September 2020
Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Developments and Issues
Claire Sand, recipient of the 2020 Riester-David-Brody award for lifetime achievement in food packaging, talks briefly about her career and outlook for the industry. …
Easy-Open Pack Addresses Single-Use Needs of Medical Products
Snapsil’s newer focus on the healthcare market leverages the pack’s hygienic and easy-open features for powders, liquids, solid dose tablets, and medical devices. …
3 Ways COVID-19 is Changing Supply Chain Packaging
How do these shifts in shipment packaging affect your operations now and moving forward? …
Can Personalization Improve Medical Device Packaging?
The “king of usability” says competitive and customer pressure will help medical device manufacturers improve the user’s experience. …
Packaging is Changing — So are the Security Threats
As supply chain processes are increasingly more digitalized, they are more at risk from security threats. Companies should look to these newer and proven technologies to track and trace their packages and ensure product security. …
Sustainable and Social Packaging Shines at Summer’s End
In August 2020, grim concerns softened slightly as our global packaging community turned to some lighter tales. …
Nestlé’s Summer Salvo in Sustainable Food Packaging
The world’s biggest food company is messaging how it is reducing waste and making food packaging circular through Twitter. …
Pharmaceutical Packaging Scores Badly for Senior Usefulness
Do you agree with the grades packaging gets for not meeting the needs of senior citizens? Click “Comment” below to, you know, comment. …
Pressurized Keg Keeps Open Beer Fresh for 30 Days
With many bars and restaurants still shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new 5-liter Joseph Keg lets beer drinkers enjoy draft beer at home. …
Recycled PET Plastic Thriving in Packaging
In a period when plastics and plastic packaging are increasingly unpopular, rPET is flourishing in applications from bottles to tubes to cartons. …