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MWC, Kraft Heinz, and CTI Foods Named Winners of Manufacturing Innovation Awards
The award-winning food companies will reveal technology highlights of their projects and be honored during a special session at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, September 27-29.
Cold chain/temperature control
Logistics in the Vaccine Rollout
COVID-19
3 Key Takeaways from the EMA Clinical Trial Guidance Update
Package design
Film Technology Protects COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Strips
Logistics/supply chain
IoT-Enabled Reusable Packaging: Making Smart Supply Chains Smarter
Package design
Updatable Pharma Kit Packaging Saves Co. $200,000 and Counting
Incorporating a kit with a slide cover is providing production flexibility and cost savings—updating the kits only means replacing one component.
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OEM Redesigns Equipment to Incorporate XPlanar Floating Movers
The levitating material handling technology from Beckhoff is being used by Plasmatreat in its equipment to position materials beneath spray nozzles for plasma pre-treatment and coating.
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RLC Releases Report on Fixing Recycling in the U.S.
The Recycling Leadership Council (RLC), a broad coalition of stakeholders brought together to identify the federal government’s role in fixing the U.S. recycling system, released the Blueprint for America’s Recycling System.
Cannabis
Retail and E-Comm: 4 Cannabis Considerations in Uncertain Economic Times
How are brands coping with changes in the market, distribution and consumer behavior?
Machinery & Materials
Supplier Submitted
Collaborative Robots
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Bulk Bag Discharging System
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THK America Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Labeling/Printing
United Automation: Print-and-Apply Label Applicators for Pharmacy
Markets
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ProMach Appoints Director of Pharma Marketing
Cannabis
Retail and E-Comm: 4 Cannabis Considerations in Uncertain Economic Times
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NCC Strengthens Business Development Team
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ProMach Acquires Serpa Packaging Solutions
Logistics & Cold Chain
Cold chain/temperature control
SkyCell: 1500F Container
Cold chain/temperature control
Logistics in the Vaccine Rollout
Supplier Submitted
Stevanato Group Leads First Industry Discussion Paper on Primary Container Traceability Published by ISPE
Logistics/supply chain
IoT-Enabled Reusable Packaging: Making Smart Supply Chains Smarter
Issues
Cold chain/temperature control
Logistics in the Vaccine Rollout
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The Antares Vision Group Expands Software Capabilities Through the Acquisition of Rfxcel Corporation
COVID-19
3 Key Takeaways from the EMA Clinical Trial Guidance Update
Supplier Submitted
Toyochem: High Moisture-Permeable Acrylic Adhesives for Healthcare Field
Quick Hits
Quick Hits
Vaccine Distribution Status Check
Quick Hits
Yale Researchers Are Creating an Injectable Skin Cancer Treatment
Quick Hits
Michael Jordan Donates $10M to Hometown Medicine
Quick Hits
New Flexible Patch Monitors Vitals
Products
Supplier Submitted
Toyochem: High Moisture-Permeable Acrylic Adhesives for Healthcare Field
Labeling/Printing
United Automation: Print-and-Apply Label Applicators for Pharmacy
Cold chain/temperature control
Timestrip: Electronic Indicators Launched
Cold chain/temperature control
Swift Sensors: Sub-Zero Temperature Sensor for COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring and Storage
Supplier News
Supplier Submitted
Collaborative Robots
Cold chain/temperature control
SkyCell: 1500F Container
Supplier Submitted
THK America Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Supplier Submitted
The Antares Vision Group Expands Software Capabilities Through the Acquisition of Rfxcel Corporation
Cold chain/temperature control
Vaccine Freezers Powered Partially by Solar, Wind Power
For ultra-low temperature (ULT) storage and transportation, a new entry in the cold chain market can power freezers off the grid. In related news, ULT freezers were purchased for Puerto Rico and U.S. Embassy vaccines efforts.
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Setting a Design “North Star” in a Fragmented, Emerging Market
Cristin Rudolph, VP of Consumer Products at Green Thumb Industries (GTI), discusses the intersection between classic packaging design and fast-changing cannabis industry packaging design.
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Dove’s Sleek New Refillable Deodorant Pack
The global health and beauty brand launches new deodorant packaging that is circular by design, with a reusable stainless-steel case that can be refilled with deodorant sticks.
COVID-19
Where's my Vaccine?
unPACKed with PMMI podcast tackles why distribution of Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine isn't matching its breathtakingly fast approval.
Sponsored
View Product Demos On Demand
Missed part or all of PACK EXPO Connects? Browse dozens of demos by category or search by keyword. Find solutions to your packaging and processing challenges now through March 31.
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Report: Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO Connects
PMMI Media Group editors—covering a virtual event instead of an in-person exposition—divided and conquered to collectively take in as much of PACK EXPO Connects as possible. Here’s what they saw in the machinery category.
Sponsored
View Product Demos On Demand
Missed part or all of PACK EXPO Connects? Browse dozens of demos by category or search by keyword. Find solutions to your packaging and processing challenges now through March 31.
Logistics/supply chain
Consequences of Supply Chain Blind Spots and Solutions in New Survey
Companies lose millions due to spoilage; improved tracking methods increase end-to-end visibility and mitigate loss.
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Bumble Bee CEO One-Minute Video: How To Communicate Through Crisis
Jan Tharp, CEO of Bumble Bee Seafood, has navigated turbulent waters. Recently, Jan sat down with OEM's Stephanie Neil during PACK EXPO Connects to discuss her journey to the top of this revamped CPG. Watch this 'Management Minute' with Jan.
COVID-19
How FDA Food Supply Data Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
In the latest FDA Voices post, Dr. Stephen Hahn and Frank Yiannas, M.P.H. discuss how the new data analysis tool, 21 FORWARD, is helping food and agriculture workers receive vaccines.
Logistics/supply chain
Supply Chain Resiliency in the Face of Covid-19
MIT's Dr. David Simchi-Levi visited with Keren Sookne, Healthcare Packaging, during PACK EXPO Connects to re-examine how life science companies think about the supply chain.
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Report: Innovative New Pharma & Medical Devices at PACK EXPO Connects
PMMI Media Group editors—covering a virtual event instead of an in-person exposition—divided and conquered to collectively take in as much of PACK EXPO Connects as possible. Here’s what they saw in the pharma category.
Traceability/Serialization
Serialization 101
Fraud is a serious issue for drug manufacturing, and pharmaceutical and medical device regulations using serialization have been mandated to defend against counterfeiting.
Adherence/Delivery
Improving Home Care with Thoughtful Shipper Redesign
When the last mile includes the doorstep, design accommodates patients with limited dexterity post-surgery or diagnosis.
Business Intelligence
Quotables and By the Numbers to Start the Year
Quotes and stats on clinical trial demographics, modes of transportation, the personalized medicine market, and more...
Business Intelligence
National Association of Manufacturers Calls for Political Action from VP Pence
CEO Timmons: “This is not the vision of America that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defend.”
Traceability/Serialization
Traceability and Challenges in Perishable Food and E-commerce
Serialization, logistics for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and how food is starting to feel a lot more like pharma regarding regulatory hurdles and temperature control.
Medical device packaging
Med Device Market Shifting Business Models to Automation and Technology
Four out of five medical device companies interviewed for a new PMMI white paper believe automation and other technological advances are one of the biggest changes to manufacturing in recent years.
Automation/Robotics
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2020 - #1: COVID-19 Use Cases for Mobile Robotics
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2020. Coming in at #1, how robots can tackle tasks to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
Package design
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2020 - #2: Tampons in a Whimsical Ice Cream Pint
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2020. Coming in at #2, feminine care company Rael launches a unique recyclable carton in stores and online.
Logistics/supply chain
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2020 - #3: Pandemic Shapes the Future Supply Chain
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2020. Coming in at #3, five megatrends that will shape the future of business and the world.
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Home Compostable Bags for Zero-Waste Beauty Brand
As part of its holistic strategy to ‘stir up a clean + conscious change,’ D2C superfood beauty company LOLI uses less than 0.5% plastic in its packaging, opting instead for glass jars, paperboard, and compostable courier bags.
