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.
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Content hosted by Packaging World, ProFood World, and Healthcare Packaging.
Episodes
210 episodes
Genexa is Clarifying Medicine Through Design Transformation: Healthcare Packaging
How can packaging ease product navigation in high stress moments? The clean medicine brand Genexa recently underwent a significant packaging redesign to assist parents in making fast, informed decisions during stressful health crise...
Potato Processor Balances High Demand and Quality with Sorting Tech: ProFood World
How can a processor ensure consistent quality when managing high demand?To meet needs for both high output and consistent product quality, Bem Brasil installed a Key Technology processing line capable of running 30 metric tons of frozen ...
AI Lights the Path for a Circular Future: Packaging World
What are the dominant forces shaping packaging over the next decade?Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Brian Wagner, co-founder of PTIS Global, to discuss how AI is reshaping packaging faster than expected. New PTIS research sh...
As Robots Get Smarter, Integration Becomes the Bottleneck: Healthcare Packaging
As robots grow more capable, what does it take for manufacturers to integrate and optimize them successfully?Industrial robotics are transitioning from rigid, task-oriented machines to intelligent, autonomous systems capable of handling ...
Bar-W Beef Keeps Supply on Track with Traceability Tech: ProFood World
How can protein processors stay on top of traceability?Manual tracking of inventory from animal receiving through regulatory checks and all the way to warehousing and shipping can take diligent record-keeping. Bar-W Beef, a beef producer...
AI Mines Product Reviews for Packaging Insights: Packaging World
How does PackSense, an AI-powered system for product quality insights, address the gap between controlled testing and real-world experience?Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Michigan State University (MSU) student Jordan D'Ama...
The Evolution of Digital Healthcare Packaging: Healthcare Packaging
Will digital labels transform healthcare packaging?The Sunrise 2027 initiative marks a global shift in the pharmaceutical industry fromtraditional barcodes to advanced 2D digital labels and QR codes. This transition aims to modernize...
Café Spice Transforms Production and Profitability with a RaaS Solution: ProFood World
How does adding flexible automation allow Café Spice to improve production and deal with labor woes?The need to improve precision, throughput, and flexibility leads to an automated RaaS solution that offers greater profitability. The com...
Testing, Sustainability, and the New Supply Chain Reality: Packaging World
What new demands is automation placing on packaging performance and testing?Packaging World Editor-in-Chief, Matt Reynolds, sits down with IBM's Bill Green and ISTA's Eric Hiser to discuss how e-commerce, automation, sustainability...
Medline Automates Packaging for Throughput and Sustainability Gains: Healthcare Packaging
How is end-of-line automation reshaping high-volume medical product distribution?Medline Industries partnered with Ranpak Holdings Corp. to deploy the Cut'it! EVO right-sizing system and Form'it! automated case erector at its distributio...
Griffith Foods Demonstrates Robots with a Human Touch: ProFood World
How can food processors balance automation adoption with workforce retention and morale?In its modern plant in the Antioquia area of Colombia, the global food producer integrates collaborative robotics to boost productivity, safety, and ...
Highlights from 2026 Packaging Recycling Summit: Packaging World
What were some of the biggest takeaways from the summit?Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with representatives from Google, Nestlé, Kenvue, and Just Born Quality Confections to discuss paperization, sustainable design, and AI as...
Eye Drop Recall Exposes Gaps in Sterility Assurance: Healthcare Packaging
How do the sterility assurance gaps reflect broader challenges in medical device and pharmaceutical packaging compliance?More than 3.1 million bottles of lubricating eye drops were recalled because products weren't properly tested, meani...
Maintenance as a Strategic Advantage: ProFood World
How does proactive and predictive maintenance practices help food processors do more with less?Maintenance is often viewed as a necessary cost, an unavoidable overhead to keep production moving. But in times of economic uncertainty and c...
Google's AI Vision Rethink of Package Testing for Shock & Vibes: Packaging World
How are new tools, in conjunction with AI, helping engineers at Google?Packaging World Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Ken Leung, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Google, to discuss high-speed imaging and AI-driven ana...
Inclusive Design Is Reshaping Medical Device Packaging: Healthcare Packaging
How does a transition from a disposable, prefilled autoinjector to a reusable pen change user experience?Editor-in-Chief, Liz Cuneo, sits down with Lucy Baldwin, Head of Research and Design at Ensera Design. They discuss why when it come...
Flexible Equipment and Modular Line Design: ProFood World
What does it really mean to design for change in food and beverage processing?Disciplined process design, sanitation strategy, and modular thinking can enable frequent changeovers without sacrificing stability. But, the pursuit of extrem...
Why Packaging Robotics Is Surging: Packaging World
What's behind the sudden surge in packaging robotics—and is it here to stay?Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with A3's Alex Shikhany to unpack the latest robotics data, including a notable end-of-2025 spike in packaging, picking,...
An Inside Look at a New UTI Kit's Packaging: Healthcare Packaging
What is the key innovation introduced by Cadence OTC’s UTI Relief Kit?The healthcare company Cadence OTC has developed a comprehensive UTI Emergency Relief Kit designed to provide an immediate, organized response to urinary tract infecti...
Inside the Planning Behind a Future-Ready Food and Beverage Plant Part 2: ProFood World
What does it actually take to build a world-class food manufacturing facility from the ground up?Editor-in-Chief Derrick Teal sits down with Matt Pulskamp, Vice President ofOperations at Custom Flavors, and David Sawicki, Vice Presid...
2026 Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Annual Outlook Report: Packaging World
Why are brands commitments to contract manufacturing and packaging deepening in 2026?Editors Joe Derr and Matt Reynolds sit down to discuss the waves of success contract manufacturers and packagers are experiencing in 2026. Brands ...
Amazon’s Automation Push, Healthcare Packaging Recalls, and Mike Rowe on Skilled Labor: Healthcare Packaging
What trends and insights have PMMI Media Group editors seen in the past week?Editors Liz Cuneo, Matt Reynolds, Sean Riley, and Derrick Teal sit down to discuss what’s come across their desks this week. They cover Amazon's flywheel of gro...
Inside the Planning Behind a Future-Ready Food and Beverage Plant Part 1: ProFood World
What does it take to turn an existing facility into a future-ready food and beverage plant?Editor-in-Chief Derrick Teal sits down with Matt Pulskamp, Vice President ofOperations at Custom Flavors, and David Sawicki, Vice President of...
Sustainability Takes Center Stage at interpack: Packaging World
What happens when AI, sustainability mandates, and packaging innovation all collide at the world's biggest trade show?Editors Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, and Casey Flanagan report live from day three of interpack. They discuss how susta...
Green Inhalers are Reducing Carbon Footprints: Healthcare Packaging
What does low-GWP propellants mean for inhaler design, manufacturing, and packaging?As sustainability pressures intensify across healthcare, one often-overlooked component is taking center stage: the propellant inside metered dose inhale...