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
103 episodes
A Roadmap to Food and Beverage Power Transmission: ProFood World
What do food and beverage operations need to know to choose power transmission wisely and run efficiently?Choosing the right motor, belt, or gearbox isn’t just a matter of specs. It’s about fit, function, and future-readiness. This ProFo...
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Episode 103
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14:36
Logitech Switches to Paper for Mouse Packaging: Packaging World
How has online shopping changed the needs of packaging?Computer peripherals and software company, Logitech, has nearly completed a transition from plastic clamshells to paper-based packaging for its hallmark computer mice. The switch com...
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Episode 102
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9:27
Automatic Capsule Filling Machine Ramps Up Production for Co-Man: Healthcare Packaging
How can automation impact a co-man's production capability?Yundu Machinery Technology Co., Ltd, a contract manufacturer dedicated to the health and wellness sector, turned to an automatic capsule filling machine to ramp up its production...
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Episode 101
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10:59
Increasing Potential from Existing Production Lines: ProFood World
Do you truly maximize the lines you already have?In most processing facilities, there’s a gap between what the line is doing and what it could be doing. That gap may be caused by inefficiencies in changeovers, unplanned...
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Episode 100
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14:45
Kopu Water Brings Aluminum Bottles to Luxury Hotels: Packaging World
Why does aluminum reign supreme for recyclable packaging materials?Kopu Water is helping hotels and resorts make a sustainable shift by offering a bottled water program that replaces glass packaging with lightweight, recyclable aluminum ...
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Episode 99
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9:25
AI Tools Promise Improved Tracking & Trace for Life Sciences: Healthcare Packaging
Despite the potential benefits, why does the reported adoption rate of AI for supply chain tracking and tracing in the U.S. life sciences industry remain low?AI tools are being implemented in the life sciences supply chain, enhancing tra...
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Episode 98
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19:20
Traceability Learnings from Fresh Fizz Sodas: ProFood World
How can MRP software improve traceability?Fresh Fizz Sodas finds full traceability and accurate cost tracking with MRP software. The MRPeasy system records vital events related to ingredient lots and product batching as well as associate...
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Episode 97
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12:21
How Amazon Combines Tech and Material Innovation to Cut Waste: Packaging World
How does Amazon meld a better customer experience with sustainability?Paul Jenkins, managing director of U.K. packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub, sits down with Pat Lindner, VP of mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon...
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Episode 96
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17:57
Digital Solutions Improve Serialization and Cold Chain Management: Healthcare Packaging
How are companies adapting their processes to ensure the safety and efficacy of their products, while meeting the rising demand of refrigerated biologics?With biologics comprising over 40% of drugs in development, the need for precise te...
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Episode 95
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14:27
How to Engineer a Production Line for Food Product Attributes: ProFood World
What factors go into creating a production line that produces food reliably, safely, and consistently to impact the bottom line?The process must be engineered backward from the final product attributes, incorporating considerations for i...
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Episode 94
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10:25
Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel: Packaging World
How can sustainability and convenience intersect?Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on i...
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Episode 93
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11:26
Med Device Sterilization Considerations Amid EPA Regulation: Healthcare Packaging
What are the best practices for medical device companies following the EPA's announcement of new concentration limits for medical device sterilization cycles?Editor-in-chief Elisabeth Cuneo sits down with Wendy Mach, Packaging and Steril...
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Episode 92
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14:32
The Key to Effective Maintenance is Data: ProFood World
What is the key factor in maximizing uptime?The key factor in maximizing uptime is data. Informed data helps to produce goods more productively across the value chain. By collecting additional data from the factory floor and combining th...
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Episode 91
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13:18
Package Design Plants a Flag for Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer: Packaging World
How can your packaging counter outdated perceptions about a product, like stigma around non-alcoholic beer?Summit Brewing’s Nialas non-alcoholic craft beer line uses an adventure-themed packaging design to connect with active consumers a...
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Episode 90
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12:00
The Importance of Collaboration in Combination Products Pack Development: Healthcare Packaging
Why is collaboration between marketing, human factors, and packaging teams essential for successful product development?Editor in Chief, Elisabeth Cuneo, sits down with Chris Chudek, who has 10 years' experience in pharmaceutical packagi...
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Episode 89
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11:45
Upscaling the Automated Food Manufacturing Workforce: ProFood World
What does faster automation mean for operations teams?As machines take over the most repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, employees are empowered to take on responsibilities that require critical thinking, adaptability, and collaboratio...
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Episode 88
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10:55
"Tattooed" Fruits Save Plastic with Laser Date Coding: Packaging World
How can a company eliminate applying plastic price look-up (PLU) stickers to individual fruits?Laser etching directly onto suitably thick-skinned fruits like mangos and avocados lets Westfalia Fruit eschew plastic price look-up tags with...
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Episode 87
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13:59
Navigating The Sterilization Transition: Healthcare Packaging
What challenges are popping up as the healthcare industry continues to move away from ethylene oxide?Regardless of sterilization type, securing vendors has become increasingly more difficult over the past 5-10 years In some cases, X-ray ...
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Episode 86
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12:23
Equipment Bid Selection: ProFood World
What steps should you take to ensure that the optimum system for a capital project is purchased?Before attempting to source quotes to address project needs, ensure that all the relevant stakeholders are accounted for in the equipment nee...
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Episode 85
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13:48
Danone's Insight to PCR at Packaging Recycling Summit: Packaging World
Would recycled content in packaging influence your purchasing decisions?Kory Nook, VP, packaging R&I, at Danone, shared the company's experience managing consumer expectations with PCR at Packaging World's 2025 Packaging Rec...
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Episode 84
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17:01
Sterility Across the Packaging Value Chain: Healthcare Packaging
What standards for transport and storage conditions need to be upheld to maintain sterile packaging conditions? A properly designed and validated sterilization packaging system ensures the effectiveness of the sterilization process ...
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Episode 83
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11:16
Connections Make Smiles for The Campbell’s Company: ProFood World
How can a company successfully improve throughput, while saving money, and giving back to the community?Campbell's Goldfish created a new line that adds an extra 50% of production capability to the facility, which means it can produce mo...
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Episode 82
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11:06
Paper Cup Melds Finnish Licorice with Forest Innovation: Packaging World
How can regenerative forestry, renewable materials, and collaborative design bolster a circular economy?Kouvolan Lakritsi, a family-run confectionery known for its traditionally cooked licorice, has partnered with Metsä Board to unveil a...
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Episode 81
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12:16
Challenges in Medical Device UDI Implementation: Healthcare Packaging
Why is GS1 US increasing its focus on barcode scalability?The Barcode Assessment revealed that while most manufacturers are now labeling medical devices with barcodes containing the mandated Unique Device Identifier (UDI), healthcare pro...
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Episode 80
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9:05
Training and Development in the Age of Automation: ProFood World
As automation becomes increasingly central to production efficiency, quality assurance, and operational flexibility, how can operators navigate the shift from manual, repetitive tasks to technology-enabled roles?Automation isn’t replacin...
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Episode 79
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11:36