U.S., Jan. 9 -- The January issue of Manufacturing Global is here!

Our cover stars this month are developing sustainable packaging solutions capable of increasing revenue without impacting the environment. Huhtamaki's Chi Lu, Head of Sourcing, Food Services in Asia and Oceania, insists: "In terms of changing from plastic to a more sustainable alternative, there is no challenge - it simply must be done."

Pushing the boundaries for Industry 4.0, we learn how Fictiv is democratising access to manufacturing, and transforming the way hardware teams design, develop and deliver physical products, with a virtual distributed manufacturing platform. "Companies that had traditionally run their own factories or workshops, even for prototyping, are ...