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Predictive Maintenance Pain Points in Packaging Machinery
There are specific packaging machinery needs related to predictive maintenance, and a new PMMI Business Intelligence report researched what is most prominent.
Package Design
Infusing Culture into Craft Packaging Design
Sustainability
Packaging for the Planet
Sustainability
Rice Race Intensifies: FEI Foods' Rice "First to Market" with Microwavable Mono-Material PP Pouch
Sustainability
Pasta Brand Switches Oil- for Plant-based Film
Sustainability
Czech Craft Brewer Adopts Paperboard Can Handle System
This version of Smurfit Kappa's TopClip paperboard can handle product range targets small to mid-sized brewers and craft beverage brands, making it just the right size for Czech beer brewer Pivovar Clock.
Business intelligence
PepsiCo Launches New Canned Cocktail Mixers
In a move to meet consumer trends, PepsiCo is launching ‘Neon Zebra’ cocktail mixes in aluminum cans, which are due to hit shelves on Monday.
E-commerce
Lenox Optimizes Wine Glass Packaging for Amazon Shipping
A packaging redesign for tableware brand Lenox for its red wine glasses hits the sweet spot, providing both enhanced sustainability and greater product protection for Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging requirements.
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Predictive Maintenance 101
What does it mean, and why is it important? Learn more from a new PMMI Business Intelligence report.
Machinery
Business intelligence
Predictive Maintenance Pain Points in Packaging Machinery
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R.A Jones Debuts Automatic Magazine Loader for Cartoning Machines
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E-Pak Machinery Announces Expansion Plans
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Foresight Group Invests in M.R. Machine Knives
Design
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Recyclable PE Produce Packaging
Package Design
Infusing Culture into Craft Packaging Design
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Do-It Corp. Acquires Tower Tag & Label
Sustainability
Packaging for the Planet
Issues
Business intelligence
Predictive Maintenance Pain Points in Packaging Machinery
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Covectra: Smart Label and Mobile Authentication
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PreZero US Acquires Roplast Industries
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Amcor Partners with McKinsey.org to Build Sustainable Recycling Systems in Latin America
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Contract packaging
Growth of Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Through 2025
Sustainability
Exploring monolayer films for frozen, microwavable foods
Business intelligence
CEOs and long-term vision
Sustainability
Bumble Bee's Culture of Sustainability
Supplier News
Next-Generation Packaging Solution for up to 300 bpm and No Changeover Parts
Sustainability
Unilever Japan's Lux Luminique Joins Mono-Material Movement
The company chose this PET mono-material, which comes from the GL Barrier range of films by Toppan Printing, after successfully collaborating with the converter on quality tests.
Package Design
Dog Food Carton is ‘Easy Like a Sunday Morning’
D2C company Sundays Dog Food chooses cereal carton-style box for its air-dried pet food, leaning in to the nostalgia of the format with its graphics and brand strategy.
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MWC, Kraft Heinz, and CTI Foods Named Winners of Manufacturing Innovation Awards
The award-winning food companies will reveal technology highlights of their projects and be honored during a special session at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, September 27-29.
Sustainability
New D2C Cleaning Products: Refillable, Non-Toxic, and Counterworthy
Blueland takes its first step toward transforming consumer shopping habits, with elegant, reusable bottles for cleaning products sold in a concentrated tablet format through e-commerce.
Secondary/end-of-line
Tray Sealer Brings Benefits to Berry Packaging
By eliminating a rigid, domed, snap-fit lid in favor of a clear flexible film applied by a new tray sealer, this German berry grower scores sustainability points and more.
Controls & automation
Machine Condition Monitoring via IIoT
This Arrowhead Systems division is taking full advantage of new IIoT tools that make machine diagnostics readily available and help customers maximize OEE.
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View Product Demos On Demand
Missed part or all of PACK EXPO Connects? Browse dozens of demos by category or search by keyword. Find solutions to your packaging and processing challenges now through March 31.
Sustainability
Another Brand Adopts Post-Consumer Recycled Packaging
Founded in 1953, green-minded home improvement and construction brand HAGA specializes in natural and organic building materials, such as lime or clay plaster.
Package Design
Valvoline Revs Up Convenience with Gear Oil in Stand-Up Pouches
The FlexFill pouch for synthetic gear oil makes it easier for DIY-ers to dispense and reduces the amount of product waste versus the rigid bottle it replaces.
Primary packaging
Extended Shelf Life Key to Lidl’s Latest RTE Line
Using a unique process-in-pack technology, German grocery giant added shelf life to ready-to-eat meals that will extend their market range.
Package Design
Specially Printed Lidding Adds Branding Space
Four different designs, printed using eight colors on polyester material, have been produced for the vegan-friendly snack pot range from Blooming Good Food Co.
Contract packaging
Contract Packaging Association and Nulogy Bring Online Training to Contract Packagers/Manufacturers
Nulogy University provides CP/CMs with the training and education to navigate CP/CM industries, as well as software applications and shop floor best practices.
COVID-19
FDA & CDC: No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging
FDA and CDC continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of COVID-19.
Sustainability
Coke To Test Paper Bottle
The Coca-Cola Company’s first-ever paper bottle prototype is transitioning from the lab to the marketplace this summer through a limited online trial in Hungary.
Contract packaging
Growth of Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Through 2025
Interview with Bush Brothers and Pretzels, Inc. on the expanding role of contract packagers/contract manufacturers during the pandemic, with an introduction by PMG's Jim Chrzan on recent Contract Packaging Association survey results.
Business intelligence
Alcohol Consumption Habits Shift During COVID-19
New white paper explores how adult beverage consumption and purchase habits have changed during the pandemic, and what to expect in the future.
Business intelligence
‘Pearl Milling Company’ to Replace Aunt Jemima Brand Name
PepsiCo, which owns the Quaker Oats Company, announced the forthcoming rebranding of the Aunt Jemima brand in 2020.
Coding, printing & labeling
Hybrid Label Press Has Big Impact
St. Louis-based Wegmann Companies, a manufacturer of custom printed labels with extensive hybrid & digital production capabilities, recently installed a hybrid digital/flexo press.
Sustainability
Exploring monolayer films for frozen, microwavable foods
Brian Stepowany of B & G Foods (Green Giant Brand) joins Packaging World's Matt Reynolds to discuss R & D considerations and how progress has been affected by Covid crisis. Six-minute video report.
Materials & containers
Two Better-for-You Brands Get Free Closures for a Year
Sidnee’s Homemade Lemonade and Simply Soupreme are the lucky start-ups awarded with free bottle closures and insights into their businesses in this second annual competition.
Business intelligence
CEOs and long-term vision
How to see beyond the now and plan for the future. Bumble Bee CEO Jan Tharp talked with OEM editor, Stephanie Neil during PACK EXPO Connects. Here is a one-minute clip on long-term vision.
Sustainability
Coca-Cola Transitions Brands to 100% rPET, Unveils New ‘Sip-Size’ Bottle
Among the innovations rolling out through July 2021 are new 100% rPET bottles, a new 13.2-oz bottle size, enhanced on-pack recycling messaging, and a new aluminum bottle for water.
