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Siemens connects healthcare providers and medical designers to produce components through additive manufacturing.

Siemens Connects Healthcare Providers and Medical Designers to Produce Components Through Additive Manufacturing

Siemens opens its Additive Manufacturing Network to enable the efficient execution of design and printing requests by doctors, hospitals, and suppliers of medical equipment in response to COVID-19 pandemic.

An Appeal to Support Our Essential Services and Critical Infrastructure Workers

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Telehealth, Home Devices Help Increase Bed Capacity in Hospitals

COVID-19’s Impact on the Canadian Market

OEM COVID-19 #5: BellatRx & Mpac Langen

Mask Prototypes

Second Life: Sterile Wrap Fashioned into Masks

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The Potential of ERP Amid a Pandemic

Automation on the plant floor can keep production flowing to refill store shelves. But the biggest problem manufacturers face right now is a disruption to the supply chain.

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Why Women are Under-Represented in the C-Suite

If companies with more women in leadership roles have greater innovation, increased productivity, higher employee satisfaction, and higher employee retention, why are there so few in the C suite?

Flexible Packaging for Infinite CBD Gummies

Popularity of Cannabis Formats Evolving, Packaging Follows Suit

Dried flower is giving way to creams, gels, dried teas/powders and inhalers, products that doubled in growth in two years’ time. Packaging for cannabis is expanding to meet this growth.

RFID-Labels from Schreiner MediPharm for syringes and vials, combined with Kit Check’s tracking solution, enable an automated medication management.

Schreiner MediPharm and Kit Check: Automated Medication Management for Hospitals

System provides safe medicine supply chains in hospitals through RFID.

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All Roads Lead to Delay in the Time of COVID-19

Land, sea or air – the supply chain is being hard hit by shortages, delays, rising costs and lack of workers due to the coronavirus.

The camera system Polyphem wt is designed to ensure reliable filling control on blister machines.

Laetus at Interpack: Keeping the Entire Supply Chain in View

Laetus presents a wide range of systems at this year’s interpack for the inspection, serialization and aggregation of products in industries such as food, FMCG, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Musings on Sustainability

Read what Jim Chrzan, VP of Content & Brand Strategy at PMMI Media Group, and Sean Riley, PMMI’s Senior Director of Media & Industry Communications, had to say about the state of sustainability during a lively conversation at the show earlier this month.

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PACK EXPO East: From the Floor

Did you miss PACK EXPO East? See what Packaging World Editor Matt Reynolds had to say in the “PACK EXPO Rewind Show Floor Findings” podcast with PMMI’s Sean Riley.

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Despite Confusion Over CBD, Sales Projected to Grow

The source and legality of CBD products can cause confusion to consumers, but product sales are expected to reach $20 billion in the US by 2024.

Dr. Keith Jerome (left), Director of the UW Medicine Virology laboratory in Seattle, and Dr. Alex Greninger, Assistant Director of the lab, quickly ramped up a test to detect the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. As of March 11, their lab had performed nearly 3,000 tests &horbar; with nearly 270 found to be positive.

Thermo Fisher, Roche Begin Large-Scale Shipping of COVID-19 Tests

In total, the companies are aiming to produce millions of tests per week. “We are grateful to the FDA for accelerating the process to grant Emergency Use Authorization for this test,” said Matt Sause, President and CEO of Roche Diagnostics North America.

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Finance and Investments in the Legal/Not Legal Cannabis Business

Lack of access to financial institutions and tax breaks, as well as volatile market valuations, challenge the cannabis industry’s ability to expand.

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UnPACKed with PMMI PACK EXPO East Rewind Series

So you missed the most successful PACK EXPO East to date? No worries, unPACKed with PMMI has you covered.

PCR is an available, cost competitive, and more sustainable packaging option offered now by Ritual.

Multivitamin provider Supports Earth Conscious Mission with 100% Recycled Content Containers

Partnership with Amcor results in development of PET container for Ritual multivitamins made from 100% recycled content.

Retailers and brands support a transition from UPC to 2D barcodes, watermarks, or RFID tags to provide consumers with more detailed product information and transparency and retailers with more robust supply chain data.

Retail Industry, CPGs Support Switch from UPC to Data-Rich Barcode

Retailers and brands support a transition from UPC to 2D barcodes, watermarks, or RFID tags to provide consumers with more detailed product information and transparency and retailers with more supply chain data.

Glass-Like Plastic for Injectables

Day 2 Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO East in Philadelphia introduced a film from Japan that delivers same performance as glass for parenteral drugs.

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Canada and the Cannabis Market

In October of 2018 Canada was the first nation to fully legalize recreational THC and CBD products for adult use, yet the market’s development has been impacted by the specifics of the legalization rollout.

To pave the way to a circular economy, Syntegon Technology contributes its expertise to the European initiative CEFLEX for flexible packaging.

Syntegon Technology and Ceflex stakeholders develop ‘Designing for a Circular Economy Guidelines’

Ceflex aims to establish a circular economy for flexible packaging in Europe by 2025, polyolefines and other monomaterials will pave the way.

Complete product serialization system designed to make it easier for growing manufacturers to meet compliance needs, maximize uptime, and ensure product integrity.

Covectra: Authentitrack Prime for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Provides easier, affordable one-stop product serialization system to growing manufacturers for end unit traceability and compliance.

The move from the original date was taken after careful consideration and consultation with local government and authorities, and advice from the (WHO) in regard to COVID-19.

CPhI South East Asia Rescheduled for July 2020

Event move ensures extra precautions and safety measures taken.

Circular Supply Chain and the Reusable Packaging Association

Circularity and reusable packaging systems will be the topic of RPA’s free 2-hour educational program on May 20 in Atlanta, GA, following the Circularity 20 conference.

Contract Packaging Potential in the Cannabis Industry

Contract Packaging Potential in the Cannabis Industry

While contract packaging in the cannabis industry has been slow to develop, there is room for packaging specialists who can guide and manage the vast and ever-changing landscape of cannabis packaging.

Amcor will support the coalition with its experience in packaging design for medical devices and applications in hospitals and other treatment settings.

Amcor Joins the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council, Continuing Progress Towards its 2025 Pledge

Amcor’s partnership with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) will help foster more sustainable practices and innovation across the healthcare industry.