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Business Intelligence
Suppliers Find Strategies to Minimize Supply Chain Issues
Between short-term changes like international sourcing and long-lasting adjustments like onshoring, suppliers are taking protective measures against supply chain issues.
November 10, 2023
Some suppliers are making long-term changes in reaction to the supply chain issues of recent years.
COVID-19
Siemens Healthineers Brings Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Market with RRD’s Supply Chain and Warehousing Solutions
During the Omicron peak in January 2022, the company delivered millions of rapid COVID-19 antigen self-tests with help from RRD for inbound receipt, inspection, warehousing, labeling, fulfillment, and more.
December 14, 2022
Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers. ©2022 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
COVID-19
FDA Perspective: COVID-19 Learnings in Communication, Manufacturing
Dr. Peter Marks: “One thing we definitely learned does not work: you can't keep cold capacity. If you have a facility that's completely cold… then you want to try to bring it up to manufacture vaccines, it just doesn't work well.”
September 12, 2022
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Workforce
IoPP Salary Survey Respondents Starting to Seek Greener Pastures
The 2022 IoPP Salary Survey reflects employees that are more confident about their prospects than they were at the outset of the pandemic, thus less risk averse and open to changing jobs. Employers have to pay more to retain already scarce labor.
August 1, 2022
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Contract Manufacturing and Packaging
Battling Volatility
Tips on managing a company post-COVID.
July 21, 2022
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COVID-19
unPACKed podcast: Ripe Opportunity for OEMs in Pharma Market
Hear Donna Ritson discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted pharmaceutical production and how that disruption affected, but could ultimately benefit, the industry.
June 28, 2022
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Primary Packaging
New Filler Boosts Capacity
Installing a fifth filling line will help this leading manufacturer of commercial skin care products address the current demand for hand sanitizer and meet future customer needs.
February 8, 2022
The new line at Kutol handles plastic bottles ranging from 1-oz to half-gallon sizes.
Materials & Containers
Lagunitas, Blue Moon Test Glass 'Flight Pack,' or 'Drinktainer' Concept
Craft brewer Lagunitas was an early adopter of this tap room-friendly packaging system from O-I. Called Flight Packs, they offer beer fans a unique way to bring the taproom tasting experience home.
February 3, 2022
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Primary Packaging
Korea-Based Biotech Co. Outfits Nine COVID-19 Test Kit Lines with New Labelers
Bioneer is meeting test kit needs with applicators that apply 300mm-long top labels for product identification and tamper evidence.
January 11, 2022
The company opted for HERMA Basic applicators for nine packaging lines, applying 300mm-long top labels for product identification and tamper evidence, as well as a label on the side of the kit’s box.
COVID-19
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #2: COVID Trickle-Down Tied to Potential Corrugated Shortage
Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, #2 on our countdown, on a pandemic-related potential corrugated shortage.
January 1, 2022
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Supplier News
Tetra Laval Donates 10 Million Euros to Support UNICEF
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The donation will aid UNICEF’s efforts to strengthen global vaccine equity, especially in lower-income countries.
December 22, 2021
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Workforce
Women, E-comm, and Collaborative Tech Shape a New Way of Working
An expert panel at the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network discussed women and remote work, as well as solutions for adapting to pandemic-era consumer buying trends. Read, watch, or listen to the conversation.
October 20, 2021
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PMMI News
unPACKed with ProFood World Podcast: Refitting Processing Plants in a Pandemic
Listen to the inaugural unPACKed with ProFood World podcast for insight on the tumultuous past 18 months for food processing facilities and the industry's future plans for avoid repeating some of the same mistakes.
August 6, 2021
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COVID-19
Pandemic’s Effects on Food Manufacturing, for Better or Worse, Could Linger
It’s the A, B, Cs of food manufacturing and packaging. Building-in controls that assure food safety and quality are the very essence of any good food operation.
July 28, 2021
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Beverage
Pandemic-Related Health and Hygiene Consumer Trends Affecting Beverage Market
Product safety demands and active health management are two areas that have increased since the start of the pandemic, and the results on the beverage industry will likely be long-term.
July 26, 2021
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Workforce
2021 IoPP Salary Survey: Salary Freezes Begin to Thaw. How Does Your Compensation Compare?
After a flat salary year in 2020 with heightened uncertainty and worry about both traditional salary increases and bonuses, 2021 results indicate that confidence is returning. Meanwhile, job security is high and fewer people are seeking greener pastures.
July 14, 2021
Last year's salary freezes are thawing, and compensation optimism is slowly but surely heating up.
Protective/Transport Packaging
Rapid-Response Packaging Development Aids Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines and Test Kits
Trays, inserts, tubs, and lids were developed in mere days, compared to the traditional weeks or months. The companies had to navigate shortages in resin supply due to COVID-19 and Texas storms.
June 1, 2021
The new lid has a snap feature that holds it tightly in place because a robotic arm grabs the tubs by the lid at the vaccine filling plant.
Primary Packaging
From Empty Warehouse to Sanitizer Bottling in Three Months
This new hand sanitizer packaging plant uses a unique automation architecture featuring edge computing to run at the pace of modern business.
May 24, 2021
Shown here is the rotary filler/capper running on one of the five packaging lines that E66 now has running smoothly in its Oklahoma facility.
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