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What Is Child Resistant Packaging?

Children are naturally curious, a trait that offers plenty of benefits in the classroom. However, curiosity can pose serious dangers when children come across unsecured packaging. Pharmaceuticals, cleaning products, and other common household products are extremely harmful for children to touch or ingest. This is why child resistant packaging has become its own unique requirement…

3 Ways to Improve Your Bottom Line With Efficiency

Efficiency is the key to success, especially in the manufacturing world. As a brand, production or plant manager, you are always looking for ways to increase your bottom line and maximize operational efficiency. Since revenue growth and cost reduction are both directly correlated to packaging practices, employing the following tips will help your bottom line…

How AI is Transforming the Packaging Industry

The packaging industry is currently experiencing a revolution led by the rise of artificial intelligence. While it’s no secret that AI is gradually working its way into our daily lives, it’s having an especially profound effect on the future of packaging and distribution. Smart packaging warehouses are no longer a theoretical idea of the future;…

How to Improve Packaging Efficiency With Conveyors

If you asked any manufacturer to list the factors most essential to successful manufacturing, you are likely to hear terms like quick, efficient, accurate. This is especially true for companies who specialize in food, pharmaceuticals, and other closely inspected products. Though they might sound old-fashioned, conveyors actually play a significant role in an quick, efficient,and…

The Surprising Environmental Benefits of Corrugated Packaging

Every passing year, manufacturers are under more and more pressure to develop sustainable packaging solutions that reduce their carbon footprint and attract eco-conscious consumers. This isn’t an easy task, but corrugated packaging offers surprising environmental benefits for manufacturers looking for a realistic solution. Created From Paper Waste Material Corrugated packaging has the potential to be…

Innovations in 21st Century Packaging

Packaging technologies continue to evolve through the 21st century, making product packaging so much more than cardboard and plastic. These innovations are designed to attract customers and create added value to a part of the product conventionally viewed as disposable. Heat-Anywhere Containers Customers already expect their favorite food and beverage products to be packaged and…

Pack Expo International in Chicago

Every year, 50,000 attendees come together in Chicago, IL to participate in Pack Expo International. With more than 2,500 exhibitors, 1.2 million square feet of show floor, and 40 vertical markets represented, it’s no wonder that this Expo has become so popular. Econocorp Inc., a recognized worldwide leader in cartoning, tray forming, and casepacking for…

The Best Ways to Make Your Products Tamper-Evident

The foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals produced each day across our country must be packaged using specific techniques that minimize the risks of tampering and manipulation. In fact, the FDA has outlined very specific standards that must be met before any product is cleared to reach store shelves. One such requirement is for all bottled products…

How to Maintain Standards of Safety in Pharmaceutical Packaging

Consumers trust pharmaceutical manufacturers to uphold the highest standards of safety when packaging medications. As any manufacturer knows, there are countless variables that must be controlled and monitored in order to ensure the highest levels of safety. Does your company have the machinery needed to achieve total consumer safety? Everything from how pharmaceuticals are filled…

A Quick Introduction to Medical Device Packaging

Packaging isn’t always given the credit it deserves to protecting and preserving user safety. This is especially true in the realm of medical packaging, where the efficiency and durability of packaging can either preserve or corrupt essential medical tools. Beyond safety, medical packaging also affects storage efficiency, ease of use, and cleanliness. If medical device…