The Flexible Packaging Blog

Reviews, trends, and tips covering all things flexible packaging to protect your products and your bottom line.

David Roberge

I am grateful for my 9 years as part of the outstanding Industrial Packaging team. I was able to hang out with some of the most knowledgeable folks in the packaging industry. I feel even luckier that I was able to share that knowledge with you. I love learning, hiking, and growing people and teams both personally and professionally, and helping companies grow better.

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The Business of Packaging | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging

By: David Roberge
February 4th, 2016

Over the past year we have re-branded our Contract Packaging division to Supply Chain Services to better describe the broad amount of services we offer. Our team worked together to show off not only our outstanding culture, but what we can offer your business to grow with your packaging in a different way than you have seen in the past. Packaging doesn't have to be boring, and we are showing you how! Take a look at our team in action:

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Equipment | Plant Performance | Investment

By: David Roberge
January 28th, 2016

What A Multi-Product Manufacturer/Distributor Can Do To Stop Lengthy Change-Overs If you are a big-name retail manufacturer with several products and a few different lines, you may face a lengthy product change-over process when it comes to your packaging lines. One of our customers had this issue and this is what we did to help:

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging | Plant Performance

By: David Roberge
January 22nd, 2016

Keeping Pace Using Proper Packaging Services For Your Project You have a retail product that you want to promote for an upcoming holiday. You have a deadline for launch and a timeline for your departments. When you hit snags in the road, be confident your packager can handle the demands of time delay. Tme Delays:

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging

By: David Roberge
January 14th, 2016

Maximize your space with smarter packaging Shelf space is limited in the retail environment, and it's often not cheap. When you are packaging your product, remember to optimize your packaging for the retail shelf space it will utilize. Here's an example of optimization:

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Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Investment

By: David Roberge
December 17th, 2015

The Packaging Only Matters If It Sells.. In a fast-paced world where you are lucky to get a consumer's attention for only a few seconds and where retail clerks are seldom available (and if they are they know very little), your product must be able to sell itself. The appropriate packaging can do that for you. Here's what your packaging must do: