Articles by Pan Demetrakakes

General Mills often uses broadcasts from community colleges, supplier headquarters, or other locations as a worker training tool.You can have the best packaging machinery in the world, but if you

The international controversy over the plastics additive bisphenol-A (BPA) has gone through several recent twists and turns. More...

A couple of odd stories involving snack food crossed my e-mail recently. More...

Vision systems and sensor-based systems are both increasing their versatility due to adjustments in functionality.The things that take a look at packaging deserve a second look themselves. On many packaging

Gum and mints freshen breath. Many of them are also freshening their packaging. From the biggest global player to the smallest niche ventures, companies that market chewing gum and breath

I feel for Kraft Foods. It’s not easy when contamination from one of your products becomes an Internet star due to a packaging-related quality problem. More...

The very first item of any kind I ever wrote about packaging was on a wine cork made from plastic. It was a good introduction to the idiosyncrasies of the wine world. More...

The caller had a Southern accent and the good manners that so often go with it. More...

We’re all familiar with those food-product-as-political-poll gimmicks. But leave it to the British to do it up right. More...

Every so often, I get the feeling that I and most of the people I deal with and write about might take packaging a tiny bit too seriously. And then I come across something like this. More...