The scholarship was established to honor Packaging Hall of Famer and longtime Enercon employee, Bill Zito, who strongly believed in the importance of education in the packaging field.
In agreement with its association and industry partners as well as the trade fair advisory committee, Messe Düsseldorf has decided to cancel both interpack and components 2021, due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The trade fairs were scheduled to take place from February 25 – March 3, 2021 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has chosen Purdue Northwest College of Technology as its 2020 recipient of the Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship.
We look at the total package, including the label, to identify problems with consumer engagement. Recyclability and sustainability paired with a nice design at low cost are just a few benefits brands and converters look for. Below, we find a few recent label offerings that just might fit the bill for the future of labels.
The OpX Leadership Network has released best practices and leadership guidelines for executing virtual factory acceptance tests (vFATs), to address the changing operational landscape brought on by COVID-19.
With shared missions of furthering the awareness and use of the contract packaging and contract manufacturing (CP/CM) industry in their respective regions, this collaboration presents expanded opportunities to the members of each organization on a global scale.
Many brands and retailers could reduce the climate impact of their packaging up to 50%, based on a large number of life cycle assessments by BillerudKorsnäs in a new tool that evaluates the environmental impact of different packaging solutions.
Americans are drinking their way through the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Many are holding Zoom video “happy hours” with friends and colleagues, while others are content to imbibe by themselves or with a significant other with no social media necessary.
As a longtime supplier of flexible packaging machinery, I have had the unique opportunity to work with a number of companies to help them solve their evolving packaging challenges and continue to evolve their packaging— from large companies to a growing number of entrepreneurial startups.
Five students received $4,000 scholarships from the 2019 Fall PMMI Scholarship in Memorial of Claude S. Breeden, Glenn Davis and Art Schaefer, according to PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.