Packaging

The supply chain is undoubtedly getting greener thanks to corporate commitment and the right technology.

Companies looking to use a Cloud-based unified approach to their marking and coding systems have options like never before.

In this Leader’s Q&A, Webb highlights the labor challenges taking place in packaging fulfillment right now, and how automated packaging can tackle those obstacles.

From what goes in packages to pallet loads on the warehouse floor and even artificial intelligence, dimensioning equipment has some new missions.

While there aren’t too many facilities without a human workforce, lights out continues to gain acceptance in operational pockets with the help of advanced automation.

Opening this week (June 14 - 17) in Mexico City, EXPO PACK México convenes nearly 700 exhibiting companies with packaging and processing professionals from over 40 vertical markets across 18,000 net square meters of exhibit space.

Deal expands ProMach’s food packaging machinery offerings and strengthens international footprint

Fanatics, the online retailer of sports merchandise, opted for high speed autobagging systems for one of its DCs in the United Kingdom, yielding a five times improvement in throughput velocity.

A new reusable carton reduces egg breakage by 50% in the supply chain from the packing house to retailer. The crates, which also extend egg shelf life, are good for 120 round trips.

Modern facility will be hub for latest flexographic print and package converting technologies

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, added 27 new companies at its recent board meeting

This testing process validates the equipment is ready for installation at a customer’s property.

ORBIS showcased a variety of packaging solutions— including reusable plastic pallets, totes, bulk containers and metal solutions — and services that help supply chains find efficiencies, improve the flow of product and increase sustainability, all while reducing costs..

Supply instability and rising costs prompt chief procurement officers to adopt new approaches to ensure enough materials such as pallets, plastics, corrugate, metal and glass.

Customer requirements are evolving. So are distribution centers and the technologies that support them.