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60 Seconds with Alison Zitzke, Orbis Corporation
Modern's editor sat down with Alison Zitzke, Senior Project Manager at Orbis Corporation do discuss her background in sustainable packaging.

There’s more than one way to reduce shipment damage
Despite all the emphasis on sustainability lately, protective paper packaging also needs to make the performance and economic case to replace plastic. In this story, it does just that.

Pack Expo report: Labor shortages driving push toward automation
Labor shortages are driving consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to adopt automated solutions, according to "The Future of Automation in Packaging and Processing" report released at Pack Expo International

PMMI awards 6 students $5,000 Pack Expo scholarships
Each year the PMMI Foundation provides over $200,000 in academic scholarships to students attending PMMI Education Partners.

Pack Expo 2022 award winners
A number of contests and awards were held at the show. Here's a roundup of the winners.

2022 Pack Expo International attendance surpasses last edition
The show convened more than 44,000 attendees, surpassing the 2018 event.

Pack Expo to challenge student creativity in new machine building competition
A new packaging competition will bring six high school teams together for a head-to-head machine-building challenge at Pack Expo International

Pack Expo set to open October 23 in Chicago
From educational opportunities to open forums to receptions, Pack Expo International, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, will offer attendees from more than 40 vertical markets the opportunity to connect in many ways.

It’s time to optimize packaging
With Pack Expo 2022 right around the corner, we take a look at the trends driving packaging today.

Sustainable packaging comes on strong
Packaging equipment and systems continue to address sustainability, from the growing popularity of systems that right-size corrugated cartons on demand to autobaggers that use kraft paper stock rather than poly. Companies are also looking to ensure high, sustained throughput and improve the unpacking experience.

Pack stations take on all of it
With the rapid shifts in consumer buying patterns, pack stations are under pressure to deliver shipping boxes and bags that protect, are right-sized and cost effective. Fortunately, they’re up to the challenge.

PAC Machinery rebrands its bags and materials business to PAC Machinery Bags and Materials
The packaging solutions provider previously called its bags and materials business Converting Technology Inc. (CTI)

Robots edge into packaging
Long used for end-of-line packaging of single SKUs, robots are now branching out into packing e-commerce orders, placing items into shipping cartons, or inducting items into autobaggers. While still early days, it’s being done and promises a way to take on volume and variability without adding labor.

Interested in knocking 40% off your shipping label costs?
That would probably be a yes. Here’s the story of a new, double-sided linerless label printer that promises to do just that.

ECS Tuning puts packaging into high gear
By implementing an autoboxing solution to create a right-sized package every 7 seconds, provider of parts for European cars removes constraint, gains efficiencies.


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