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  1. Get an Edge on Protection Get an Edge on Protection
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    Get an Edge on Protection

    Edge protection solves a wide range of storage, stacking, shipping, and product protection challenges. From an e-commerce/direct ship standpoint, edge protection is an effective solution to safeguarding against potential damage that could occur during transit to the customer’s doorstep...

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  2. 4 Manufacturers Going Zero Waste to Landfill 4 Manufacturers Going Zero Waste to Landfill
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    4 Manufacturers Going Zero Waste to Landfill

    Change is coming from the top with some of the world’s largest manufacturers making initiatives and encouraging their customers and other businesses alike to be more mindful with their choices. If you’re looking for some sustainability inspiration, find out more about the packaging operations of these four companies that have achieved or are working towards establishing operations that send zero waste to the landfill...

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  3. Start at the End to Understand the Beginning Start at the End to Understand the Beginning
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    Start at the End to Understand the Beginning

    Guest post by Meleesa Johnson, director at Marathon County Solid Waste. Waste recovery and recycling professionals rarely have any influence over the beginning of the life of a product. You see, we are the forgotten people when it comes to the beginnings of a product and its packaging...

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  4. The Best Way to Protect Your Product? Design for Distribution The Best Way to Protect Your Product? Design for Distribution
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    The Best Way to Protect Your Product? Design for Distribution

    Effective packaging needs to protect the product while being cost effective. A simple statement, but often a complex and confusing process for many companies. Having full visibility of the distribution environment by tracing your product’s journey from production to consumption is crucial during packaging design...

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  5. Now Open: The Packlytics Packaging Test Lab Now Open: The Packlytics Packaging Test Lab
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    Now Open: The Packlytics Packaging Test Lab

    Due to a shift in consumer shopping behaviors and heightened expectations from buyers, the ability to effectively package and deliver a product safely is crucial. A product’s packaging is just as much of a representation of a company as the product itself. This is why we have created the Packlytics Packaging Test Lab...

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  6. Robots and Tech Take Over Pyeongchang Robots and Tech Take Over Pyeongchang
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    Robots and Tech Take Over Pyeongchang

    South Korea is home to many top technology companies, including Samsung, LG, and Hyundai, so it makes sense that it’s not just the athletes impressing Olympic visitors this year. From cleaner bots to robotic fish, various types of technology are enhancing the experience of those attending the games...

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    What's Driving the Dramatic Growth of Robotics?

    Robotics are growing more popular in a wide variety of industries from automotive to healthcare. Especially in manufacturing, automation is helping to achieve ever higher levels of precision, productivity and safety. This shift toward robotics will only accelerate, with global spending in the industrial sector said to reach over $24 billion by 2025...

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  8. No End In Sight For Labor Shortages... No End In Sight For Labor Shortages...
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    No End In Sight For Labor Shortages...

    The U.S. economic outlook is healthy, but as we move into the new year, employers nationwide are faced with the same dilemma: too many open jobs, not enough workers. An industry that is especially hurting is the manufacturing industry, which is expected to see a huge shortage of 2 million workers by 2020...

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  9. Brewing Insights & Packaging Tips from Wisconsin Brewers Brewing Insights & Packaging Tips from Wisconsin Brewers
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    Brewing Insights & Packaging Tips from Wisconsin Brewers

    As new breweries open and the market becomes more crowded, brewers have to be aware of new packaging trends and adapt to consumer demands. We've put together the top trends along with advice for emerging brewers or established brewers looking for new insights.

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  10. Operation Packaging Care Donation Drive: A Success! Operation Packaging Care Donation Drive: A Success!
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    Operation Packaging Care Donation Drive: A Success!

    Operation Packaging Care was a great success! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our donation drive! We boxed up 190 pounds of donated items to send to the deployed troops of the 147th Air Wing.

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  11. Can Sustainability Exist in the E-commerce World? Can Sustainability Exist in the E-commerce World?
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    Can Sustainability Exist in the E-commerce World?

    The rise of e-commerce has completely changed the way we shop. It has also restructured our economy and distribution channels, while creating new challenges and opportunities for retailers to address. With the type of growth Amazon and the e-commerce industry are experiencing, you have to wonder that from a sustainability perspective, are we heading in the wrong direction?

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  12. Engineering Success. Developing the Future of Packaging. Engineering Success. Developing the Future of Packaging.
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    Engineering Success. Developing the Future of Packaging.

    Reducing costs and speeding up end of line assembly are goals for most manufacturers. Improving your packaging and your packaging systems takes the expertise of qualified engineers to develop the products that will work best for your project...

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