Packaging Digest Blogs
The case of the funky photoeye
The call came while I was relaxing with the latest Packaging Digest and a cup of 100-mile coffee. It was Sandy and she was having a problem with her filler. Sometimes bottles would stop under the nozzles. Sometimes they wouldn’t. It sounded like it would be either fairly simple to fix or really hard. Other commitments prevented me from going to the plant so we figured we would try some assi ... More
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KC Boxbottom, packaging detective, is on the case to solve tough packaging puzzles
Working with our little mechanical buddies
Late in the last decade, when I was a senior editor at Control Engineering magazine, one of the biggest worries in the robotics world was safety. Robots were viewed like the proverbial bull in a china shop. Whether fixed or mobile, the things were considered big, clumsy and dumb as a box of rocks. They had no sense of what was going on around them, so any time a human blundered into their work are ... More
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Automation’s place in a technically advanced society
Giving packaging a second chance at life
.Product packaging is a way of life to us, sure, but to most consumers it has no value. Sure it provides safety, convenience, shelf life, but most consumers are blissfully ignorant of these important tasks. Usually consumers throw product packaging away without much thought; thankfully more and more are starting to recycle it, if possible. Everyone knows about recycling. We’ve been doing it ... More
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How to outsmart waste
Free-thinking students jolt paradigms and open minds
Reality bites. Probably nobody knows that simple fact better than packaging designers. Anyone who designs packaging for a living can rattle off dozens of times when truly great ideas got squelched in minutes by a dizzying interplay of different considerations — costs, materials, deadlines, client ignorance, sustainability, brand legacy, or just plain old fear. And that’s what makes ... More
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Exploring the latest in packaging design. Insights on marketing and branding, along with photos of exceptional packages from around the world.
Success begets success
I am certain that you all have had those days (or perhaps even WEEKS) where you can’t get anyone on the phone and those you do get either hang up, put you off, or tell you to call someone else. It is a difficult stretch to go through and especially difficult when it happens day after day, week after week. 28 years in Sales has given me many such stretches. That’s what makes the good ... More
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Selling printing, services, and managing sales
