Industry Reports
Quantifiable outlook of specific markets or trends as it pertains to the packaging and processing industry.
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2023 Building an Effective Talent Strategy for the Packaging Industry
October 11, 2023
This white paper provides recommendations based on over 30 years of recruiting industry experience and features firsthand accounts from companies in the packaging industry, detailing their resources and strategies for talent attraction, hiring, and retention. Using these insights, your organization will be able to improve your strategic approach to its greatest asset - the people that make up your business
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2023 Packaging and Automation in the Warehouses of the Future
September 29, 2023
Many consumer packaged goods companies' (CPGs) warehouses are still highly manual and often operating from outdated buildings with unsuitable layouts, causing bottlenecks in their operations. Warehouse automation offers a wide range of opportunities and benefits to CPGs and the third-party logistics companies (3PLs) many choose to carry out direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfillment on their behalf.
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2023 Dairy Industry Report
September 25, 2023
The dairy industry has faced numerous obstacles in the last few years - from supply chain struggles to fluctuating consumer demand, dairy producers have been challenged to maximize efficiency in their operations. Despite these difficulties, the future of the dairy industry is bright – especially for those producers open to innovation and collaboration.
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2023 Sustainability and Technology - The Future of Packaging and Processing
May 8, 2023
From the report and the Top to Top sessions it is apparent each thematic area is of significance to companies involved in packaging and processing. With organizations at very different points when it comes to embracing new technologies such as automation and digitalization, there is a real opportunity to share experiences and successes.
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2023 The Impact of Global and Local Standards on OEMs & Suppliers
May 1, 2023
This white paper discusses why standards are important to machinery builders, what core standards are relevant to packaging and processing, how to determine what standard(s) to follow, and what is currently happening with standards.
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2023 Purchasing Plans & Priorities
April 26, 2023
The report helps to identify upcoming investment plans and projects, key issues driving or inhibiting planned machinery investments, operational priorities, top supplier selection attributes and the primary reasons why some of the companies have selected packaging or processing suppliers outside of North America for their lines.
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2023 Packaging Compass
March 22, 2023
The PMMI/AMERIPEN collaboration, 2023 Packaging Compass: Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design Over the Next Decade and Implications for the Future of a Circular Packaging System, attempts to close the gap between design needs and recovery needs by beginning a conversation on trends, forecasting a decade ahead, and recognizing the role of multiple stakeholders in advancing a circular packaging economy.
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2022 Future of Packaging and Sustainability
January 4, 2023
This report from PMMI and Euromonitor International provides an overview and exploration of the future of sustainable packaging options according to consumer and CPG opinion.
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2022 The Future of Automation in Packaging and Processing
October 21, 2022
The automation of processes in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is a clear route to achieving greater efficiency, quality, and productivity. While automation isn?t a new thing, widespread disruption to production lines du ring the pandemic and subsequent disruption to supply chains together with labor shortages have sharpened the focus on this rapidly developing technology.
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2022 Challenges and Opportunities for Packaging and Processing Operations
October 17, 2022
Global challenges such as supply chain disruption, longstanding skills and recruitment issues, and cybersecurity concerns are all facing companies, so it is important to look at the ways in which new approaches, materials and technologies can help to future-proof companies and make sure they thrive.
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2022 Meat - Poultry - Seafood & Alternative Proteins
September 13, 2022
The meat, poultry, seafood, and alternative protein industries have been volatile in the last few years with volumes, revenue, and overall growth affected unevenly by myriad factors including supply chain shortages, price inflation, labor shortages, and shifting consumer preferences.
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2022 Robotics And Cobots - An Automated Future
June 14, 2022
The PMMI 2022 Robot and Cobots report presents emerging technologies and compiles predicted growth in the years ahead. It examines the predictions made three years ago in the 2019 Robotics Report: which predictions have been fulfilled, and which are still down the road? It also explores the key trends underpinning the robotics industry and how those trends are likely to impact deployments and manufacturing strategies into the future.
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2022 Achieving Packaging Sustainability
June 7, 2022
Sustainability is the new watchword for a huge and growing band of consumers. The packaging industry, perhaps unfairly, is seen as one of the worst environmental offenders. Download the white paper to find out more!
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2022 Shaping the Future of Packaging Operations
March 30, 2022
This report focuses on four themes: collaboration, labor, productivity, and sustainability.
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2022 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Trends Shaping the Future
February 21, 2022
Over the last few years, the pharmaceutical industry has entered a phase of rapid evolution as the focus of therapeutic treatment delivery methods shifts in medicine. Specifically, the pharmaceutical industry has seen a rapid expansion of injectable medications, packed both in vials and pre-filled syringes. In conjunction with this shift to injectable drugs, the pharmaceutical industry has also seen movement toward more personalized medication packaging. These new realities in production have spurred manufacturers to reevaluate their priorities when it comes to machinery for filling, packaging, labeling, and coding.
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2021 End-of-Line Equipment: Purchasing Trends and Design Insights
November 5, 2021
To begin the discussion on End-of-Line (EoL) machinery, this paper will first explore a brief overview of the EoL segments by sales for both machine and industry category. From this starting point, the paper will examine growth rates of each EoL machine category, highlight major industry trends that are affecting EoL equipment, explore the features of EoL equipment desired by end users, and outline what manufacturers most need from OEMs when evaluating EoL projects.
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2021 Key Challenges for Packaging and Processing Operations
September 14, 2021
When we asked all respondents -- a mix of end users, such as consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs), and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) -- to tell us their top three operational priorities, labor came out first. This is no surprise since the USA is currently facing an unprecedented labor shortage.This is not a problem afflicting packaging and processing alone, it's an economy-wide trend.
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Packaging & Processing - Coming Through COVID-19
June 14, 2021
PMMI has produced this whitepaper to illustrate the findings of our latest research project, which looks into the current perceived needs of a vital segment of packaging & processing machinery end-users ? consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs). Our purpose was to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way CPGs run their operations in 2021, with a view to informing OEMs of how best they can cater for their customers? needs in terms of machinery capabilities and support services.
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2021 Beverage Trends Driving Change
May 25, 2021
In this report, beverage manufacturers discussed the operational challenges the industry faces to meet consumer demands, material supply shortages that are driving change, and why IIoT automation and robotics implementations are advancing at unprecedented levels to increase output.
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2021 Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk
March 9, 2021
As the manufacturing industry continues to adopt greater levels of technology and connectivity, a robust cybersecurity strategy is essential. Trends such as remote access and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity make manufacturing more efficient, but they also create new points of vulnerability that can be exploited. Given the recent rise in remote working, these compounding vulnerabilities can leave the manufacturing industry at greater risk of devastating cybersecurity attacks.
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