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The buying habits of label and packaging customers are changing, and new technologies exist to support them. Through digital storefronts, buyers can access the short-run, quick turnaround production services they’re increasingly shopping for.

As brand owners seek to provide increased protection for their products, packaging security plays an important role in ensuring integrity throughout the value chain.

Consumers place a great deal of trust in brands to provide safe food products, and it’s up to converters and brand owners to develop packaging that ensures food safety.

Packaging design and production are two key components of creating a successful final package. But how can package printers and designers improve their collaborations throughout the process?

In packaging, automation isn’t about robotizing the machines and pushing humans to the margins. It’s a practical solution for getting the most output from the equipment, the highest return on the technology investment, and the best performance from press operators.

For brands in the beverage segment and beyond, shrink sleeves are providing cost-effective, decorative packaging options. Packaging Impressions spoke with three package printers that have entered the shrink sleeve segment to learn how this growing packaging trend has benefited their company and customers.

Digital and conventional printing have long been considered to be complementary technologies. However, when combined as hybrid printing technology, it can bring the best of both worlds to a single solution.

Continuing advances in conventional and digital production give printers and converters new ways to make corrugated board work just as well for high-graphic packaging as it does for traditional applications.

Small, boutique, and local brands already had unique packaging needs. But as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the retail landscape, brands and their printing partners are collaborating to adjust.

Trends in online buying habits are driving corresponding changes in the design and production of e-commerce packaging — and the demand appears to have nowhere to go but up.