Vacuum packaging is a vintage format that has aged well over the decades. Time and again it has evolved, remaining relevant to ever-changing marketplace whims and needs and delivering real value in many ways.
Our attention to packaging usually goes straight to material development and innovation because technology is exciting and fun to talk about. But presently that’s not the case with vacuum packaging, according to a source. “I think the focus is on automation upstream and downstream on processing lines. Labor is in short supply, and the pandemic just accelerated that focus.”