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The pharma and medical sector's continuing to be a robust market for the packaging industry, forward-thinking solutions have come in a variety of areas. Read more about these solutions.

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.

Our top picks for the most intriguing developments in sustainable packaging announced in September and October.

In September, my wife and I did a half Ironman relay. While waiting for my wife to finish the swimming portion, I struck up a conversation with a cyclist who was with team Rockit™ Apple. Inevitably, the conversation eventually turned to packaging.

In this interview, Fernanda Biagini of Quilted Northern talks about efforts to make it easier for consumers to recycle, including recycling the packaging used in E-Commerce.

AMERIPEN’s new study represents the first deep dive into the overall impact of state recycling marketing development, or the initiatives that states have taken over the past 30 years to create or expand markets for recycled materials. 

In this interview, Fernanda Biagini of Quilted Northern discusses the most significant E-Commerce trends impacting the CPG industry.

In just two years, some packaging producers will start paying to recover their packaging at its end of life. Is your company ready?

Efforts to address “problematic” materials used in its products include transitioning from single-pack polystyrene shippers to a 100% cardboard packaging material that has been designed to have the same thermal properties. 

As a greater number of women enter STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs in colleges and technical schools, they are filling electrical, chemical, engineering and other technical manufacturing roles upon graduation. This is encouraging given how underrepresented women have been in STEM fields in the past.