19September, 2021INSIGHTSSUSTAINABILITY, A MEGATREND IN THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY By Adam Pawlick, Vice President of Engineering, Wells Enterprises1. In light of your experience, what are the trends and challenges you've witnessed happening with respect to the Manufacturing Packaging space?One of the first trends that present a manufacturing challenge is customization. More and more brands and customers are chasing custom packaging. It could be custom primary packaging to stand out on the shelf, custom case configurations including display-ready packaging, or even just custom printing on cases with varying information. This inherently drives complexity in our manufacturing process that we need to solve for.Adam joined the Wells team in August 2019, bringing over 20 years of experience in the areas of product development, process engineering, packaging development, and sensory. Most recently, Adam worked for TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a private label manufacturer of food products in many categories, where he was the Head of Research, Design, and Implementation. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Adam worked for Palermo's pizza, ConAgra Foods, and Baxter Healthcare in engineering, packaging and R&D capacities.Adam has a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering and a master of science degree in Packaging Engineering both from Michigan State University
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