ISPM 15 is an international regulation that requires solid wood packaging, including pallets, crates, and dunnage, to be heat-treated or fumigated and stamped with an
A transformer bushing leaves your dock in good shape. Three weeks later it reaches a customer in another country, they open the crate, and the
The US contract packaging market is in the middle of a structural expansion, not a post-pandemic spike. Independent forecasts from Mordor Intelligence and Precedence Research
The Email That Used to Be Enough Isn’t Enough Anymore Five years ago, the relationship between a CPG brand and its co-packer looked like this:
The Recycling Symbol Isn’t a Compliance Strategy For years, food and beverage brands have treated sustainability claims on packaging as a marketing exercise. Print the
Your Packaging Line Is Probably the Bottleneck. The Hidden Cost of Your Labor Crisis Ask a food and beverage COO what keeps them up at
Open any manufacturing trade publication in 2026 and you will see the same phrase repeated everywhere: Physical AI. It is on the cover of PMMI’s
On May 25, 2026, Maine will enforce a ban on PFAS in nine categories of plant-fiber food contact packaging. If your paperboard trays, molded pulp
Ask a VP of Operations how many packaging vendors their company manages and the answer is usually vague. “Seven, maybe eight. Plus a couple we
The barcode as you know it is about to change. By December 31, 2027, every major retailer in North America is expected to scan a
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies are under more pressure than ever to move faster. In 2025, major retailers like Walmart and Target ratcheted up On-Time
If 2025 was a year of consolidation, 2026 is the year of velocity. The US packaging market is shifting fundamentally—moving away from simple volume growth
As of February 2026, the first wave of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is officially live. The checks have cleared for producer dues in Colorado, data
Under the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws active in 2026, not all packaging is created equal. While the base fees cover the cost of
We are one month into 2026, and the landscape of packaging compliance has officially shifted from “planning” to “payment.” For Food & Beverage leaders, Extended
For two decades, the standard playbook for warehouse peak season was simple: “Hire more temps.” If Q4 volume surged 30%, you increased headcount by 30%.
Walk into any growing distribution center, and you will eventually find the bottleneck. It isn’t usually the forklift drivers or the pickers. It is a
For years, “On-Time In-Full” (OTIF) was considered a logistics metric. If a CPG manufacturer missed a retailer’s delivery window, the blame fell on the carrier
