Packaging Digest
New Machine Seals Preformed Medical Trays with Roll-Fed Lidding
The Roll-Feed Aergo 2 Plus eliminates manual placement of cut lids while providing a faster, more efficient way of sealing medical trays with Tyvek lidding from rollstock. …
Could Mexico’s New Warning Labels Trigger Labeling Laws Elsewhere?
Required front-of-pack (FOP) declarations on all prepackaged food and non-alcoholic beverages sold in Mexico could inspire Latin American or other countries to establish their own labeling regulations as well. …
All-in-One Robot Simplifies Packaging Tasks
A simple, low-cost 6-axis unit packs full-scale tooling, control, and networking capabilities for pick-and-place, parts handling, and palletizing applications. …
COVID-19 and Food Packaging: One Year Later
Shifts caused by the pandemic in the availability, purchase, and use of packaging materials for foods and beverages for foodservice and retail linger. What materials remain popular and why? …
Will 2021 Be the Breakout Year for Additive Manufacturing?
3D printing technology is moving beyond its decades-long role as a prototyping tool. The technology’s value as a production process has been the Holy Grail for additive manufacturing. 2021 may be the year it booms. …
How to Build a Better Conveyor System
Here are some detailed pointers to building an efficient, productive, and safe conveyor system. …
Brainstorming Flexible Packaging Sustainability: 80 Experts, 1,500 Ideas
Virtual gathering of 80 experts including brand owners like Mars, PepsiCo, and Whole Foods and other stakeholders took aim at zero-waste food packaging. …
Can Tupperware and Loop Transform the Perception of Plastics?
Durable plastic packaging can have a long, useful, positive life that fits in with a sustainable mindset, as a new partnership is eager to prove. …
Technology’s Next Big Thing? Putting People Back into the Equation
A broad view of Industry 5.0, the factory of the future, clearly presented for all to understand. …
Pop Culture at Its Finest: Today Is #BubbleWrapDay
We pop-pop-pop a virtual celebratory roll of the icon bubbly packaging with diverse examples of how Bubble Wrap Day is celebrated. …