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Lined. Sealed. Delivered. The Future of Bakery Packaging Is Tray Seal

There’s something comforting about that first bite of a fresh croissant, donut, bagel, or bun. Soft, warm, indulgent—just as it should be. But what you may not realize is that less than a day earlier, that same product was baked, packaged, FROZEN, shipped, and stocked. It only tastes like it was made in-house. Most consumers…

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Scaling Smarter: 8 Strategic Steps to Bakery Automation Success

In our PREVIOUS ARTICLE, we defined key challenges to integrating automation for bakery producers. Now the question is: “What is the right way to implement automation for highest throughput, optimized system efficiency, and best return on investment (ROI)?” The key to successful, scalable automation begins with a complete assessment of your production line – product…

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Chaos to Control: Reclaiming Production Through Smart Packaging Automation

The global bakery and confection market hit $953.54 billion in 2024 and is set to exceed $1 trillion in 2025. North America accounts for $100.85 billion, with 5.24% projected annual growth through 2030. So why aren’t bakers and confectioners celebrating? Despite success, U.S. manufacturing faces 2.1 million unfilled jobs—53,500 in the bakery sector alone. Retirements,…

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Urgency or Emergency? Why Packaging Automation Can’t Wait

The packaging industry is changing fast. Labor shortages, rising costs, and growing demand for efficiency are forcing manufacturers to rethink operations. By 2030, the global manufacturing sector will face an 8-million-worker shortage, making automation a necessity. Meanwhile, the global packaging automation market is projected to hit $86.72 billion by 2025, signaling a major shift. For…

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Division to Precision: How Smart System Automation Transforms Waste into Savings, Yield & Profit

The need to reduce costs and increase yield in processing and packaging is nothing new. In today’s expanding food market, however, fierce competition and lack of predictability require producers to proactively build greater flexibility, connectivity, and efficiency into their systems, not reactively. Time is unerringly money, and the fastest speed to market without sacrificing quality…

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Standing Alone in a Modern Cheese Market: A How-To Packaging Guide

It’s safe to say Americans have a healthy obsession with cheese.  Our love for cheese has sliced out a significant portion of the national consumer food market – with the average customer consuming more than 40 lbs. of the stuff per year and adding to a current cheese market valuation of $34.4 billion. Fittingly, modern…

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Packaging’s New Reality: Perfecting Service, Maintenance & Training with the Power of AR

In the past, engineers would have to wait for equipment to break down before conducting repairs. No set maintenance schedules existed, and diagnostics were inconclusive. Equipment was removed for service, accumulating hours or days of costly unplanned downtime, requiring on-site assistance from available third-party techs. Today, Augmented Reality (AR) offers a better path towards efficient,…