In this interview, Ranpak’s Bryan Boatner explains the role that end-of-line automation plays in delivering sustainable packaging solutions while also lowering costs and improving supply chain performance.
Despite the steady drumbeat of “less is more” when it comes to packaging, Eldon Schaffer of TekniPlex Consumer Products makes a case for the continued use of container liners, citing several of their invaluable contributions.
When a non-packaging-related news outlet makes 34 bold predictions for 2024 and two of them relate to packaging, it’s a sure sign of packaging’s importance in the global economy and in environmental efforts.
I recently stumbled across an article on LinkedIn News titled, “34 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2024.” Even before reading the article, I thought, “I bet at least one of these 34 Big Ideas pertains to packaging.” I was right.
In this second in a series of stories looking at the outlook for packaging in 2024, FPA’s Alison Keane talks about how converters will continue to innovate in the face of regulatory and supply-chain challenges.
Now and then I like to reflect on how the packaging industry intersects with my personal background. This seems especially appropriate now since it was approximately one year ago that I became Chief Editor of Packaging Strategies.
In observance of Veterans Day – and in recognition of the valuable skills and experience that military veterans bring to the packaging industry – we talked to West Point graduate Lisa Pruett about her role as President of Packaging and Label Solutions at R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.