Controls

Food Executives Eye Future Growth with Lean Automation

Food and beverage producers are taking a lean-automation approach, using network upgrades, advanced sensing, and modernized controls to create data foundations for future AI strategies.

October 16, 2026

Business Drivers: Page 2

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Inspection and Detection Trends at PACK EXPO 2025

What's the difference between a machine that actually learns and a machine with an AI label on it?

October 14, 2026

Regulatory

Inside the Investigation: Lessons From the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak in U.S. History

What the 2026 Cyclospora outbreak teaches food manufacturers about supplier verification, traceability, and responding under uncertainty.

October 14, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: SB 54’s First Deadline, Refillable Wine Bottles, and PET’s Recycling Problem

PMMI Media Group’s chief editors, Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, Liz Cuneo, and Sean Riley are joined by Packaging World senior editor Anne Marie Mohan to discuss what producers are scrambling to figure out before SB 54’s January deadline, why return-on-the-go reuse is suddenly everywhere, and what’s happened to U.S. PET recycling capacity.

October 12, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

QT9 Software

October 9, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Cybersecurity is Part of Food Safety Now

What makes a food plant a faster payday for an attacker than a bank?

October 7, 2026

IIoT

End of the Line Video Series: How Packaging Plays into Public Health Preparedness, Cybersecurity, and Navigating Multiple SKUs in the Supply Chain

Tune in to hear about EPR regulation's sliding scale, cybersecurity risks you haven't considered, and insights into supply chain forecasting.

October 5, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Packaging as Public Health Policy, Cybersecurity on the Line, and SKU Complexity

PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss why healthcare material changes take years, what happens to a packaging line after the ransomware is cleared, and why your inventory problem might really be a complexity problem.

October 5, 2026

Industry News

USDA Provides Up to $50 million to Grow State Meat Inspection Programs

The USDA is providing up to $50 million in funding to help states start or expand meat inspection programs, aiming to expand inspection access for small to mid-size processors.

September 30, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: The Human Core of Operational Agility

What happens when a plant full of flexible equipment hits a problem no one on the line feels confident enough to solve?

September 30, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

End of the Line Video Series: An EPR Law Appeal, Smart Inhalers, and How Lighting Impacts Food Safety

Tune in to hear about the EPR law ruling in Oregon's favor, upgrading plant safety, and a look at inhaler manufacturing.

September 28, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Oregon's EPR Appeal, Lighting and Food Safety, and Smarter Inhalers

PMMI Media Group's chief editors, Liz Cuneo, Derrick Teal, Matt Reynolds, and Sean Riley sit down to discuss why one missing screw in a light fixture can contaminate a plant, how particle design is reshaping inhalers, and what P&G's club-channel pack sizes say about the consumer wallet.

September 28, 2026

Inspection

X-Ray Inspection Helps Payne’s Pecans See What Hand Sorting Misses

Payne’s Pecans installs X-ray inspection to identify hidden in-shell defects, improve pecan grades, reduce labor pressure, and increase throughput at its Missouri cleaning operation.

September 25, 2026