For electrical and electronics manufacturers, packaging is where four separate problems meet: fragile, high-value products that damage easily in transit; export shipments that can be
Food and beverage demand does not arrive in a smooth line. A holiday promotion can triple volume in a week. A retailer reset, a viral
When a food or beverage brand outsources packaging to a co-packer, it is also outsourcing its food-safety risk and its retail-audit readiness. If the co-packer
A corrugated box gets most of its stacking strength from one thing: the direction its fibers and flutes run. Paper is far stronger along the
Watch the same person hand-pack fragile components at 8 a.m. and again at 4 p.m. and you will see two different jobs. The morning crate
A transformer bushing leaves your dock in good shape. Three weeks later it reaches a customer in another country, they open the crate, and the
A transformer bushing leaves your dock in good shape. Three weeks later it reaches a customer in another country, they open the crate, and the
The US contract packaging market is in the middle of a structural expansion, not a post-pandemic spike. Independent forecasts from Mordor Intelligence and Precedence Research
The Email That Used to Be Enough Isn’t Enough Anymore Five years ago, the relationship between a CPG brand and its co-packer looked like this:
Your Packaging Line Is Probably the Bottleneck. The Hidden Cost of Your Labor Crisis Ask a food and beverage COO what keeps them up at
Open any manufacturing trade publication in 2026 and you will see the same phrase repeated everywhere: Physical AI. It is on the cover of PMMI’s
On May 25, 2026, Maine will enforce a ban on PFAS in nine categories of plant-fiber food contact packaging. If your paperboard trays, molded pulp
Ask a VP of Operations how many packaging vendors their company manages and the answer is usually vague. “Seven, maybe eight. Plus a couple we
If you sell through Amazon and you have not updated your packaging specs in the last 12 months, you are probably losing money right now.
The barcode as you know it is about to change. By December 31, 2027, every major retailer in North America is expected to scan a
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies are under more pressure than ever to move faster. In 2025, major retailers like Walmart and Target ratcheted up On-Time
If 2025 was a year of consolidation, 2026 is the year of velocity. The US packaging market is shifting fundamentally—moving away from simple volume growth
As of February 2026, the first wave of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is officially live. The checks have cleared for producer dues in Colorado, data
