Food & Beverage | Packaging Digest

The food and beverage industry is the biggest consumer of packaging materials and equipment. For instance, the pet food packaging sector is anticipated to generate $2.5 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2018, as reported by the Freedonia Group. Additionally, the beverage packaging market is expected to grow steadily at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4%, reaching $131.1 billion by 2019, according to MarketsandMarkets' analysis.

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Experts Wanted to Share Sustainable Manufacturing Ideas

5 days ago | packagingdigest.com | Lisa McTigue Pierce

Veteran packaging journalist Lisa McTigue Pierce is Executive Editor of Packaging Digest, which has been “The Voice of the Packaging Community” since 1963. She’s been a packaging media journalist since 1982 and tracks emerging trends, new technologies, and best practices across a spectrum of markets for the publication’s global community. Reach her at [email protected] or 630-272-1774.
Show Consumers Your Sustainability Commitment

1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Lisa McTigue Pierce

Veteran packaging journalist Lisa McTigue Pierce is Executive Editor of Packaging Digest, which has been “The Voice of the Packaging Community” since 1963. She’s been a packaging media journalist since 1982 and tracks emerging trends, new technologies, and best practices across a spectrum of markets for the publication’s global community. Reach her at [email protected] or 630-272-1774.
A Big Change for Bottle Bills

1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Lisa McTigue Pierce

Veteran packaging journalist Lisa McTigue Pierce is Executive Editor of Packaging Digest, which has been “The Voice of the Packaging Community” since 1963. She’s been a packaging media journalist since 1982 and tracks emerging trends, new technologies, and best practices across a spectrum of markets for the publication’s global community. Reach her at [email protected] or 630-272-1774.
BW Flexible Systems Introduces the SYMACH 3500S Palletizer

1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Kristen Kazarian

The 3500S palletizer’s stacking cage contains bags within the specified dimensions, reducing and preventing product overhang for a sturdier and stable pallet. BW Flexible SystemsBW Flexible Systems has launched the SYMACH 3500S merges with the original Thiele Master 3500 palletizer experience with the SYMACH palletizing platform and is designed to solve the risk of rejected shipments, manufacturing footprint constraints and ease of operation.
Nelipak Expands Footprint in Costa Rica

1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Norbert Sparrow

The 60,000-square-foot facility with a Class 7 cleanroom will thermoform thin- and heavy-gauge medical device trays, tubs, and blisters for regional medtech OEMs and suppliers. Nelipak supplies rigid and flexible packaging for medical, pharmaceutical, and other demanding applications.copterandmom/iStock via Getty ImagesMedical device OEMs and their suppliers continue to flock to Costa Rica and — once they’ve established roots — flourish.
12 Companies Analyzed

1 week ago | packagingdigest.com | Amanda Pedersen

Amanda Pedersen is a veteran journalist and award-winning columnist with a passion for helping medical device professionals connect the dots between the medtech news of the day and the bigger picture. She has been covering the medtech industry since 2006. Amanda's weekly op-ed, Pedersen's POV, was a 2023 Neal Awards Winner for "Best Commentary," a 2024 Neal Awards finalist for "Best Commentary," and a 2025 Neal Awards Winner for "Best Commentary."Amanda Pedersen poses with her Jesse H.
Thermoformer Placon Sets Up Shop in Costa Rica

2 weeks ago | packagingdigest.com | Norbert Sparrow

The thermoformer opens a new warehouse and distribution center to better serve medical packaging customers in Central and South America. Thermoformer Placon is following the medtech crowd to Costa Rica, where it has opened a new warehouse and distribution facility to better serve medical packaging customers who manufacture in Central and South America, the company announced on June 2.
FDA Outlines AI Medical Device Software Recommendations in Draft Guidance

2 weeks ago | packagingdigest.com | David Rosen |Nathan Beaver |Kyle Faget |Sheridan Organ

tadamichi via Getty ImagesOn January 6, 2024, FDA released draft guidance on Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations (the “draft guidance”). The draft guidance is designed to coordinate with and complement recently issued final guidance on predetermined change control plans for AI-enabled devices.
Nathan A. Beaver

2 weeks ago | packagingdigest.com | Nathan Beaver |David Rosen

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David L. Rosen

2 weeks ago | packagingdigest.com | David Rosen |Nathan Beaver

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