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Workforce News Roundup: 2021

While science, technology, and regulations are often the focus, people are critical to a successful packaging operation. Check out articles, podcasts, and videos from Healthcare Packaging and sister publications Packaging World and OEM.

Dec 9, 2021

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Read stories on skills gaps, salaries, retaining talent, and more:

How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset: People

Personnel Training: A Critical Third Step in Cybersecurity

2021 IoPP Salary Survey: Salary Freezes Begin to Thaw. How Does Your Compensation Compare?

Top Three Operational Priorities of Execs in Packaging and Processing

Women, E-comm, and Collaborative Tech Shape a New Way of Working

Ushering in the Next Generation of Engineers

Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19

Attract and Retain a Quality Workforce, Insights with Gardner Carrick at PMMI’s ELC

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Prefer to listen? These podcasts discuss workforce issues in manufacturing:

unPACKed Podcast: Emphasis on Ease of Operation at PACK EXPO

unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Packaging and Processing's Gender & Race Wealth Gap

unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Help Wanted, and Fast!

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Watch the following 5-minute videos:

How to Approach Workforce Development, Worker Safety Today

How Robotic Palletizers Cater to Labor Shortage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

5 Tips To Improve Your Remote/Hybrid Audits

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PMMI Foundation Awards $30,000 in PACK EXPO Scholarships to Six Students

2026 recipients represent the next generation of talent across engineering, packaging, and advanced manufacturing

Professional presenting single-dose care packaging solutions at Pack Expo booth W-25060 trade show

Single-use Dispensing Pouch Is Easy to Open One Handed

Man in blue shirt at Pack Expo booth W-24114 presenting between Retal, Integritempo, and REfoam company displays

New Round Ice Pack Chub Replaces Flat Packs

Professional presenting packaging equipment at Pack Expo booth W-24060 trade show

Force Decay Leak Testing for Pharmaceuticals

Man in business attire presenting at Groninger booth W-28022 during Pack Expo trade show

Assembly Line for Plunger Rod Insertion Offers Precise Torque Control

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Bradman Lake Showcases Next-generation Packaging Automation at PACK EXPO International

See Bradman Lake's FT-iFLEX Flow Wrapper, Intelligent Motion Loader (IML), SL903 End Load Cartoner, HS Carton Former, IL120 Carton Closer, and IB30 Bagger In Booth S-1742.

Systech Launches Automated Serialization Stations for Packaging Lines

BW Packaging to Launch Perpetua at PACK EXPO

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