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Derrick Teal

Derrick Teal

Derrick Teal is the editor-in-chief of Food Engineering and former content manager for Flexible Packaging and Packaging Strategies.

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The Pouch: A Retrospective

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May 15, 2022
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Attendees at this year’s Global Pouch Forum will be in for a treat as we use the event’s 25th anniversary to explore the history and evolution of the pouch.
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In the Spotlight

Executive Forecast: More of the Same in 2022

The new normal looks like it’s here to stay.
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January 17, 2022
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Remember the optimism heading into 2021? Vaccines were on their way. Factories were opening back up. We knew there were issues with the supply chain, but a problem recognized is a problem that can be solved. Yeah … good times.
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Podcast | Impacts of Label Tech on the Supply Chain

As label technology continues to advance, CPGs need to understand how that impacts the supply chain in order to ensure the end label meets their, and their customers’, needs.
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July 11, 2021
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A Freedonia Group forecast from May expects the demand for printed labels to rise 3.2% per year through 2025. The organization found that “printed labels will benefit from the increased utilization of labels for advanced product promotion, which will drive the use of more appealing, 360-degree coverage and more complex, high-quality graphics.”
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The Missing Link

Consumers want a circular economy that the industry is trying to provide, but there’s something missing from the chain.
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July 11, 2021
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I wish I were a smarter person. That’s not a self-deprecating statement, either, because I wish I were smart enough to specifically do one thing: make being a recycler profitable.
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Food and Beverage Inks are Meeting Consumer Trends

The world of inks is keeping pace with the race for increasing food-safe product standards, packaging that pops and sustainability.
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June 17, 2021
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As the packaging industry continues to grow in order to keep up with the boom in e-commerce, so too does the market for packaging inks. And, like everything in the industry, there are efforts to improve sustainability but still meet functional needs and consumer safety requirements.
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Come to Global Pouch Forum

Improvements to the virtual platform make engaging with pouch experts super easy.
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June 7, 2021
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Do you remember what your first packaging experience with a pouch was? For me, like it might be for many people, it was with Capri Sun. I don’t remember exactly where I was, but I do remember wondering what the heck it was and then proceeding to drive my straw into the front and straight out the back.
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Keeping Your Remote Workforce from Burning Out

Remote workers are often offsite, but research shows that they’re also going out of their minds with the workload.
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May 19, 2021
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We’ve said this, we’ve written this: We here at Flexible Packaging are tired of covering the pandemic just as much as you’re tired of hearing about it. The problem is that its effects continue to ripple throughout world and we all continue to be impacted by those waves.
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Recent Shortages Expected to be Temporary

A spike in demand has seen a complementary spike in supply prices, but that demand may not be here to stay.
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April 26, 2021
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The pandemic was the big story last year, and there’s some speculation that this year’s big story will be cost increases because of it. Doesn’t it feel like whenever we finally seem to be getting close to talking about something other than the pandemic, we get hit with yet another new ripple effect from it?
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What’s Next?

While we’ve yet to arrive at a circular economy, what’s the next test for the industry once we do?
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March 16, 2021
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Last month, Glen Gudino, Flexible Packaging’s publisher, and I had a chat with Dennis Calamusa, president and CEO of Alliedflex. It was a wide-ranging discussion that at one point turned toward the topic of a circular economy.
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Flexible Packaging is Coming Around

Innovative products start with an idea, and those products are around the corner as the industry thinks more about the circular economy
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March 14, 2021
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Regular readers would know that the featured topic last month was about the advances in sustainability within the flexible packaging industry.
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