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CPA Annual Meeting: Don't miss it!
The CPA Annual Meeting - taking place February 23-26, 2012 at the Gran Melia Hotel & Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico - will give you the tools to reinvent and reposition yourself, your people, and your company. If you're looking to serve and compete at a higher level, then you cannot afford to miss this meeting. Networking events and educational sessions will boost your operations and your bottom-line.
Visit www.contractpackaging.org/annualmeeting for registration, speakers and the complete meeting agenda.
What's in the State of the Industry Report?
In the 2011 State of the Contract Packaging Industry Report, 57% of contract packagers responding reported that less than 25% of their customers require on-line access to its products and order status. However, about 40% of respondents have on-line shipping, inventory and order information sharing with their customers. More detailed data and analysis of electronic data access across the industry are available in the report.
The report contains substantial detailed data not available anywhere else that can be a useful tool as contract packagers plan for the future. The report is available to CPA Members for $1,500, to Associate Members for $1,000 and to non-members for $2,500.
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.jpg) The Value of Innovation In this election year, we are hearing candidates promote the value of innovation and how it has the potential to save American industry. While not perhaps for the same reasons, we agree: nothing quite opens new market possibilities for a contract packager as an innovative new product that can appeal to customers by enlivening existing brands and/or opening possibilities for new ones. For a contract packager, becoming part of the development of an innovative package as it comes to market can result in becoming the filler of that package, leading in turn to significant growth. Click here to continue reading. |
 Glenroy Packaging Film
 CPA Associate Member Glenroy, Inc. produces customized extrusion coated and laminated flexible packaging rollstock and premade pouches for use with vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal equipment. Its value-added flexible packaging film results in the lowest total cost of use through reduced product waste and improved machine efficiencies. Click here to continue reading. TricorBraun DryKeep™ In-wall Desiccant
CPA Associate Member TricoBraun's DryKeep™ desiccant absorbs 100 percent of its weight in water, providing three times more absorptive capacity than with other in-wall and loose desiccant systems, which aids in controlling protective packaging costs. Because of its unique properties, DryKeep can be molded into any polymer and utilized in any plastic process. DryKeep bottles are available in multilayer EBM and monolayer IBM formats in any size.
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 Cost Savings via Information Technology
Reflecting on conference presentations given by big companies including Unilever, Del Monte, and Subaru as well as by suppliers, I was struck by how each and every one of these companies employed information technology (IT) to achieve unparalleled levels of efficiency and, in turn, cost savings.
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 World demand for bioplastics to exceed 1 million tons in 2015
Consumer preferences for sustainable materials, improved product performance, and price parity with petroleum-based plastics will be the key drivers in bioplastic's growth.
Click here to continue reading. Innovation as a Strategy: Six Steps to Get There Today One of today's biggest business challenges is staying ahead of the curve - coming up with innovative new ideas in a business and economic climate that is not only demanding constant change, but that is also under constant pressure to do more with less. The following are sure-fire steps that packaging industry companies can implement to encourage innovation today - and see results tomorrow.
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Ten packaging machinery trends for 2012
With the North American economy beginning to show some positive signs, there is a pent-up demand for new packaging, new products, new acquisitions, and new technologies to increase packaging line productivity. John Kowal--a board member of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and OMAC--predicts packaging machinery trends that will emerge from this environment.
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Upcoming Events | |
The 2012 Packaging Conference
Las Vegas, NV
February 6-8
Sustainability in Packaging Seminar
Anaheim, CA
February 14
Automation and Cost Control in Packaging Seminar
Anaheim, CA
February 15
WestPack
Anaheim, CA
February 14-16
CPA Annual Meeting
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
February 23-26
HealthPack 2012
Albuquerque, NM
March 6-8
Sustainability in Packaging
Orlando, FL
March 12-14
TexasPack
Fort Worth, TX
March 14-15
Snaxpo 2012
Phoenix, AZ
March 16-19
Antec 2012
Orlando, FL
April 2-4
ISTA International Transport Packaging Forum
Orlando, FL
April 2-5
NPE 2012
Orlando, FL
April 1-5
Sustainable Packaging Symposium
Houston, TX
April 3-5
Innovations in Food & Beverage Packaging
Chicago, IL
April 18-19
CPP EXPO - The Cleveland Show
Cleveland, OH
April 18-19
The Automation Conference
Rosemont, IL
May 22-23
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