Andy Hanacek: Hi viewers! Thanks for joining us today. I’m here with Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI at Pack Expo. Thanks so much for joining me today. We are going to talk a little about the show itself and some research you guys have done that our viewers should be really interested in, so thanks for joining me.
Jorge Izquierdo: Andy, it’s a pleasure. Thank you very much. First, let me tell you some of the things I’ve seen on the show floor these past few days. Number one thing is certainly flexible packaging. It is still very relevant in the industry. The throughput of the equipment I’m surprised at the speeds you can see now. It’s significant. It’s not the same as the rigid packaging, but it’s getting closer. I guess that’s one of the highlights. Of course, new attachments, new presentations, new applications. Also, around flexible packaging, more and more robotics with case packing with different applications. … More robotics [are being used in] not just in palletizing but also secondary packaging and primary packaging. More robots take care of two functions like case packing and palletizing, taking advantage of the flexibility of the robots. They can handle one product, and then quickly change to handle a different product. Also, interesting and new for me, from the fulfillment area of e-commerce packaging, boxes and containers, depending on what percentage of the box is filled, it’s how they fold, how they present it. Basically, if you are only using half of the box, the volume at the end is only half of it so when you are shipping you are not paying a higher rate than you should. Those are some of the neat things we’re finding.