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Containers & Closures
McCormick's Old Bay Leads Charge of Spices Back to Tin
McCormick's Old Bay, and newer clean-label players, are bringing spices back to printed tin, pairing shelf impact and vintage charm with potential sustainability upside as EPR pressures grow.
December 12, 2025
Old Bay Seasoning in tin: McCormick’s Old Bay returns to its classic printed tin canister—iconic blue-and-yellow graphics with a red lid—shown here with front panel and back label (nutrition facts/recipes).
Contract Packaging
How CVS Store Brands Handles Refreshing a 5,000-item Private Label Portfolio
CVS VP Michael Wier says store-brand growth and product/package localization are adding manufacturing complexity. Keychain CEO Oisin Hanrahan tells PW that the newly launched Keychain 360 helps retailers and brands manage private-label packaging specs, vendors, and compliance across outsourced supply chains.
December 12, 2025
CVS store brands are expanding and localizing assortments, adding pressure on private-label teams to manage packaging, suppliers, and outsourced manufacturing at scale.
Cartoning
Spanish Juice Brand Debuts Aseptic Pack with Paper Barrier
The 92% renewable-material carton for García Carrión’s Don Simón juice brand replaces the traditional aluminum foil barrier with one made of paper and plant-based coatings.
December 12, 2025
Spanish juice producer García Carrión is using Tetra Pak’s paper-based barrier technology for aseptic cartons for its flagship brand, Don Simón.
Digital Transformation
Automation’s Catch-22: CPGs Eye Expansion, But Costs and Constraints Persist
End users see automation as a solution to labor shortages, but space limitations, high costs, and line complexity force many to take a gradual approach.
December 12, 2025
Insidethe Workforce Gap
Case/Tray Packing
New Line Runs Party Drinks and Pickle Potions
Specialty Blends runs three different PET bottle formats on a new line that culminates in a tray packing/shrink bundling system featuring the first application of single-point lane adjustment.
December 9, 2025
The new line is fully capable of handling three very different container formats.
Package design
Science-backed Women’s Health Essentials in Packs Designed for Every Hormonal Stage
Biologica launches in art deco tins meant to be displayed as part of a daily ritual.
December 9, 2025
While the sachets makes it easy for on-the-go consumption, and the artistic tins (when set out as a display) offer that daily reminder to use the product, the real goal and pride in this project for Joey and Liz Zwillinger is the art.
Bio-based
Twenty Years of Bioplastics: EUBP Reflects, Regroups, and Looks Ahead
At the 20th European Bioplastics Conference, industry pioneers trace the journey from early experimentation to today’s policy-driven landscape, sharing lessons learned and priorities for accelerating growth.
December 8, 2025
(l.to r.) AT EBP25, Lars Börger of nova-Institute, discussed the last 20 years of European Bioplastics and the bioplastics industry with panelists Patrick Zimmerman of FKuR, Francois de Bie of Emirates Biotech, Hasson von Pogrell of EUBP, Mariagiovanna Vetere of NatureWorks, and Alessandra Funcia of Sukano.
Labeling
Shrink Sleeve Labeling Brings Savings and More
Installed originally to solve a problem with decorating costs on one bottle size, Tap Magic found its new in-house shrink sleever brings big advantages where two other sizes are concerned.
December 5, 2025
Shrink sleeving at Tap Magic
Recycling
McDonald's Japan, Johnson's Baby, and Sephora Design Recyclable Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from McDonald's Japan, Johnson's Baby, and Sephora from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
December 5, 2025
The lid transition contributes to an overall annual reduction of 6,600 tons of virgin plastic in Japan.
Bio-based
Bioplastics to Double by 2030; Packaging Leads the Market
At the European Bioplastics Conference, EUBP reports sharp growth across key bio-based polymers and confirms that packaging will continue to drive the bioplastics market through 2030.
December 4, 2025
At the 2025 European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, Managing Director Hasso von Pogrell shared results of a new study on the global market for bio-based plastics.
Filling, Capping & Closing
Coke Bottler Cuts Co-Packing, Adds Aseptic Line for Fuze Tea, Powerade
This Sicily bottler for The Coca-Cola Company’s products brings sensitive beverages in-house, reduces transport impacts, and gains fast changeovers and format flexibility with a complete aseptic PET line supplied by Sidel and processing support from Tetra Pak.
December 3, 2025
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Package Design
PatrĂłn Tequila Introduces First New Bottle Design in Over Three Decades
Tequila producer Patrón’s new bottle design adds new touches inspired by the agave piña while maintaining its bell-shaped silhouette.
December 3, 2025
Patrón's new bottle design retains the bell-shaped silhouette and ball-shaped cork of the legacy bottle, but makes updates in features including the bottle shape and elevated bee logo.
PMMI News
Skilled Labor Shortage Remains Top Challenge for Packaging Operators
The report highlights high turnover, lack of maintenance expertise, and training gaps as critical workforce issues facing CPGs.
November 28, 2025
Workforce
Package design
Building Better Brushers: How Babsy Reinvented the Children’s Toothbrush Through Design and Play
The packaging channels an arts-and-crafts aesthetic, made to look like a creative kit rather than a sterile healthcare product.
November 26, 2025
The packaging design for the Build-A-Brush encourages play, and is also scalable for future starter kits, brush heads, and expansion packs.
Recycling
SodaStream, Mastronardi Produce, and Presto Design Paper-based Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper-based packaging from SodaStream, Mastronardi Produce, and Presto from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
November 25, 2025
The SIG Dome is made primarily from FSC-certified paperboard, the packaging is produced using 100% renewable electricity and is intended to be fully recyclable.
Digital Transformation
Automation Fair Q&A: Inside Rockwell’s Push Toward Autonomous Packaging for CPGs
Rockwell Automation’s Lee Coffey explains how AI, digital twins, edge computing, and model-predictive tools are converging to move CPGs from reactive to truly autonomous operations — and what brand owners should prioritize next.
November 24, 2025
According to Rockwell Automation’s 2025 State of Smart Manufacturing Report, CPG companies cite quality improvement (45%), cost reduction (44%), revenue growth (43%), risk reduction (40%), and higher OEE (40%) as the top business outcomes they expect from smart manufacturing investments. Nearly 70% of companies not yet using smart manufacturing plan to invest within the next 12 months.
Recycling
Babybel Latest Brand to Join Paperization Trend
By replacing bio-based cellophane with recyclable paper, Babybel shows how large brands can reduce plastic at scale while maintaining quality, safety, and consumer appeal, stakeholders say.
November 24, 2025
High-volume production runs highlight the scale of Babybel’s global transition from cellophane to paper packaging.
Digital Transformation
How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of New Product and Package Testing
Virtual prototypes, e-commerce mockups, and rapid A/B tests now let brands gauge demand in days, not months. It's transforming how teams design, validate, and launch new products and packaging.
November 21, 2025
From plain pack stock image (left) to a (hypothetical) branded prototype, shown in context on a shower shelf (right), AI artwork and context images now take minutes, not weeks.
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