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Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
This podcast explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape, from topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging, to the latest technologies in food processing operations. Join us for the latest insights, trends, and strategies shaping packaging and processing today.
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Content hosted by Packaging World, ProFood World, and Healthcare Packaging.
Episodes
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Why Serialize a Pack of Chewing Gum?: Healthcare Packaging
Why would a chewing gum brand put a holographic serial number on every pouch? Enamio, a remineralizing chewing gum, is packed in a high-barrier stand-up pouch…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Royal Avebe Electrified Without a Bigger Grid Connection: ProFood World
A plant that can’t get more power from the grid still found room to electrify. Where did the headroom come from? This podcast episode looks at how Royal Avebe…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Why the Bottle Had to Be Standardized First: Packaging World
A country that recycles about 30% of its glass isn’t going to hit a 90% bottle return rate this decade. So what does a reuse system that works in the meantime…
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Why Some Brands May Pay EPR Fees Instead of Redesigning Packaging: End of the Line
Is it smarter for big brands to pay EPR fees than to redesign packaging for every state? On this week’s End of the Line, ProFood World Editor-in-Chief Derrick…
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USPP Drops EPS Transport Packaging from Problematic Materials List: Healthcare Packaging
Materials don't usually come off a problematic list. So how did EPS transport packaging become the first one to manage it? This episode unpacks the US Plastics…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
OEE Is a Smoke Detector, Not a Scoreboard: ProFood World
If a plant is reporting OEE above 100% while living with daily downtime and weekly quality losses, what exactly is that number measuring? This episode argues…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Icey Hot Puts Scent in the Varnish, Not on a Sticker: Packaging World
How do you put a fragrance on a carton when the embossing die applies exactly the kind of pressure designed to release it? This episode breaks down a Packaging…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
PACK EXPO Recap—AI Puts Data to Work and GLP-1s Ripple Through Packaging: End of the Line
What happens when all that plant-floor data finally becomes useful? After a long week in Chicago, the End of the Line crew unpacks the biggest themes from PACK…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Live from PACK EXPO—AI inspection, smarter closures, and GLP-1 cold chain: Healthcare Packaging
Pharma packaging works under stricter rules than almost anything else on the show floor. So why does so much of what’s built for it end up in food and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Live from PACK EXPO—Actionable Data, Fenceless Cobot Safety, and the Humanoids That Didn’t Show: ProFood World
Everyone agreed the industry needed more data. What happens when the machines start telling you what to do with it? Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan report from…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Live From PACK EXPO—Dry-Formed Fiber, Square Yogurt Cups, and a Printer Fast Enough for Sunrise 2027: Packaging World
What does a trend look like once it’s a machine on a show floor? Matt Reynolds and Anne Marie Mohan sit down on day one of PACK EXPO International with what…
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Humanoid Robots, a Manufacturing Boom, and a Fresh Look at Plastic Bottle Production: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group’s chief editors, Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, Liz Cuneo are joined by ProFood World associate editor Casey Flanagan to discuss whether…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Why Supply Chain Confidence and Supply Chain Visibility Aren't the Same Thing: Healthcare Packaging
Knowing a pallet of medicine sits in a warehouse in Chicago isn't the same as knowing it's still good. So what counts as visibility? Supply chain professionals…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Inspection and Detection Trends at PACK EXPO 2025: ProFood World
What's the difference between a machine that actually learns and a machine with an AI label on it? Editor-in-Chief, Derek Teal and Casey Flanagan, Associate…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Beautiful Vandalism, and the Problem of a Product With No Shelf: Packaging World
Where do you shelve a carbonated, dairy-free coffee? Not with the energy drinks, and not with the canned lattes. This episode digs into how Indian brand Black…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
SB 54’s First Deadline, Refillable Wine Bottles, and PET’s Recycling Problem: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group’s chief editors are joined by Packaging World senior editor Anne Marie Mohan to discuss what producers are scrambling to figure out before SB…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Pharmaceutical Trends at PACK EXPO 2025: Healthcare Packaging
What do pharmaceutical manufacturers actually need from packaging equipment now that speed alone isn't the answer? Editors Sean Riley and Liz Cuneo sit down to…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Cybersecurity is Part of Food Safety Now: ProFood World
What makes a food plant a faster payday for an attacker than a bank? Kristin King, founder of AnzenSage and author of Securing What Feeds Us: Cybersecurity in…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Flexible Packaging Trends at PACK EXPO 2025: Packaging World
What happens when the layer that made flexible packaging easy to seal is the same layer recyclability requires you to remove? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Packaging as Public Health Policy, Cybersecurity on the Line, and SKU Complexity: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss why healthcare material changes take years, what…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Medical Device Trends at PACK EXPO 2025: Healthcare Packaging
What problems is the medical device industry actually trying to solve and what should manufacturers be preparing for next? Liz Cuneo, Editor-in-Chief of…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
The Human Core of Operational Agility: ProFood World
What happens when a plant full of flexible equipment hits a problem no one on the line feels confident enough to solve? Scenario-based training and frontline…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Robotics Trends PACK EXPO 2025: Packaging World
What if the biggest shift in packaging robotics isn't a new capability at all, but a price tag? Chief Editor Matt Reynolds and Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Oregon's EPR Appeal, Lighting and Food Safety, and Smarter Inhalers: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss why one missing screw in a light fixture can…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Blister Lines Shift Focus from Speed to Flexibility: Healthcare Packaging
Why are pharma customers no longer asking equipment makers how fast a blister line runs? Equipment manufacturers Körber, Romaco, and IMA Safe explain how…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
A Virtual Tour of Machinery, Materials, and Market Trends from interpack 2026: ProFood World
How do you turn a sprawling, 18-hall European trade show into something you can actually navigate from your desk? Associate Editor Casey Flanagan and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Face Reality Solved its Over-packaging Problem at Scale: Packaging World
How do you package a $10 eye cream and a heavy glass jar in the same box without shipping air or breaking anything? Kate Kollerer, chief operations and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Where RFID Pays Off, the Shrink Sleeve Comeback, and Drones Delivering Medicine: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss RFID's move to the case level, Kikkoman's new…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
The Label Waste Index Tackles Regulated Packaging's Sustainability Problem: Healthcare Packaging
Why do perfectly good pre-printed labels end up in the incinerator by the thousands—and why doesn't anyone treat it as a sustainability problem? This episode…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Almondco Scaled Throughput 70% Without Cracking a Single Kernel: ProFood World
How do you scale almond processing throughput by 70% without cracking a single delicate kernel? This episode explores Almondco's Project Optimize, a…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Coding and Marking Trends at Pack EXPO 2025: Packaging World
What happens when data-dense 2D codes push up against the packaging line speeds brands can't afford to slow down? Chief Editor Matt Reynolds and Senior Editor…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
The Why Behind NDC-12, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Scratch & Sniff IcyHot: End of the Line
PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss a new scratch & sniff package, sustainable energy…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Healthcare Packaging
What's driving the pharmaceutical industry's forecasted addition of 19,000 jobs by 2034? An aging population, breakthrough therapeutics, and a push to reshore…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
FDA Priorities for Advancing Food Safety in 2026: ProFood World
What does it take for food manufacturers to move beyond checking regulatory boxes and into a fully data-driven food safety program? This episode breaks down…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Sustainable Packaging Trends at Pack EXPO 2025: Packaging World
What if sustainable packaging no longer meant giving something up—no slower lines, no sacrificed shelf life, no compromise? Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How User Experience Drives Better Cancer Diagnostics: Healthcare Packaging
What if the best healthcare packaging is the packaging no one notices? Editor-in-Chief Liz Cuneo sits down with Melissa Carter, Principal Director of Service…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Smarter Pumps, Safer Food: ProFood World
Most pump damage doesn't happen while the pump is running. So where does it happen—and what does that mean for how a pump should be designed? Advances in…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Why Deoleo Bottled its Olive Oil in Blue: Packaging World
Green has signaled olive oil on shelf for generations. So why did Deoleo put its extra virgin in a blue bottle? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How AI Vision Inspection Transforms Pharma Packaging Operational Efficiency: Healthcare Packaging
Why do rule-based inspection systems keep flagging perfectly good pharmaceutical packages as defective? AI-based vision inspection is replacing rigid…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Ammonia, CO₂, and Nitrogen Are Reshaping Food & Beverage Cooling: ProFood World
Why are more food and beverage processors mixing refrigerants instead of picking just one? As food processors rethink cooling from the ground up, ammonia, CO₂…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Nestlé turned Vital Proteins' Blue Tub into a Paper Canister: Packaging World
What does it take to move a bestselling supplement out of plastic and into paper, without consumers thinking they got a counterfeit? Senior editor Anne Marie…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Dissolving Packaging that Keeps the OR Clean: Healthcare Packaging
What does it take to make medical waste disposal safer, faster, and completely mess-free? Editor-in-Chief Liz Cuneo talks with Ashleigh Hotz of SmartSolv and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Scaling Innovation with State Ingredient Bans Lurking: ProFood World
How can food manufacturers scale innovation and reformulation efforts when a growing patchwork of state-level ingredient bans is reshaping what they can put on…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Kenvue is Turning Sustainability into a Real-time Design Decision: Packaging World
What happens when sustainability moves from a late-stage checkbox to a live decision-making tool? Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan talks with Gayatri Keskar…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Clinical Trials and Smart Packaging Close the Knowledge Gap: Healthcare Packaging
How can pharmaceutical packaging help researchers tell whether a drug failed or a patient just missed a dose? Sensor-embedded blister packs, NFC chips, and…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Lean Principles in the Machine Learning Era: ProFood World
What happens when decades-old lean manufacturing principles collide with today's machine learning push in food and beverage plants? Industry experts break down…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Google Makes Paper Packaging Work: Packaging World
How did Google reach its plastic-free packaging goal a year early, and what did the constraint teach them along the way? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan talks…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Top Takeaways From GS1: Healthcare Packaging
What will it take for the pharma industry to survive the National Drug Code (NDC) Rule? Editor-in-Chief Liz Cuneo recaps top takeaways from GS1 Connect, where…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
MSU Students Help Dairy Facility Stabilize Wastewater Treatment: ProFood World
What does it take to fix an unstable wastewater treatment system at a facility processing 2.9 billion lbs of milk a year? Michigan State University's Anaerobic…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Inside Just Born's Approach to EPR Reporting and Packaging Data: Packaging World
What happens when a packaging engineer becomes a company's entire EPR function—with no dedicated team, no enterprise software, and just Excel? Senior Editor…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Takeaways From The PACK Out Event: Healthcare Packaging
What were the top trends and takeaways from the latest PACK OUT event? The fifth anniversary of The PACK Out event highlighted a significant shift toward…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Inside Harvest Station Foods: ProFood World
What does it really mean to design a facility for freshness? At Harvest Station Foods' new Loudon, Tenn. commissary, disciplined data analysis, USDA-ready room…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Why Inclusive Packaging Design Is Becoming a Brand Loyalty Strategy: Packaging World
What does it really mean to design packaging for everyone? Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with Deb Gokie from the Arthritis Foundation. They discuss…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
How Compact Syringes Cut Pharma Packaging and Shipping Costs: Healthcare Packaging
What broader impact could compact syringe designs have on pharmaceutical supply chain efficiency going forward? Compact prefilled syringes developed by Pacto…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Vision Systems Done Right: ProFood World
How does machine vision reduce waste and create real-time insights? Vision systems aren’t about adding more screens to the control room. They’re about…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Alliance to End Plastic Waste Scales Solutions for Flexible Film Recycling: Packaging World
What role can cross-industry collaboration and emerging sorting technologies play in scaling flexible film recycling in the U.S.? Senior editor Anne Marie…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Genexa is Clarifying Medicine Through Design Transformation: Healthcare Packaging
How can packaging ease product navigation in high stress moments? The clean medicine brand Genexa recently underwent a significant packaging redesign to assist…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Potato Processor Balances High Demand and Quality with Sorting Tech: ProFood World
How can a processor ensure consistent quality when managing high demand? To meet needs for both high output and consistent product quality, Bem Brasil…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
AI Lights the Path for a Circular Future: Packaging World
What are the dominant forces shaping packaging over the next decade? Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Brian Wagner, co-founder of PTIS Global, to…
- Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
As Robots Get Smarter, Integration Becomes the Bottleneck: Healthcare Packaging
As robots grow more capable, what does it take for manufacturers to integrate and optimize them successfully? Industrial robotics are transitioning from rigid…