Packaging Possibilities

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.