We have continued to invest strategically in capacity, technology and expertise across our global network so we can accelerate innovation and enhance productivity for our customers,” Mike Shafer, senior vice president and president, pharma service for Thermo Fisher Scientific, said in a recent release. “This has enabled us to respond quickly and support our customers with unprecedented scale and depth of capabilities to meet high demand for new therapies and vaccines. By simplifying t...

  The new service enables remote identification of the cause of product inspection equipment issues and enables Mettler-Toledo engineers to instruct on-site manufacturing staff, regardless of knowledge level, how to rectify the problem. This helps to maximize production line uptime, save costs, and comply with COVID-19 social distancing requirements. The state-of-the-art service allows manufacturers to securely connect remotely to the Mettler-Toledo Service Team to deliver diagnostic and repai...