At the recent Pack Expo in Chicago, manufacturers’ concerns about sustainability, innovation and the difficulty of finding skilled labor were evident. In this area of sustainability, reusable packaging continues to score points.
The packaging industry continues to grow, as has been the trend for a couple of years, said Jorge Izquierdo, vice president of market development for PMMI (Association for Packaging and Processing). He said. “it’s getting harder and harder to find the people, it’s getting harder and harder to retain them, it’s getting harder and harder to find the skills we’re looking for,” he said.he said. “And that has created a significant amount of investment for the industry.”
In particular, investments are being made in automation and AI-enabled equipment. PMMI has noted “a particular interest in rapidly growing use of AI to support the workforce, specifically troubleshooting and maintaining equipment.
Sustainability, on the other hand, is changing the substrate and design of packaging. Such changes require, for example,” Izquierdo says, “adding recycled content to materials can reduce equipment performance.
The reusable packaging sector is also growing, according to American industry president Tim Debus, who speaks of a new era in this field.
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