Packaging Innovation—Past, Present, and Future

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. So said philosopher and author George Santayana, and these words of wisdom bear repeating. It seems astonishing to many that the real future of food packaging is built on a foundation of our past that lies in the marriage of processing and packaging—déjà vu Nicolas Appert!

Headlines in packaging and trade journals—and too many media relations proclamations—shout of what will assuredly disrupt current food packaging and drive major inn…