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Photo credit: Blue Planet Studio – adobe.stock.com Pressure on supply chains and demand for hygienic packages are just a couple ways the COVID-19 coronavirus upended the lives of dedicated professionals working in packaging departments. Thank you for all you’ve done during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Packaging operations adapted to the crisis with (mostly) order, compassion, innovation, and efficiency — from refitting packaging lines to supply critical goods, t...

Yesterday, Amazon sent letters to thousands of brand-owner vendors affected by a new packaging program. So if you were wondering whether to design or redesign your packaging for the ecommerce channel, this might help you decide. To help reduce packaging waste and improve efficiency of ecommerce shipping for its vendors, Amazon will require that select products being sold and fulfilled by Amazon arrive in its fulfillment centers in certified packaging under its Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) p...

Photo credit: Artur – adobe.stock.com It’s probably no surprise that COVID-19 dominated many of our best-read articles related to pharmaceutical and medical packaging in 2020. But sustainability and a rare approval of a new pharmaceutical packaging test method fills out our baker’s dozen. Hygienic easy-open single-use packaging, a curb-side recyclable pharmaceutical shipper, a report card on senior usefulness (and other failures), and supply chain challenges caug...

  Photo credit: Drobot Dean – stock.adobe.com Looking for a little healthy indulgence when hunger strikes? You’re not the only one. Americans snack before, after, and during mealtimes. After all, today’s packages make it easy to do so. Here are a dozen examples of brands using packs and graphics to tempt and gratify.   For its organic dairy products, Maple Hill opted to use packaging that addresses sustainability. The recyclable container for its new line of single-serve shelf-stable (a...

2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out at Georgia-Pacific Box Plant 50 firefighters worked from Sunday night into Monday morning to put out the fire at the San Leandro, CA, plant. Crews worked for several hours on Sunday night to douse a two-alarm fire that broke out at the Georgia-Pacific box production plant in San Leandro, CA, local news organizations reported. Officials issued a second alarm for the fire at 11:14 p.m. and a total of 50 firefighters responded to the Alvarado Street location, coverage...

The collaborative robots vendor that introduced Baxter to the world in 2012 and Sawyer in 2015 evaluates cobots opportunities in packaging today. The second in Packaging Digest’s series of interviews with collaborative robots vendors in this ultra-high-growth market—one report forecasts cobots growth at an amazing 57% CAGR between 2017 and 2023—is Mike Fair, product manager at Rethink Robotics. What types of cobot applications are you seeing? Fair: Collaborative robots (cobots) can be i...

Photo supplied by InSphero A spherical ball inside a thermal shipper floats on water, keeping a tray of microtissues inside it upright no matter what position the shipper finds itself. InSphero’s InFloat shipper leverages ancient seafaring technology to keep products properly oriented throughout supply chain distribution. The shipper also maintains steady pressure and temperature for cold-chain and air freight shipping. InSphero’s clever InFloat shipper keeps conte...

PBPC Fresh research finds that 59% of consumers are interested in products and packaging made from plants, an estimated market of more than 136 million people. Research released December 10 by the Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) shows the majority of US consumers are receptive to plant based products and packaging, with 54% viewing them favorably and 59% expressing interest. According to the report, the potential market size for plant-based products is estimated to...

Is the move to paper packaging sustainable for beverage bottles? Major brand owners like Absolut, Diageo, Carlsberg, and PepsiCo are developing paper bottles, but what does a market analyst say about this paper chase? Until the last couple years the concept of a paper bottle would seem at best an oxymoron, but innovations continue to break barriers in the pursuit of packaging that offers sustainability benefits, ideally aligned with recycling. Thus, there’s renewed interest by major bra...