Aug 19, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
Ahead of PACK EXPO International, CEO Charles Weinberg shares his team's proven playbook for tackling the show floor. From pre-show homework and vendor meetings to sending mechanics to scout new…
Charles WeinbergGuestSean RileyHostJust a little bit, if you could, about how that differs from traditional CPG manufacturing or how they're handling packaging.
Yeah, there's probably two ways that it differs and it's two F words, fast and flexible.
Typically they are going to have to go to a board of directors for a new line installation or things of that nature.
And we can do those things with either existing capacity that we have or with very quick speed to market.
So we can be a lot faster in getting products to market in many cases than they can.
And then it's flexibility, our ability to do a variety of different things across our network.
If a CPG is coming out with a new product or a line extension that they don't have the technical capability to do, we have that flexibility in many cases to start semi-automatically or even manually to prove concept of the new product introduction.
And then if it takes hold, we can add automation and capacity very quickly and to help them continue to grow in the marketplace.
How are things with automation beyond the workforce? How are things like that changing the way MSI Express operates and the jobs that people are doing in your facility? How is that moving things around?
Just a little bit, if you could, about how that differs from traditional CPG manufacturing or how they're handling packaging.
Yeah, there's probably two ways that it differs and it's two F words, fast and flexible.
Typically they are going to have to go to a board of directors for a new line installation or things of that nature.
And we can do those things with either existing capacity that we have or with very quick speed to market.
So we can be a lot faster in getting products to market in many cases than they can.
And then it's flexibility, our ability to do a variety of different things across our network.
If a CPG is coming out with a new product or a line extension that they don't have the technical capability to do, we have that flexibility in many cases to start semi-automatically or even manually to prove concept of the new product introduction.
And then if it takes hold, we can add automation and capacity very quickly and to help them continue to grow in the marketplace.
How are things with automation beyond the workforce? How are things like that changing the way MSI Express operates and the jobs that people are doing in your facility? How is that moving things around?
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