Ryan Ruskin
Striking Packaging Upgrades Spark Curiosity
Two packaging innovations for alcohol beverages and multiple standouts in packaging design — most with a sustainability slant — gained vast attention in the last month. …
Bacardi’s Foray into Sustainable Packaging Has Some Challenges
Bacardi plans to have PHA-based liquor bottles on store shelves by 2023, despite the material’s higher cost compared with conventional plastics and the reluctance of industrial composting facilities to accept the biopolymer. …
Fortress Launching Smart Checkweighers
Fortress Technology is unveiling its expansion into checkweighing with the launch of its Raptor “smart” weigher series. …
Hybrid Packaging Technology Reinvents Sous Vide
Startup that sterilizes pouches of high-quality food at 140°F to reduce energy use and processing costs has some familiar backers. …
Digital Watermarks for Recycling Plastic Packaging: Who, What, Why, and Where?
Digital watermarks are referred to as the Holy Grail 2.0 enabler of plastic packaging recycling, but what is it, what’s happening, and what brands are involved? …
Building a Better Supply Chain Through Unique Device Identification
Class I medical device companies have work to do, despite the UDI enforcement delay. …
Manufacturing Challenges During a Pandemic
The pandemic-related challenges faced by manufacturing are varied. Some shops shut down and reopened. Others never closed but had to adjust for social distancing. …
2020 Packaging Trends Explained in 60 Minutes
My enjoyable conversation with packaging enthusiast Adam Peek starts with a quick review of my 38-year career as a packaging media journalist before jumping into COVID-19 impacts, sustainability focuses, ecommerce and supply chain shifts, sourcing challenges, new design trends, and the packaging job market. …
Flexible Packaging Innovations Involve Materials and Machines
The latest flexible packaging materials and machines will be showcased during Pack Expo Connects 2020, November 9 to 13. …
Reusable Packaging Scales Up Despite 2020 Challenges
Economic and environmental support continues for Loop, the shopping platform built around reusable packaging, even during uncertainties of the COVID-19 global pandemic. And its founder contemplates a future that might even leverage Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. …