Business Management - Industry Trends

My guess is you do the same thing I do when cruising the aisles of your local supermarket. You look at packages: study how a label was made, examine the diecut on a creative folding carton, look for new ways a flexible package can be resealed.

As with most other packaged goods, pharmaceuticals need reliable and speedy packaging solutions that deliver a combination of product protection, quality, tamper evidence, patient comfort and security needs.

when it comes to pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, the bar for end-to-end accuracy and quality is set a bit higher.

Approximately 82 percent of the world’s population lives in emerging market countries that account for more than 40 percent of the world’s economy. Economists predict that more than 70 percent of global GDP will come from emerging markets over the next 10 years.

It was—gasp—22 years ago when the first Indigo and Xeikon presses were rolled out at IPEX in Birmingham, England. The hype du jour was that digital printing was going to grow rapidly and dominate the commercial printing market. But it did not and has not.

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has seen a surge in new membership since the beginning of 2015, with six new converter members and six new supplier members.

Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based global provider of specialty pharmaceutical labeling solutions for over 60 years, has been recognized with a World Label Award 2014 for its Pharma-Tac Plus hanging label.

Oculto, a new tequila flavored beer from Anheuser-Busch InBev, features an innovative label that implements themochromic inks.

According to a new market assessment report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the global personal care packaging market will experience a 5.5 percent annual growth through 2019.

More than 90 percent of foodservice operators use foodservice packaging, making it an integral part of their business. A newly published Strategic Sourcing Guide provides direction to foodservice operators as they navigate the complex world of foodservice packaging.