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PMMI News
One-Minute Survey: What Materials Interest You?
What’s on your mind? Please answer these quick questions to tell us more about what you want to see in Packaging World.
October 7, 2024
Contract packaging
Co-packers: Visit These 7 PACK EXPO Booths
Are you a contract packager headed to PACK EXPO International 2024? Preview some booths to add to your list.
October 7, 2024
Fresh-Lock® 8000 Series closure systems for flexible bags.
Digital Transformation
Where OEMs Should Consider AI Implementation
From smarter cobots to increased use of Machinery as a Service, OEMs should consider these AI-enabled product development opportunities.
October 4, 2024
OEMs can use AI to help increase machine flexibility, allowing equipment to adapt to changes with minimal new code.
Filling, Capping & Closing
Cristalia Implements PET Bottle with Integral Handle
This bottled water producer says it differentiated itself on the shelf, improved its appearance, added supply chain-friendly robustness, and upgraded its sustainability profile, all without sacrificing the integral handle consumers love.
October 4, 2024
Cristalia's new PET 1-G bottle with integral handle is making a splash in Puerto Rico.
Recycling
Plastic Packaging Recycling: Conflicting Truths and Waning Patience
CPG companies should re-evaluate their reliance on plastic packaging and explore alternative strategies to reduce waste and promote sustainability.
October 4, 2024
Sterling Anthony
Recycling
Pact Collective Champions Beauty Packaging Circularity
In this Q&A, Carly Snider, executive director of Pact Collective, talks about the history of the organization and its work to collect and recycle cosmetic and beauty care packaging.
October 4, 2024
Carly Snider, executive director, Pact Collective
Reusable/Returnable
LancÇ’me, North Coast Seafood, and Pingo Doce Introduce Reusable and Refillable Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging innovations from Lancǒme, North Coast Seafood, and Pingo Doce from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
October 3, 2024
LancÇ’me's new refillable perfume bottle features a pump that is 10% lighter than the market average and anodized to match the brand's rose gold colorway.
Recycling
Danone Puts Customer First in Sustainable Innovation
Kory Nook discusses how Danone is tackling its Scope 3 emissions, with consumer-driven changes to its yogurt packaging to allow for recycling.
October 3, 2024
Kory Nook, VP of Packaging Research & Innovation, Danone
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Amazon’s SIOC Rebranded as SIPP; Brands Still Flock to Participate
Amazon says its e-commerce packaging program, now with a new acronym, reduces waste and enhances customer experience by designing products specifically for online shipping, eliminating unnecessary materials and promoting sustainability.
October 2, 2024
For parents like Amazon’s Kayla Fenton, senior manager, technical product management, Sustainable Packaging, the ease of ordering baby essentials online is a lifesaver. But the downside is the surplus of packaging materials that accompany these deliveries.
Recycling
How2Recycle Forward Campaign to 'Future-proof' On-Pack Label
GreenBlue's How2Recycle program announced its new How2Recycle Forward campaign, calling it 'the dynamic, data-driven future of on-pack labeling.' A sneak peak revealed data-matrix codes that imply a connected label that could relate variable information.
October 1, 2024
H2 R Forward Pro Sample Watermark (2)
Bio-based
Paper Sachet for Skin Care Reduces GHGs by 69%
Hair and skin-care product company NĂ©cessaire reduces the carbon footprint of its sample packs by switching from plastic tubes to sachets made from 63% paper.
October 1, 2024
Nécessaire is using a sachet made from 63% paper for samples of The Body Lotion and The Body Serum.
Package Design
Diageo and Nestlé Increase Inclusivity with Accessible QR code
Major brands have implemented Accessible QR (AQR) codes across several product lines to improve user experiences and inclusivity in product information access.
September 30, 2024
Ketel One, a brand under the Diageo umbrella, has integrated AQR codes onto the packaging of its ready-to-serve cocktails, including its Espresso Martini and Cosmopolitan offerings in the USA.
Contract packaging
Automated Retort System Propels Crider Foods to New Heights
Automation, combined with an upskilled workforce and reduced water consumption, writes a new chapter in canned protein company’s 80-year history.
September 27, 2024
Crider Foods retort system
Multipacking
Timing Screws are Key to Blue Bell's Multipacking
From mass conveying to single-filing to stacking to a short ride down an elevator and finally to controlled indexing of six-high stacks into a sleever, this system is a wrap for Blue Bell.
September 27, 2024
The final set of Morrison timing screws is a stacked screw system that guides stacks of cups forward with just the right spacing so that the Tripack shrink sleever can drop sleeves over paired stacks.
Digital Transformation
How to Prepare for AI Implementation
From early conversations with AI companies to understanding the scope of solutions, following these steps can streamline AI implementation.
September 27, 2024
It helps AI implementation for things like predictive maintenance to collect and store relevant data before introducing the technology.
Contract Packaging
How Fast is Contract Packaging Growing?
Quick Insight: Here's the predicted size of the contract packaging market by 2029, according to Mordor Intelligence. What's driving the growth?
September 26, 2024
Contract packaging market size chart
Package Design
Diageo Adds to Paper-Based Bottle Portfolio, Now With Johnnie Walker
After similar successful trials Diageo launches a 70cl paper-based bottle trial for Johnnie Walker Black Label at Edinburgh's 1820 bar, aiming to assess its performance in a bar environment.
September 26, 2024
Created in partnership with PA Consulting, as part of the Bottle Collective with PA and PulPac, this is Diageo’s first paper-based 70cl bottle trial in the on-trade
Sustainable Packaging
ExxonMobil Sued by California over Recycling Claims
California's lawsuit against ExxonMobil alleges decades of misleading the public about plastic recycling.
September 25, 2024
California's lawsuit alleges that ExxonMobil misled the public about plastic recycling.
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