March 8, 2023
The cannabis industry is emerging from a year+ of financial and supply chain challenges. This is a great opportunity to assess the state of the market. We’ve enlisted two insiders from our sales team, Tedi Weitekamp and Terri Westerhaug, to share their insights about the industry priorities and cannabis packaging trends in 2023 and beyond.... [continue]
February 16, 2023
Your cannabis products are known by the company they keep — or, more accurately, the company that keeps them fresh, safe, compliant, and flying off the shelf. Based on our well-established leadership in the industry, AssurPack invites you to consider the factors behind the most successful cannabis packaging partnerships. Whether your business is a start-up... [continue]
February 8, 2023
How much will my cannabis packaging cost? At AssurPack, we know that shoot-from-the-hip price estimates are rarely accurate. The answer is always more complicated. In fact, per-piece price quotations don’t tell the whole story. That’s because the per-piece price of packaging usually isn’t the most important factor when you’re considering the total cost of your... [continue]
January 26, 2023
Most origin stories demonstrate the power of smart, transformational problem solving. The backstory of AssurSeal, one of our most innovative and successful cannabis packaging products, is a perfect example. Thanks to the vision and precision standards of AssurPack’s packaging engineers, AssurSeal has become the gold standard for airtightness in the cannabis industry. We began with... [continue]
January 17, 2023
Many of the most important factors in successful packaging are handled by the unsung heroes of the industry: packaging engineers. Their work touches all areas of our lives and every aspect of the consumer goods supply chain. Packaging engineers work with product manufacturers to design the structural packages, which should protect three things: products, people,... [continue]
January 5, 2023
Just as back-to-school and Halloween shopping seems to begin earlier every year, the push to ready cannabis packaging in time for big consumer sales events runs on an ever-accelerating schedule. At AssurPack, Lunar New Year inventory planning begins in August. We maintain a full array of cannabis packaging to meet your inventory needs. In the... [continue]
December 9, 2022
At AssurPack®, we love package engineering. So we tend to forget that most people in the cannabis industry aren’t as passionate about child-resistant closure mechanisms — or plastics — as we are. However, there are a few facts about plastic that can help you make good choices for your packaging in terms of functionality, sustainability,... [continue]
November 22, 2022
How did legalization fare in state elections? Find out what voters decided. While most of the attention of the recent 2022 midterm elections focused on candidates, more than 130 propositions, questions, and constitutional amendments were decided by voters across the country. Recreational marijuana was a popular issue, appearing on ballots in five states. Even where... [continue]
November 14, 2022
Previewing the big show with AssurPack’s Nancy Gruskin Warner Today, the cannabis industry is gathering at the Las Vegas Convention Center for MJBizCon®, the biggest-of-the-big conference and expo for manufacturers, cultivators, retailers, inventors, investors, movers, shakers—and packagers. AssurPack will be on the exhibit floor showcasing our full array of innovative packaging options to the 35,000+... [continue]
November 8, 2022
Planning to attend the big MJBizCon Expo in Las Vegas, November 15-18? Try to predict this: of the 260 packaging exhibitors, how many will be women? According to a recent article in Packaging Digest, packaging engineering continues to be a largely male bastion. With over 2 million manufacturing jobs likely to be ripe and ready... [continue]