Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
This podcast explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape, from topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging, to the latest technologies in food processing operations. Join us for the latest insights, trends, and strategies shaping packaging and processing today.
Content hosted by Packaging World, ProFood World, and Healthcare Packaging.
Episodes
40 episodes
Managing Asset Reliability in Food Production: ProFood World
What do you do when a machine fails? Industry expert, Bryan Griffen and Shawn French, packaging engineering at Danone North America, discuss key details of how to manage asset reliability in food production. They draw on their exten...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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23:05
Automation and Robotics Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
How do issues in the workforce connect to automation?Packaging World Editor-in-chief Matt Reynolds and OEM Magazine Editor-in-chief Sean Riley discuss survey results from the Automation and Robotics Annual Outlook Report. With 65% of com...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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19:00
Medication Accessibility Meets Packaging Sustainability: Healthcare Packaging
Can packaging be accessible while furthering sustainability goals?SnapSlide Rx enables single-handed operation on prescription pill bottles. The design reduces the plastic used in both the cap and bottle by ≈25% per unit.This i...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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11:14
Hesitancy to Adopt Remote Services: ProFood World
Why are most end users hesitant to invest in remote services?Cost of retrofitting older machinery and poor communication from OEMs are some of the barriers to implementing remote services. This is an AI generated episode....
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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8:26
Once Upon a Farm Automates Case Packing: Packaging World
How does improving case packing benefit a company?For Once Upon a Farm, upgrading their case packer allow for greater hourly throughput and greatly reduces the risk of human error. The baby food company previously needed 12 people to pac...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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11:23
Bayer's Sustainable Blister Pack: Healthcare Packaging
How does shifting blister packs from PVC to PET align with Bayer's sustainability goals?The new PET blister has a significant reduction in emissions (38% CO2 by unit) and is 18% lighter than the old packaging.This is an AI gene...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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9:43
Evaluating OEE in Food Processing: ProFood World
How can food processors evaluate, improve, and maintain overall equipment effectiveness?Joe Zembas, former project manager at Procter & Gamble, and packaging and processing expert Bryan Griffin discuss trouble shooting equipment and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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18:00
Digitalization Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
How is digital transformation is reshaping the CPG packaging landscape in 2025?OEM Magazine Editor-in-chief, Sean Riley, and Packaging World Editor-in-chief Matt Reynolds discuss how digitalization is progressing through CPG operations—f...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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22:34
PlantFusion's Compostable Pouch: Healthcare Packaging
Is compostable packaging worth the cost to companies?Supplement producer PlantFusion launches a stand-up pouch format for powdered protein that uses a multilayer plant-based material construction that is 100% compostable. The motiv...
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Episode 32
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11:12
Keeping Water Safe and Tasty: ProFood World
Is it really necessary to treat the incoming water that’s being used for beverages? Shouldn’t the water coming from a municipality be good enough already?Although production facilities typically have robust processes in place to ensure s...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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10:07
Contract Manufacturing Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
Why are external manufacturing services expected to thrive?Packaging World editor-in-chief, Matt Reynolds and Joseph Derr, editor of Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Magazine, discuss trends in contract manufacturing and unpack...
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Episode 30
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13:40
Package Design for Wellness Brands: Healthcare Packaging
How can your company use package design attract wellness brand shoppers?We spoke with Carrie Dufour, Founder and Creative Director at Truly Creative, a brand strategy and package design agency to determine what makes a wellness product s...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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14:07
Upcycling Coffee Grounds for Liqueur: ProFood World
How do coffee grounds become alcohol?ProFood World editor-in-chief Derrick Teal sits down with CEO of Murray & Yeatman Distilleries, Rob Murray. The distillery created "Realizzato," a coffee liqueur made from fermented, used coffee g...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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19:55
RAIN Spring Water Supercharges Packaging via Automation, Cobot Palletization: Packaging World
How can packaging line operations move more efficiently?For RAIN Pure Mountain Spring, cobot palletization, alongside other automation improvements speeds up packaging line operations while allowing for labor reallocation.
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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11:20
Prominent People in Packaging: Healthcare Packaging
What insights to the evolution of packaging and automation in medical device manufacturing can a senior systems engineer offer?Healthcare Packaging Editor-in-chief Elisabeth Cueno talks with James Hamerslag about his greatest insights to...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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14:08
Strategies for Hygienic Plant Design: ProFood World
How can manufacturers meet food safety goals through hygienic design?While the focus of food safety has often been on employees and processing lines where food is manufactured, a bird’s-eye view can reveal the building itself — floors, w...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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15:25
Workforce Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
Why are CPGs continuing to struggle with hiring in the workforce?Packaging world editors Matt Reynolds and Casey Flanagan explore the survey responses from 79 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers. The Survey reveals ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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19:05
Emergency Medical Devices: Healthcare Packaging
How can the usability of a medical device be suited for an emergency? Alper Hulusi, Head of Market Insights at ClariMed shares his story of being forced to utilize a Glucagon pen for his son. He speaks on the importance of med...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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11:25
Handling Growth in Pet Food Processing: ProFood World
How can your company best equip itself to manage the fads and trends in pet food as the industry continues to grow?Processors need a flexible manufacturing strategy to accommodate the volume and variety of product produced today.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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10:02
E-commerce Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond?Packaging World editors Matt Reynolds and Sean Riley explore the survey responses from 118 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers. Responses reveal that while only 32% of CPG brand...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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17:50
Simplified Prefilled Syringe: Healthcare Packaging
How many steps should a patient have to take to prepare a drug when in medical emergency? Healthcare Packaging Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Cuneo talks with founder of SOLUtion Medical, Julia Anthony, about how their simplified prefilled syringe r...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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11:20
The Challenges of Anaerobic Digestion: ProFood World
As anaerobic digesters rise in popularity to reduce food facilities' environmental footprints. what should companies know before implementing this technology?Anaerobic digesters come with a considerable upfront cost but, they offer an ef...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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12:39
Battery Packaging Shifts to Paper at Walmart: Packaging World
How do big name companies lead the way in packaging shifts? Both Duracell and Energizer switch to fiber-based blister packaging that is 100% curbside recyclable. This is an AI generated episode. Read the full featured...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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9:44
Inclusive Design in Packaging: Healthcare Packaging
How hard is for a consumer to open your company's packaging? Healthcare Packaging Editor-in-chief Elisabeth Cuneo sits down with Deb Gokie from the Arthritis Foundation to discuss how inclusive and easy-to-open packaging benefits all consumers,...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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13:32
Upcycling to Combat Food Waste in Manufacturing: ProFood World
How can manufactures repurpose food byproducts to reduce their waste? Concern about food waste continues to grow in importance globally. With so much of the waste happening before the food reaches the consumer, producers are finding new ways to...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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13:28