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Comprehensive information on the types and uses of packaging in material handling and warehousing with an emphasis on reusable and eco packaging.


The Paccurate Report
Paccurate put together this report to support your cost-saving and sustainability initiatives this year.

Banyan Technology and ProShip announce strategic partnership
Collaboration integrates Banyan’s extensive less-than-truckload (LTL) services into ProShip’s advanced Parcel offering to expand shipping options for clients.

Profitable Sustainability: How to make the investment work
Listen in as Jeff Haushalter, a partner with Chicago Consulting, discusses the state of sustainability and why a focus on packaging can deliver profitable, and sustainable, results. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Re-evaluate Parcel Fulfillment This Year
Perfect your packing for efficient shipping.

A central nervous system for right-sized packaging
At least part of future packaging success here sits in the cloud. Using cloud for packaging.

PMMI reappoints Beckhoff USA’s Mark Ruberg to Industry Relations Committee
Drawing on his packaging industry and automation expertise, Ruberg will help develop best-practice programs and policies to benefit PMMI members and their customers.

Bulk bins at GM get a makeover
Sustainability was an issue for the automaker, but bins with higher levels of recycled plastic were just a design change away.

Extended season of giving: ORBIS donates and supports local communities on year-round basis
From Make-a-Wish and Blessings in a Backpack, veterans groups and more, resuable packaging supplier ORBIS and its employees engaged in multiple charitable efforts in 2023.

Lucas Systems, Carnegie Mellon University partner on packaging challenges
The research is focused on developing new and innovative ways to reduce distribution center and transportation waste by optimizing the way packing and packaging of multiple items in a single order is executed.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits launches Ankaa Global Logistics
Wholly-owned subsidiary to offer storage, logistics and distribution solutions. Ankaa’s mission is to provide seamless vertical integration solutions for beverage alcohol suppliers that are efficient, transparent, and differentiated, the company said.

Three award-winning options worth a look
The RPA awards honor the year’s leading solutions— a reusable plastic pallet network, ESD bulk bins and a system for tracking packaged shipments.

How Smarter Cartonization Can Become A Competitive Edge
Listen in as Greg Walls, Paccurate's vice president of revenue, discusses strategies for reducing packaging costs and the amount of waste going to the landfill.

Pallets and Packaging: It’s time to optimize packaging
Maximize Your Warehouse Efficiency with Our Special Digital Edition. Expert Tips and Insights on the Latest Automation Developments. Download Now!

Reverse logistics needs some love
Whether manual, automated or somewhere in between, reverse logistics operations deliver maximum return only with an organized and efficient process. Don’t wait any longer to make your move.

How AI just made label placement better
Labeling shipment cartons at as high a speed as possible is a common goal. So is getting that label placed optimally. Artificial intelligence helps with both. Really.

Record-breaking Pack Expo Las Vegas exceeds expectations
Over 32,000 attendees, the most in the show’s history, actively engaged with more than 2,300 exhibitors across 1 million net square feet of exhibit space at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

RPA publishes 2023 Reusable Transport Packaging State of the Industry report
A comprehensive analysis of the global reusable transport packaging industry now available from the Reusable Packaging Association.

Optimal Parcel Packing For Cost
Shipping less air is only the beginning.

Pack out automation: Flexibility on the rise
Providers of automated packaging and carton right-sizing solutions have thrived by offering systems that deliver on labor and parcel shipment savings— now they’re looking to further evolve by looking to use lighter materials and support flexible “box-first” workflows.

Automated packaging makes noise at Crutchfield
A leader in the home audio distribution space, Crutchfield is using on-demand packaging to get packages out the door and to save on labor and packaging costs.


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