Packaging

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, adds 23 member companies

Packsize is showcasing the latest additions to its full suite of Right-sized Packaging On Demand systems.

To help operations solve their issues with limited shelf space, while also ensuring they’re organized in a cost-effective manner, Flexcon Container is displaying its corrugated plastic containers.

Quadient is showcasing its CVP Everest, a system that can auto-box up to 1,100 custom-fit packages every hour.

To support heavy load applications, ORBIS Corporation is presenting its Odyssey rackable pallet, which has been added to its suite of reusable plastic pallet offerings.

Packaging’s moment in the spotlight

With respondents citing in-person trade shows as the most critical resource when choosing equipment, the upcoming PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 27-29, Las Vegas Convention Center) is poised to be an unbeatable opportunity to connect with the industry and explore technology in action.

That’s exactly what they want to know at the Virginia Tech packaging center dedicated to finding better ways to protect everything in the supply chain. The idea is to figure this out before the first shipment goes awry.

In this podcast, our speakers share their unique perspectives and take a 30,000-foot view of the current warehouse/DC operations environment as we roll through recovery; share some of the challenges of the pandemic.

Ever receive a box too big for its contents? What’s worse, the shipper overpaid to ship an unnecessarily oversized box. Automated fit-to-size packaging solves both problems at once.

Ten finalists were chosen as the most innovative products in each category - Best New Innovation; Best Innovation of an Existing Product; and Best IT Innovation based on concept, value, and impact.

Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) seeks entries for Excellence in Reusable Packaging award

With the theme of “Power Up,” ProMatDX 2021 will take place in April in a fully virtual format that showcases the latest solutions that supply chain professionals need to improve the resiliency and agility of their operations.

ProMach acquires Serpa Packaging, a provider of cartoning and end of line solutions. Deal expands ProMach’s secondary packaging solutions for pharmaceutical applications.

Deal includes assets of Bartelt, Scandia, and Kayat from KHS USA to expand ProMach’s portfolio of solutions in pouch packaging, cartoning, and shrink packaging