September 2020

9
Sep

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. …

4
Sep

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. …

4
Sep

3 Ways COVID-19 is Changing Supply Chain Packaging

How do these shifts in shipment packaging affect your operations now and moving forward? …

4
Sep

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. …

4
Sep

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. …

3
Sep

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. …

3
Sep

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. …

2
Sep

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. …

2
Sep

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. …

2
Sep

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. …