The global track and trace solutions market is expected to reach $28.9 billion by 2032, with companies in various industries utilizing these solutions for production and sales tracing and compliance. Notable firms such as MM Packaging, Antares Vision Group, and Deitz Co. have developed innovative solutions for these needs.

This story explores recent innovations making produce packaging more eco-friendly. But first, let's take a broader look at the produce packaging market.

As part of our 2024 "State of Flexible Packaging" initiative, The Packaging Group from BNP Media reached out to leading converters for their input on the current EPR legislative climate.

Packaging Strategies has extensively covered recent innovations in caps and closures, each distinctly unique in materials, applications, and specific benefits.

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Reporting by Packaging Strategies over the last several months reveals the innumerable applications of inspection/detection/vision equipment.

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Allpax, a ProMach brand, recently delivered a new high-speed automated pouch loading and unloading system to a customer to feed an existing bank of Allpax retorts.

Lightweight, compact, and heat-resistant retort pouches are ideal for preserving food products like baby food, ready-to-eat meals, and pet food through retort sterilization, ensuring longer shelf lives. However, there are limited recyclable options for retort pouches in the market.

Check out how new advancements are making retort equipment more efficient and packaging more eco-friendly. But let's first take a step back and take a wider look at the retort packaging scene.