Kenvue Packs Purpose into Every Package: Packaging World

How does Amazon meld a better customer experience with sustainability? Paul Jenkins, managing director of U.K. packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub, sits down with Pat Lindner, VP of mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, to discuss how consumer needs and sustainable solutions often overlap, and the sustainability wins the company has achieved in meeting these priorities. Watch the full featured video on Packaging World.

How are companies adapting their processes to ensure the safety and efficacy of their products, while meeting the rising demand of refrigerated biologics? With biologics comprising over 40% of drugs in development, the need for precise temperature control is paramount. These drugs typically require refrigeration at temperatures between two to eight degrees Celsius (or even lower) and falling outside that range could affect efficacy and patient safety. This is an AI generated episode. Read the...

What factors go into creating a production line that produces food reliably, safely, and consistently to impact the bottom line? The process must be engineered backward from the final product attributes, incorporating considerations for ingredients, food safety, equipment selection, and business infrastructure to ensure reliable and consistent manufacturing. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.

How can sustainability and convenience intersect? Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on Packaging World.

What are the best practices for medical device companies following the EPA's announcement of new concentration limits for medical device sterilization cycles? Editor-in-chief Elisabeth Cuneo sits down with Wendy Mach, Packaging and Sterilization Expert at Canyon Labs, to discuss action plans and new innovations in the medical device space. Watch the full featured interview on Healthcare Packaging.

What is the key factor in maximizing uptime? The key factor in maximizing uptime is data. Informed data helps to produce goods more productively across the value chain. By collecting additional data from the factory floor and combining that with other enterprise operational data, a smart factory can achieve information transparency and make better decisions. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.

How can your packaging counter outdated perceptions about a product, like stigma around non-alcoholic beer? Summit Brewing’s Nialas non-alcoholic craft beer line uses an adventure-themed packaging design to connect with active consumers and convey the flavor-forward character of the beers. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on Packaging World.

Why is collaboration between marketing, human factors, and packaging teams essential for successful product development? Editor in Chief, Elisabeth Cuneo, sits down with Chris Chudek, who has 10 years' experience in pharmaceutical packaging development, specifically with combination products. They talk about the importance of collaboration between marketing, human factors, and packaging teams to create a successful product. Watch the full featured interview on Healthcare Packaging.

What does faster automation mean for operations teams? As machines take over the most repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, employees are empowered to take on responsibilities that require critical thinking, adaptability, and collaboration. In this future-forward environment, line workers become system stewards. Maintenance techs evolve into automation specialists. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.

How can a company eliminate applying plastic price look-up (PLU) stickers to individual fruits? Laser etching directly onto suitably thick-skinned fruits like mangos and avocados lets Westfalia Fruit eschew plastic price look-up tags with date codes, while standing out on the shelf. Possibilities for unique designs, even 2D codes, abound. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on Packaging World.

What challenges are popping up as the healthcare industry continues to move away from ethylene oxide? Regardless of sterilization type, securing vendors has become increasingly more difficult over the past 5-10 years In some cases, X-ray is the more preferred process over EO as well as gamma, which requires the difficult-to-source Cobalt-60 radioactive isotope. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on Healthcare Packaging.

What steps should you take to ensure that the optimum system for a capital project is purchased? Before attempting to source quotes to address project needs, ensure that all the relevant stakeholders are accounted for in the equipment need specification. Then split the requirements from the criteria for evaluation to make a list of absolute pass/fail requirements. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.

Would recycled content in packaging influence your purchasing decisions? Kory Nook, VP, packaging R&I, at Danone, shared the company's experience managing consumer expectations with PCR at Packaging World's 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit. He explains that partial progress like 50% recycled content often doesn’t register with consumers. Read the full featured article on Packaging World.

What standards for transport and storage conditions need to be upheld to maintain sterile packaging conditions? A properly designed and validated sterilization packaging system ensures the effectiveness of the sterilization process and maintains sterile barrier integrity until it’s opened. Key risk factors to consider are temperature, humidity, physical environment, protective measures, and time/equilibrium. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on Healthcare P...

How can a company successfully improve throughput, while saving money, and giving back to the community? Campbell's Goldfish created a new line that adds an extra 50% of production capability to the facility, which means it can produce more than 5 million Goldfish per hour, or 1,500 Goldfish every second. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.