Shipments of U.S. packaging machinery increased by 6 percent in 2013, reaching a total of $7.9 billion, according to the 2014 State of the Industry Report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

Just like “Ol’ Man River,” chub packaging seems to just keep rolling along.

PMMI’s Vice President of Industry Services Tom Egan talks about the advantages of Pack Expo teaming up with Pharma Expo, and he looks ahead to Pack Expo East.

Flexible packaging for meat, poultry and seafood was valued at $1.9 billion in 2013 in the United States and is growing about 1 percent per year, according to “North American Flexible Packaging Market to 2018,” a report published by PCI Films Consulting, Ltd.

Andy Hanacek and Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services for PMMI, dig deeper into the next-generation robotics

Is the playing field as flat as it has ever been for packaging suppliers? There

According to a recent study from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the number of manufacturing locations using robots has more than tripled since 2008

As plastics have become more and more common in packaging, concerns have arisen about their ability to compromise the quality and safety of products.

Examining the status of sustainable packaging can be tricky