Research from the packaging association reflects opportunities for the industry to enhance operational efficiencies amid several ongoing issues.

Sales of packaging equipment are off from their pandemic highs, but PMMI’s new report projects solid growth over the next few years.
 

Breakthroughs in AI technology are providing bakers greater precision, reliability and flexibility at packaging.
 

More producers are automating their secondary packaging to reduce headcount and alleviate labor shortages.

More sustainable packaging materials are emerging, and machines are evolving to better handle them.

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Companies have become much more adept at using the data they gather for enhancing operational efficiency.

Advances in technology allow more sophisticated technology to handle the more mundane tasks in a bakery.

The baking and snack industries find themselves in the early stages of harnessing artificial intelligence for their operations.