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Multi-component Pack Checks All the Boxes for DIY Berry Yogurt Parfaits
With an existing 4-oz Chobani PP yogurt pack format as a starting point, berry parfait product collaborator Naturipe worked backward and reverse-engineered an optimized PET cup and closure that nests components and seals them into a single package.
Package Design
Paper Tube Differentiates a Unique Brand of Cannabis
Secondary/end-of-line
Future Looks Bright for End of Line Equipment Market
PMMI news
Exhibitor Sales Pushing PACK EXPO East 2022 to Near Record Size
Package Design
Pentawards Shares Top 10 Packaging Design Trends for 2021/2022
Take Five
PACK EXPO Innovations Report: Robotics
PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the robotics category.
Sustainability
Report: Innovative New Sustainable Packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the sustainable packaging category.
Sustainability
Naturally Done: Plant-Based Take Out Containers and Compostable Innovations
See a few examples of plant-based and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
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Kilmer Innovations in Packaging Tackles 'Wicked Problems' in Med Device Sterility
KiiP is an industry initiative ‘solving wicked problems in healthcare packaging.’ They’re gathering passionate team members to tackle nebulous topics, ultimately improving patient safety.
Machinery
Supplier Submitted
TurboFil Named U.S. Sales Representative for UK-based Sewtec Automation
Secondary/end-of-line
Future Looks Bright for End of Line Equipment Market
Supplier Submitted
Fume Extractors for Laser Applications
Supplier Submitted
Robot for Heavy Products
Design
Package Design
Multi-component Pack Checks All the Boxes for DIY Berry Yogurt Parfaits
Package Design
Paper Tube Differentiates a Unique Brand of Cannabis
Supplier Submitted
Recyclable Poultry Packaging
Supplier Submitted
The BoxMaker’s Arkansas Plant Begins Production
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Package Design
Paper Tube Differentiates a Unique Brand of Cannabis
Secondary/end-of-line
Future Looks Bright for End of Line Equipment Market
PMMI news
Exhibitor Sales Pushing PACK EXPO East 2022 to Near Record Size
Supplier Submitted
Evanesce Makes Key Appointments to Management Team
Videos
Take Five
PACK EXPO Innovations Report: Robotics
Take Five
When is a Retrofit Appropriate for Packaging Machinery?
Take Five
Global Minute: Packaging and Machinery Updates from the UK, Iraq, Spain, and Mexico
Take Five
Top 2021 Video: Trend Toward Paperboard Can Handles Leaps From Craft Brew to Major Food/Bev Multipacks
Take Five
Nestlé and Mars Wrigley Roll Out Paper-Based Confectionery Packs Replacing Plastic Predecessors
Take Five
When is a Retrofit Appropriate for Packaging Machinery?
Retrofits of existing packaging machinery can result in substantial cost savings, and enable an incremental approach to Industry 4.0 initiatives. But they may not always be the right choice.
Robotics
Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the robotics category.
PMMI news
Four Drivers Changing the Beverage Industry
PACK EXPO East offers CPG solutions to the packaging and processing beverage challenges of functionality, sustainability, consumer health consciousness and convenience.
Package Design
P&G’s Dawn EZ-Squeeze Inverted Bottle Flips Dishwashing on its Head
New inverted bottle with no-flip cap, self-sealing valve, and one-handed dispensing for Dawn liquid dish soap means no more shaking, flipping, or banging to get out the last drop.
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Solving Packaging Format Challenges: Communication is Key
When CPGs and OEMs discussed challenges surrounding packaging formats, designs, and materials, most said improving industry partnerships is the solution.
Workforce
Leaders In Packaging 2022: A Thank You from the Publisher
'Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.'– Henry Ford
Workforce
Alexandria Tech Students Earn PMMI, PMG Packaging Scholarship
This Minnesota State system school boasts a strong Applied Mechatronics program located right in the center of a well-known, thriving packaging machinery building region in and around Alexandria, Minnesota.
E-commerce
Durable, Reusable Sampling Packs Reduce Waste, Improve Brand Experience
New Balance Team Sports made the leap from traditional corrugated in D2C sampling and sizing returns to a durable, reusable PET fabric pack. It’s branding makes a nice impression and distinguishes it from other shippers, while being more sustainable.
Controls & automation
Linear Servo Track System Allows Production-on-Demand for Liquid Filling
With the help of a track system from B&R, this Polish OEM is building machines that make it practical for liquid products CPGs, like cosmetics or pharma companies, to plan for short and specialized product runs.
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Tetra Pak and Compass Group Talk Sustainability
Listen as global packaging and processing heavyweights break down how brands develop on-pack messaging that appeals to consumers.
Coding, printing & labeling
In-house CMYK Case Printing for CPG Companies
By combining a sophisticated understanding of inks with the latest in ink-jet print engines, GSI and IP are bringing in-house, on-line CMYK Case printing to the packaging line.
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Korea-Based Biotech Co. Outfits Nine COVID-19 Test Kit Lines with New Labelers
Bioneer is meeting test kit needs with applicators that apply 300mm-long top labels for product identification and tamper evidence.
Coding, printing & labeling
B2+ Digital Inkjet Press Brings New Opportunities
Plenty of commercial printing companies have expanded into the packaging market in recent years, and many times they do so by way of digital printing technology. Spectrum Printing Co. of Tucson, Ariz., is a good example.
Take Five
Global Minute: Packaging and Machinery Updates from the UK, Iraq, Spain, and Mexico
Packaging updates from around the globe; retailer-led sustainable packaging material directives, high-speed automated solutions, and paper can package design.
Sustainability
Kellogg's Tests Paper Cereal Liner, and Other Fiber-Based Plastic Replacements
See a few examples of paper or fiber-based packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
Sustainability
Cosmetics Brands to Benefit from Molecularly Recycled Material
Primary packaging
Maker’s Mark Ups Its Packaging Game
When it came time for a packaging line upgrade, this well-known producer of bourbon tackled filling and capping first—coding, inspection, and case sealing quickly followed.
Package Design
Catching Up with Grove Collaborative as it Goes Public
Jon Silverman, Grove’s Senior Vice President, Physical Products, catches Packaging World up on the once emerging, now fully emerged brand owner, including the most recent big news that it plans to go public.
Package Design
Pantone Color of the Year 2022 Unveiled
The newly released color is said to be a ‘symbol of the global zeitgeist of the moment and the transition we are going through.’
Sustainability
AMERIPEN: Packaging Policy Update & 2022 Outlook
Packaging World speaks with AMERIPEN Executive Director Dan Felton and the association’s Principal Lobbyist, Andy Hackman, of Serlin Haley, about current and future U.S. federal and state packaging policy.
Protective/transport packaging
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #1: Ulta Unveils First-of-its-Kind Circular Beauty Packaging Platform
Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, topping our countdown, on a durable, reusable packaging that can be returned for refill and reuse.
Take Five
Top 2021 Video: Trend Toward Paperboard Can Handles Leaps From Craft Brew to Major Food/Bev Multipacks
What started as a craft brew trend toward paperboard replacing its plastic can handle multipacks is now being seen in brands like Coca-Cola and Heinz UK. Watch this 'Take Five with Packaging World' video to learn more.
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