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This episode we chat with Judson Armentrout, a seasoned retail expert who brings a fresh perspective on packaging decisions made by retailers

Cabinplant & Harpak-ULMA partner to streamline processing, cut giveaway, and boost efficiency with automated, case-ready seafood packaging:

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…

In this special episode we explore produce at the retail level with Judson Armentrout and Christian Malcom to discover the latest trends.

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…

Consumer need for sustainable packaging in retail bakery continues to rise in 2024, becoming the third most crucial product purchasing decision behind food safety and shelf life. Studies conducted by Boston Consulting found that 59% of consumers are less likely to buy products in packaging harmful to the environment, and 47% won’t purchase products in…

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,…

Harpak-ULMA partnered with PTC to present this webinar. The growing skills gap and ongoing labor shortage doesn’t just impact use as an equipment manufacturer, but also impacts our end-users as well. By combining augmented reality and industrial IoT, we’ve improved the training efficiency of technicians and support our customers with self-service instructions – ultimately reducing tool rebuilds by 80%.

This episode we chat with Judson Armentrout, a seasoned retail expert who brings a fresh perspective on packaging decisions made by retailers

Vision systems were what could be for packaging tech developers – dreams, fantasies, far-off realities that relied on futuristic tools to give customers full control over products and processes at faster speeds. Yet packaging technology continued to evolve. Impossibilities became possible as optics hardware, software, and even complex coding language – driven by artificial intelligence…