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Pack Expo: RPA to offer educational series
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is offering a comprehensive educational series at Pack Expo, presenting six sessions on topics ranging from intelligent shipping to driving measurable environmental results with reusable packaging.

Center for Sustainable Packaging created at Rochester Institute of Technology
Center to be a testing ground for new sustainable packaging ideas and solutions for students, researchers, faculty and corporate partners.

Sealed Air’s packaging solution joins Material ConneXion Library
Sustainable Loose Fill Packaging Application Joins the World’s Largest Library of Advanced, Innovative and Sustainable Materials

LED fixtures improve safety and save energy
New lighting at Kimberly-Clark facility virtually eliminates lighting maintenance costs for the next decade.

RPA announces independent panel of judges for reusable packaging award
A panel of independent judges with a combined total of more than 80 years in packaging and sustainability will judge submissions for the Reusable Packaging Association’s first annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award.

Remcon Plastics joins RPA
Remcon Plastics, Inc. is the newest company to join the Reusable Packaging Association and exhibit at its Reusable Packaging Pavilion at the upcoming PACK EXPO show.

Packaging solution drives shipping efficiency, sustainability
Behr implements a customized packaging solution to safely and efficiently deliver HVAC parts.

Safeway expands usage of reusable shipping containers for produce
Food retailer switches to reusable product containers and removes more than 17 million pounds of corrugated from supply chain.

PwC report investigates sustainability in packaging
The UK packaging industry is calling for the phrase ‘sustainable packaging’ to be scrapped and is urging instead for government to get to grips with the real issues affecting the industry, according to a recently released report.

Sealed Air’s loose fill solution gains biodegradable and compostable certification
Sealed Air announced that its PakNatural loose fill solution, an innovative protective packaging product made from non-food, renewable materials, has been certified as biodegradable and compostable by three independent international organizations.

Reusable Transport Packaging joins Reusable Packaging Association
The company, based in Madeira Beach, Fla., supplies reusable, sustainable solutions for all types of shipping, storage and distribution applications. Reusable Transport Packaging will exhibit in the RPA Reusable Packaging Pavilion at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago.

60 seconds with Greg Aimi, Gartner
Modern talks to Greg Aimi at Gartner about sustainable logistics.

Packaging Corner: Turn trash into treasure
Reverse logistics service converts used packaging waste into a valuable asset.

Crown surpasses 5 million square feet of global brownfield development
Achievement detailed with release of the company’s 2012 global ecologic report.

IFCO opens RPC service center in Portland, Oregon
The new facility is IFCO’s fifth U.S. service center, extending the company’s network in North America in support of the continued expansion of RPC use by leading grocery retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada.


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2023 Automation Study: Usage & Implementation of Warehouse/DC Automation Solutions
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How Your Storage Practices Can Affect Your Pest Control Program
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Warehousing Outlook 2023
Warehousing Outlook 2023
2023 is here, and so are new warehousing trends.
Extend the Life of Brownfield Warehouses
Extend the Life of Brownfield Warehouses
Today’s robotic and data-driven automation systems can minimize disruptions and improve the life and productivity of warehouse operations.
Power Supply in Overhead Cranes: Energy Chains vs. Festoons
Power Supply in Overhead Cranes: Energy Chains vs. Festoons
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