David Miller from Automation World, Joyce Fassl from ProFood World, Karen Sookne from Healthcare Packaging and Matt Reynolds from Packaging World join the podcast to highlight new trends and innovations they found at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare PACKAGING EXPO, including automation, sustainability, cannabis and more. They provide an excellent overview of what is driving the industry and offer insights to help shape future business.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

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The Trends and Innovations that Drove PACK EXPO

OEM Magazine Editor in Chief Stephanie Neil takes the interview chair for a special one-on-one with PPWLN keynote speaker Tracey Noonan, CEO and co-founder of Wicked Good cupcakes. Noonan kicked off the sold-out Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) networking breakfast at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO. Neil discusses with Noonan how she and her daughter began their cupcake journey, the need to accept and learn from mistakes and even delves into how Wicked GoodCupcakes could find a more sustainable package for its product. Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Wicked Good Insight on The New World of Work

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Is Paper the New Plastic?

Join us on a voyage of discovery as Curators Jack Aguero and Brent Meyer take unPACKed with PMMI listeners on a journey through the evolution of packaging and processing. The pair explain how they tackled such an enormous endeavor, where they found help along the way and a slew of other interesting tales that eventually led to the first of its kind PACK to the Future Interactive Exhibit debuting at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the North Hall. To learn more and to register, go to packexpolasvegas.comSupport the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

We’re Going PACK to the Future

The food processing industry kept food in our stores and meals on our plates despite unprecedented workforce issues, food shortages and pandemic-based plant closings over the past year and a half. For the inaugural unPACKed with Profood World, newly appointed Editor in Chief Aaron Hand revisits the year in food processing and discusses the industry’s plans going forward to ensure better-prepared facilities to deal with unexpected events, like a global pandemic.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Do Food Processing Facilities Need a Complete Overhaul?

It’s 2021 and we are hopefully approaching the tail end of a global pandemic that shuttered businesses and eliminated thousands of jobs. Despite these factors, the packaging and processing workforce continues to struggle to fill career providing positions. Today we talk with Editor in Chief Stephanie Neil for the inaugural unPACKed with OEM Magazine. Neil because she goes beyond the numbers and the data points and gets to the real crux of the issues causing manufacturing to continue to have a hard time filling well-paying positions. She also provides added perspective with her expert-level knowledge of women in the workforce due to her role in PMMI&apos;s Packaging and Processing Women&apos;s Leadership Network.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Help Wanted, and Fast!

Remote access and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity make manufacturing more efficient, but they also create new exploitable points of vulnerability. As the manufacturing industry continues to adopt more significant levels of technology and connectivity, a robust cybersecurity strategy is essential. Donna Ritson, president of DDR Communications, discusses PMMI Business Intelligence’s report 2021 Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk, revealing that the recent rise in remote working further compounds these vulnerabilities and leaves the manufacturing industry at greater risk of devastating cybersecurity attacks. Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Stay ahead of Cybercriminals . . . or Else

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation indicates that converting just 20 percent of global plastic packaging into reuse models is a 10 billion business opportunity that benefits customers and represents a crucial element in the quest to eliminate packaging waste and pollution. Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan makes her unPACKed with Packaging World debut to offer reasons reusable packaging hasn’t caught on quicker and outlines emerging frameworks to make implementing reusable packaging easier for OEMs, CPGs and consumers.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

10 Billion Reasons to Embrace Reusable Packaging

Renowned keynote speaker and expert on marketplace disruption, Tom Morrison, president and CEO of Tom Morrison Associates discusses what was shaking up the packaging and processing industry before COVID as well as how the past year added some new, potentially permanent disruptions. He lays out a classic good news/bad news evaluation for the next 5-10 years. Economically, the industry finds itself in one of the largest booms in our history while facing the lowest amount of qualified employees to handle the workload necessary to meet demand. Automation, ingenuity and an ability to remain nimble remain keys to success, and Morrison offers guidance on staying up to speed with a constantly evolving landscape.Email us with show feedback at unpackedpod@pmmi.orgSupport the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Understanding Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage

On a special bonus edition of UnPACKed with PMMI, PMMI Vice-president of Trade Shows Laura Thompson calls in from Las Vegas to discuss the return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO this September. The most comprehensive event in the world this year is spread across four halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and Thompson breaks down the significant competitive advantages that attendees and exhibitors will obtain from the show.Email us with show feedback at unpackedpod@pmmi.orgSupport the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2021: It’s on!

On this episode of UnPACKed with Packaging World, PW  Editor Matt Reynolds takes a step back from reporting on and analyzing the details of the latest packaging trends and provides host Sean Riley a more holistic view focused on the year 2020. After a time unlike any other, Reynolds and discuss the two biggest influencers on consumer behavior — COVID-19 and societal values — and how these two drivers changed the way consumers purchase and experience packaged goods. In turn, Reynolds reinforced his belief that packaging reflects society at large.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Did 2020 Change Packaging Forever?

In the first episode of UnPACKed with Automation World, Director of Content, David Greenfield takes us into some of the truths and myths about automation during the past year.  Were robots adopted at a higher pace over the past year or did they stay the same? What vertical markets saw the largest benefit? Are there specific robotic technologies he sees as offering the most potential for CPG production operations?Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Autonomy on the Plant Floor: Getting along (and ahead) with Robots

UnPACKed with PMMI teams up with Packaging World to add an audio option to its top-shelf written content. On this episode of UnPACKed with Packaging World, PW Editor Emeritus Pat Reynolds reviews the latest technology trends and other items of note from his observations of PACK EXPO Connects. With e-commerce exploding in 2020-2021, late-stage customization drives many packaging innovations, and companies need to remain flexible to keep up. Reynolds also comments on the increase in inspection equipment, noteworthy packaging materials and even some technologies entering the industry that even his experienced eye saw for the first time. Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Packaging Tech Trends in 2021

Keren Sookne, director of Editorial Content for Healthcare Packaging and PMMI’s in-house healthcare packaging expert, tackles the always provocative topic of cannabis and cannabis packaging on UnPACKed with Healthcare Packaging. With a new administration and Congress, will cannabis laws ease up nationally for medicinal and adult use or get tougher? How has cannabis use increased during the pandemic and what are we seeing in terms of new products, packaging and packaging materials?Access the 2021 Packaging for the Cannabis MarketEmail us with show feedback at unpackedpod@pmmi.orgSupport the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

CANnabis or CAN’Tabis – Where is the Cannabis Industry Heading Amid New Administration?

The term predictive maintenance has been widely used in recent years although there is no agreed industry-wide definition. The result is that some in the industry may dismiss the concept as a buzzword, thereby missing out on an emerging technology that has the potential to be disruptive. Adrian Lloyd and Blake Griffin from Interact Analysis come on the podcast to discuss their research that led to PMMI Business Intelligence’s Predictive Maintenance White Paper. The pair examine how they see implementation of predictive maintenance technologies playing out in two different parts of the plant and how these trends will merge over time.Support the show (https://pmmi.org/my-pmmi)

Avoiding Costly Downtime with Predictive Maintenance

UnPACKed with PMMI shares the latest packaging and processing industry insights, research and innovations to help you advance your business.

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