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Sustainable Packaging
Johnson’s Introduces Range of Baby Refill Cartons
Read how Johnson Baby not only cut back on plastic use but also lowered costs for consumers with a new packaging approach.
April 22, 2024
The new Johnson's Baby Refill cartons include visual cues and instructions to refill the original packaging.
Home
Practical Applications for the Future of Remote Services
End-users are finding remote services and monitoring are ideal for OEM support, but in-person visits are harder to replace for things like FATs and some training.
April 19, 2024
OEMs can use remote services to solve many issues without the need to travel to end-users' plants, but some problems still require in-person assistance.
Protective/transport packaging
Amazon’s AI Model Intuitively Right-Sizes Packaging
Amazon's Package Decision Engine optimizes packaging by selecting each product's most efficient size and protective option.
April 19, 2024
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Rigid
3D-Printed Molds Speed New Unilever Bottle Designs to Market
For Unilever, bottles that are stretch blow molded with a 3D printed tool are nearly indistinguishable from the final product produced through traditional metal tooling processes, and get product to market more quickly.
April 18, 2024
Bottles produced with a 3D printed tool are nearly indistinguishable from the final product produced through traditional metal tooling processes. From left to right: the two-part mold 3D printed with Rigid 10K Resin, a bottle produced with the mold 3D printed with Rigid 10K Resin, a bottle produced with a metal mold, and a labeled prototype bottle for customer testing.
Form/fill/seal - vertical
Ken's Foods Upgrades Sachet Speed & Accuracy with New VF/F/S
Ken’s Foods sees enhanced fill accuracy, increased throughput, and improved sustainability with installation of vf/f/s equipment.
April 17, 2024
Ima Kens Pouches Machine Comp Pr
Sustainability
Rethink Takeout: Expanding Reusable Packaging on Uber Eats
Successful trials in Europe, Asia Pacific, and New York City have Uber Eats expanding its reusable packaging solution to the West Coast, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
April 16, 2024
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Top Factors Driving the Push to Sustainable Packaging
With consumers, retailers, and regulations driving the push to sustainable packaging, industry stakeholders are looking for ways to effectively meet this demand.
April 15, 2024
Consumers are willing to pay about 10% more for sustainable packaging, according to one industry representative at the 2023 Vision 2030 sessions.
Bagging & Pouching
Oxygen Transmission Rate and Barrier Flexible Packaging
All of us need oxygen to live, but it can make a brand owner’s life difficult.
April 15, 2024
Sterling Anthony
Sustainable Packaging
Nestlé, Sunkist Growers, and MackMyra Introduce Packaging Designed for Enhanced User Experience
ThePackHub
See a few examples of packaging designed for enhanced user experience from Nestlé, Sunkist Growers, and MackMyra from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
April 15, 2024
Nestlé brand Maggi's Mug Noodles cut plastic packaging by 83% compared to traditional noodle packaging.
Digital Transformation
Contract Packager Scales Confidently with Tailor-Made ERP
As its major retailer customers expand their ranges of SKUs with increasingly complex orders, Enterprise CP is using Power Central’s ERP software to all but eliminate human error in packaging inventory management and planning.
April 12, 2024
Enterprise CP’s new ERP software adds transparency and accuracy to its inventory tracking and allows the copacker to forecast several months in advance.
Bio-based
Navigating the Compostable Packaging Landscape: Insights from BPI Executive Director Rhodes Yepsen
Which applications are best for compostable packaging? How can labeling help eliminate consumer confusion over proper disposal? What role will EPR play in facilitating composting? BPI Executive Director Rhodes Yepsen shares his thoughts.
April 12, 2024
Compostable Packaging
Recycling
New Tide Detergent Tiles Eliminate Need for Plastic Packaging
New six-layer fiber tiles for Tide laundry detergent are packaged in a sturdy, sustainable carton fitted with a tray that holds the product in place.
April 10, 2024
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Protective/transport packaging
P&G Recalls 8.2 million bags of Laundry Detergents Due to Packaging
A defect in child-resistant packaging led Procter & Gamble to recall more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace, and Ariel laundry detergent packets in the U.S. and Canada
April 10, 2024
The outer packaging meant to prevent access to the contents can split open near the zipper track, posing a risk of serious injury to children if the laundry detergent packets' contents are ingested, as well as skin or eye injuries.
Sustainable Packaging
Continental, Fairfood, and Borough Broth Introduce Paper Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper packaging innovations from Continental, Fairfood, and Borough Broth from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
April 9, 2024
Continental's new timing belt packaging cuts both waste and transport emissions through optimized corrugated package design.
Recycling
At the Final Four, Coke Tips Off Certified Closed-Loop Recycling
Sports and concert venues act as both laboratories for behavior testing & classrooms for teaching consumers how to behave. Coke's third party-audited Final Four recycling campaign promises that bottle-to-bottle, food-grade PET recycling is real.
April 8, 2024
Spotted at the Sweet 16 in Boston, bin messaging clearly delineating PET bottles and aluminum cans as recyclable. The Final Four took this campaign to the next level, and it should be an ongoing, self-sustaining effort for the venues for the foreseeable future.
Contract Packaging
Co-man Improves Worker Safety and Glass Filling Line
Contract manufacturer Consolidated Mills’ new automatic depalletizer has increased the company’s cooked liquids filling line by 10%.
April 8, 2024
the Ska Fab FHA 5000 automatic depalletizer designed to discharge full-height pallets of empty glass jars or bottles up to 4,000 lbs.
Sustainable Packaging
Report Puts Amazon's Packaging Strategy Under Scrutiny
A report by Oceana highlights a 9.6% increase in Amazon's plastic packaging use in the U.S., contrasting with reductions elsewhere, sparking calls for significant plastic use reduction.
April 8, 2024
A report by Oceana highlights a 9.6% increase in Amazon's plastic packaging use in the U.S.
Recycling
Scaling Solutions for Film and Flexible Packaging Recycling
At the Plastics Recycling Conference, the Association of Plastic Recyclers and Canada’s Éco Entreprises Québec share results from recent reports that explore solutions for film and flexible packaging recycling.
April 8, 2024
Plastics recycling
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