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unPACKed Podcast: Navigating Trade Shows as a Woman

Hear Amber Miller of PMMI Media Group host a special Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network conversation on how women in manufacturing can get the most out of trade shows.

July 1, 2025

OEM Profile: MAP Put Orics on the Map

Orics Industries was a pioneer in MAP just as it began to take off. Now it builds equipment for businesses, including everything from produce to meat to dairy to orthopedic implants.

June 24, 2025

Manufacturing technician standing next to industrial packaging machinery in workshop

How The PACK Challenge Builds Tomorrow’s Packaging Workforce

The PACK Challenge offers high school students hands-on experience in packaging, fostering industry interest and providing CPGs with opportunities to support future talent.

June 23, 2025

Robotics exhibition booth with technical display and attendees examining machinery

unPACKed Podcast: Tariffs, Inflation and the Economy Explained

Economic mysteries solved: Your roadmap through complex market challenges revealed

June 18, 2025

CPGs Call for OEM Transparency Amid Tariff Uncertainty

Tariff uncertainty is driving costs and confusion, prompting CPG industry leaders to call for transparency, a major takeaway from PMMI’s "Navigating Tariff Changes - A CPG Perspective” Town Hall.

June 11, 2025

Strategic Response to Industry Need: Multivac USA Celebrates First Apprenticeship Graduates Supporting Critical Operations

Multivac welcomes six new highly skilled technical professionals to their team after a rigorous two-year earn-while-you-learn program.

June 9, 2025

Multitrac team of six professionals in coordinated blue and navy uniforms

Sales & Marketing

CPGs to OEMs in Tariff Era: Be Transparent, Meet Us Halfway

As tariff uncertainty drives costs and confusion, CPGs are pulling back on packaging equipment investments. Industry leaders call for transparency, risk-sharing, and smarter contracts to navigate the new normal.

June 3, 2025

PMMI Town Hall panel of CPG executives discussing tariff changes

Glimpsing Into Wire Belt’s Facility Transformation

Gain a glimpse of insight into Wire Belt's facility transformation, which made room for its environmental and operational growth.

June 2, 2025

Survey: Cost Remains Hurdle in Automation and Robotics Decisions

According to Packaging World’s inaugural Annual Outlook Report survey, cost still tops the list of reasons some CPGs are not diving headfirst into automation and robotics.

May 29, 2025

Packaging World experts Sean Riley and Matt Reynolds in video conference on Automation & Robotics

Conveying Change at Wire Belt: Abandoned Space Becomes World-Class Manufacturing Facility

For over 100 years, Wire Belt Company has focused on customer-centric solutions and innovative product development, while considering environmental stewardship.

May 27, 2025

Survey: Costly Workforce Driving Robotics and Automation Adoption

According to Packaging World’s inaugural Annual Outlook Report survey, the workforce is the number one reason by far for adopting robotics, as 61% were looking to add specifically to reduce labor costs.

May 21, 2025

Packaging automation survey results: 65% plan to add robotics in 2025, top reasons visualized

unPACKed Podcast: Beyond the Booth - Pre-Show & Post-Show Strategies

Listen and hear real-world insights and best practices to help exhibitors make the most of every phase of their PACK EXPO Las Vegas trade show presence.

May 15, 2025

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Two technicians examine a white and blue collaborative robotic arm while reviewing documentation on a tablet.

For Robotics Non-Adopters, a Missing Use Case Outranks Cost as the Top Barrier

Across all four robot types, the end users who don't plan to adopt name the same reason first: they can't identify where a robot would fit.

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The Industry Comes Together at PACK EXPO International 2026

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End of the Line Video Series: An EPR Law Appeal, Smart Inhalers, and How Lighting Impacts Food Safety

Industrial robotic arm dispensing liquid into amber bottles on a production line conveyor system

Mobile Robots Poised to Overtake Industrial Machines on the Packaging Floor

PMMI Announces Finalists for 2026 Technology Excellence Awards

Products

igus Brings Motion and Automation Solutions to PACK EXPO

igus will showcase dryspin lubrication-free lead screw technology, RBTX robotic palletizing solutions, and FGBU maintenance-free food-grade bearing units in Booth N-6142.

NORD Exhibits Packaging Drive Solutions at PACK EXPO 2026

Robotic Roll Handling Solutions for Converting Industry Applications

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Guideposts to Engineering the Modern Plant

Smart factory automation with robotic arms processing cardboard boxes on conveyor systems and digital monitoring displays

A Practical Guide to the Future of Automation

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A Guide to Evaluating Linear Track & Planar Systems

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AI Hits the Plant Floor