Packaging Strategies and Flexible Packaging editorial director Kristin Joker and PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo discuss what’s driving the demand for rental machinery. Part 4 of 6
The packaging machinery market is seeing an uptick in demand for rental machinery. There are three key drivers of this trend: flexibility, cost and return on investment. Continuously evolving consumer demands and the explosion of SKUs means that flexibility is paramount, particularly in the food and beverage markets.
Packaging Strategies and Flexible Packaging editorial director Kristin Joker and PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo discuss the next growth segment for flexible packaging. Part 3 of 6
Flexible packaging accounts for 19 percent of the overall packaging market and is expected to grow at a rate of 3.9 percent CAGR by 2023, according to the 2019 Flexible Packaging Marketing Assessment by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Packaging Strategies and Flexible Packaging editorial director Kristin Joker and PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo discuss why the FDA is pushing for clearer food labels. Part 2 of 6
Americans throw out about $161 billion worth of food each year, and consumer uncertainty about the meaning of the dates that appear on the labels of packaged foods is believed to contribute to about 20 percent of food waste in the home. To dispel this confusion and reduce food waste, the FDA is pushing for clearer food labels.
Packaging Strategies and Flexible Packaging editorial director Kristin Joker and PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo discuss the rapid development of smart packaging. Part 1 of 6
Smart packaging is developing rapidly. A major factor driving the growth of the smart packaging market is increasing demand for packaging that indicates and maintains product quality throughout the supply chain.
When it comes to rodents, and insects, kindness is not a word traditional pest control brands have used as part of a brand name or product description. It took a woman to replace the notion of "kill" with the concept of kindness to disrupt an industry.
If there was one word that summed up the packaging industry in 2018, it would be disruption. The shift from retail to e-commerce, the innovation of IoT, the expanding cannabis market and the war on plastic are only a few examples.
After the success of its affordable, flavored vodkas in 2012, Five Wives realized the need to appeal to a premium spirit drinker and turned to Berlin Packaging and its Studio One Eleven design team for answers.
British coffee, tea and cocoa brand Whittard of Chelsea partnered with illustrator Persephone Coelho to create a nature-inspired design for its new coffee packaging. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process.
It happens every year: Sometime between the back to school promotions and the Halloween push, ordinary products suddenly become infused with pumpkin spice.