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2020 July

New this month in Flexible Packaging: how digitalization is transforming the packaging industry, Five requirements for E-stop operation, Clif Bar reveals limited edition woman athlete-focused design, how to prevent ink migration, label regulations for CBD packaging, and much more.

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Editor’s Forum

The Pouch with Punch

Kristin Joker
July 11, 2020
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I just opened my new subscription box of Billie razors and found a surprise inside. Let me backtrack. Billie is a subscription-based, direct-to-consumer brand focused on providing women with quality shaving supplies and body care products.
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Flexo Imageworx Stamps
Case Study: Flexo

The Transformation of Flexo

The story behind the first U.S. postage stamp ever printed using a flexographic press.
Kristin Joker
July 11, 2020
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At first sight, specializing in the impossible doesn’t look like the best way to build a profitable long-term business. For Pennsylvania-based prepress house Imageworx, however, it’s a strategy that has proved highly successful for more than two decades.
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The Need for CBD Transparency in Packaging
Regulations: Labels

The Need for CBD Transparency in Packaging

David Gould
July 9, 2020
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CBD has emerged as a popular wellness product and can be found across many sectors of consumer products, but the FDA’s lack of clear mandates on CBD’s legal status has opened the door to unregulated actors who sell their products without appropriate safeguards and mislead consumers with inaccurate, inappropriate or even false claims.
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Clif Bar limited-edition packaging
Flexible By Design: Limited-Edition Packaging

Drawing Inspiration for a Package Redesign

For the first time in its 28-year history, Clif Bar replaces the iconic climber with six female athletes.
Kristin Joker
July 9, 2020
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Whether you are a world champion or a weekend warrior, human-powered sport connects and inspires us, and Clif Bar, with its brand positioning, fuels us to keep going.
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Printing: Ink Migration

How to Prevent Ink Migration

A look at what ink migration is, what causes it and what options there are for preventing it.
Kristin Adams
July 8, 2020
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The challenge of preventing ink migration from the printed information on food and grocery packaging keeps many chemists, printers and brand executives awake at night.
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How Digitalization is Transforming the Packaging Industry
Spotlight: Digitalization

How Digitalization is Transforming the Packaging Industry

Digitalization is transforming entire industries with varying speed and scope.
Kristin Joker
July 8, 2020
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By and large, digitalization is not just the implementation of digital technologies into existing business architectures; it is about questioning existing business logics in the light of new possibilities offered by the latest digital technologies.
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Supplier News

Pregis Launches Color-Rich Tissue Paper

July 13, 2020
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Pregis, a leading manufacturer of protective packaging, is expanding its customer experience portfolio with Inspyre paper. This custom-branded tissue paper is dispensed from the Easypack Quantum on-demand, void-fill system.
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Supplier News

Prarie State Group Achieves Eighth SQF Recognition

July 13, 2020
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Prairie State Group, a printer specializing in flexible film, food grade packaging materials and pressure-sensitive labels, has achieved its eighth SQF Certification in both food safety and quality edition 8.2, an internationally recognized food safety standard from the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute.
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