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Reshoring in Packaging: How OEMs are Building U.S. Manufacturing Capabilities

September 16, 2026

Calyx Containers uses an automated packaging line to move cannabis containers through production (left side of image), while co-founders Simon Knobel and Alex Gonzalez discuss the company’s cannabis packaging solutions (right side of image).

Calyx Containers cultivates a new approach to cannabis packaging

September 3, 2026

Direct Conveyors’ conveyor technology positions and manipulates packages for downstream processes (left side of image). Rockwell Automation’s OTTO autonomous mobile robots connect material movement with production demand (right side of image).

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Beyond the conveyor: How automation connects packaging lines to the warehouse

August 18, 2026

3D Printing in Packaging: Rethinking Engineering, Tooling, and Production

August 6, 2026

Robotics on the Packaging Line: Enabling Faster, More Flexible Operations

May 1, 2026

Fanuc industrial robot demonstrating mixed-SKU rainbow pallet building at Modex 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, stacking cases of Ziploc bags as part of an AI-enabled palletizing system designed for high-variability warehouse operations.

The year of the pallet: from uniform loads to mixed-SKU, real-time builds

April 30, 2026

Sun Centre USA’s POUCH3 Cuboid format, shown at left, alongside equipment used to run the pouch on existing lines at the company’s Crystal Lake, Illinois, facility, designed to reduce material use by eliminating excess headspace while improving filling, shipping, and shelf presentation.

Flexible packaging awards highlight new formats, OEM-driven design

April 12, 2026

Amazon’s Transparency Program uses item-level serialization to assign unique codes to individual products, allowing items to be scanned and verified throughout the supply chain to prevent counterfeit goods from reaching customers.

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Amazon Transparency captures the future of 2D barcode traceability

March 9, 2026

The New Remote Management Mindset in Packaging: Smart, Scalable, Secure Service

February 19, 2026

Ranpak's facility in Concord Township, Ohio, produces about 1,500 feet of paper per minute and integrates packaging design, paper testing, automated production lines, and on-site research and development. An operator is shown moving bundles coming off fanfold paper machines (on the left), and a robot then takes over manual stacking (on the right).

2026 U.S. packaging laws reshape sustainable materials and machine design

February 17, 2026