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Jun 07
Cybersecurity, Startups, and Examining Unconscious Bias

Manufacturing Happy Hour Podcast (Episode 20) featuring Galina Antova, Co-Founder of Claroty. source

Jun 06
Getting Ahead of the Game: Embedding ESG into Your Supply Chain

If your packaging organization is exploring Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) reporting, building  sustainability programs or setting science based targets, you must first realign the organization’s core values. Designed for the packaging sector but applicable to anyone interested in sustainability, circularity, and ESG reporting and investing, this session will focus on how aligning your […]

Jun 05
Designing for Sustainable Manufacturing

Sustainability proposes a unique and urgent challenge to engineering and manufacturing. But it also offers opportunity, particularly around packaging and materials. In this keynote, Dr. Ernel Simpson will discuss the creation of sustainable products and processes that conserve energy and natural resources, have lessened negative impacts upon the natural environment and society, and offer opportunity […]

Jun 04
Think Big, Start Small, Stay in it for the Long Haul

The SPE Foundation has developed unique programs to overcome the high hurdles of successful workforce development in the … source

Jun 03
Handling Recycled Plastic in Manufacturing Processes

In recent years, consumer demand for products made with recycled plastics has grown significantly – but the technical challenges … source

Jun 02
Efficient Material Selection and Management in Additive Manufacturing

Many recent advances in 3D Printing are driven by the steady stream of new materials across processes. The only downside is … source

Jun 01
Anywhere Production: Overcoming Barriers to Production with Additive Manufacturing

Formlabs has consistently been a leader in building more deployable and accessible complete 3D printing workflows. Formlabs … source

May 31
Introduction to Biodegradable and Compostable Materials for Cannabis Packaging

There is a rapidly growing demand for sustainable packaging in Cannabis. Newer biodegradable and compostable materials are … source

May 30
Producing Single-use, Plastic-free Snack Packaging

Impact Snacks met the challenge of making a fast-moving, single-use CPG product that’s entirely plastic-free & home compostable. They started wanting to make the right decision, but quickly found that evolving a cornerstone food product to meet the sustainability needs of the future proved to be a daunting challenge, fraught with infrastructural shortcomings and prevalent […]

May 29
Optimizing Plastic Materials for Additive Manufacturing Processes

The intensification of Additive Manufacturing (AM) activity, and the technology’s deepening integration into large-scale … source