Packaging Perspectives Podcast

When the Coronavirus pandemic forced craft distillery Cardinal Spirits to close its tasting room and bar, co-founder Jeff Wuslich shifted his business to make hand sanitizer.

In this podcast, Packaging Strategies News talks to Wuslich as he explains how helping the community kept him in business.

Join Suhas Chavannavar, market segment manager for flexible packaging ink resins at BASF, and John Kalkowski of Flexible Packaging magazine for a discussion on the flexible packaging and printing industry. Listen in on what’s next for this market and what key trends and innovations will drive future developments.

For more information, visit www.basf.com/flexible-packaging

Sponsored by: BASF

Carl Vause, CEO, Soft Robotics, Inc. and John Kalkowski, Editor of Flexible Packaging, discuss automation and how collaborative robots with adaptive end-of-arm-tooling are overcoming the “kryptonite” to automation—variation. Hear Vause’s take on how robots are working their way in the food and consumer goods packaging industries.

Sponsored by Soft Robotics, Inc.

Packaging Perspectives talks with Branko Vukotic, president of PMI Kyoto, about how cartoning equipment manufacturers are employing new technologies to meet the needs of the evolving packaging market.

Timm Johnson, vice president of sales and marketing at Spee-Dee Packaging, discusses the challenges of accurately and efficiently filling packaging with dry foods. One major concern is employing high standards of sanitation to ensure food safety.

This online retailer ships billions of packages each year. Hear how Amazon is pushing to reduce packaging waste, minimize damage and delight customers.  Brent Nelson, senior manager of customer packaging experience – sustainability, explains how the company’s Frustration-Free Packaging program is moving to the next level  to develop packaging solutions in collaboration with brand owners and manufacturers through a vendor incentive program. For additional information, visit www.amazon.com/packaging

In an effort to close the loop on packaging use, a number of global packaged goods companies have announced Loop, a scheme to offer products in returnable and reusable packaging. The partnership has been announced at the World Economic Forum by Tom Szaky, CEO at Terracycle, which is coordinating the program. Tom gives an inside look at how Loop will operate.

Research and analytics company Nielsen recognizes 25 products that are reshaping the consumer landscape. Nielsen Senior VP Jenny Frazier discusses how these products were chosen and their impact on the market.

To view these products, download the infographic here

At Global Pouch West, Packaging Perspectives sits down with keynote speaker Jan Tharp, interim president and CEO of Bumble Bee, an iconic seafood company. She discusses where the company is heading, the role of sustainability in both fishing and packaging, as well as how the growing use of pouches is opening up new opportunities for shelf-stable seafood.

Packaging Perspectives meets with Alison Keane, president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, to discuss developments in the fastest-growing segment of the packaging industry.