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Workforce
Stäubli Appoints Adrien Brouillard as Executive President of Robotics Division
Stäubli Corporation
The promotion follows Brouillard serving in the role on an interim basis.
September 15, 2025
Staubli Adrien Brouillard Executive President Robotics
Adhesive application
Topo Chico Innovates in Case Gluing and Sealing with Valco Melton’s EcoStitch
At its Monterrey plant, Topo Chico has reduced adhesive consumption by nearly 55% in the hot-melt gluing of boxes for its mineral water bottles, thanks to Valco Melton’s technology.
September 15, 2025
The Monterrey plant is a pioneer in Mexico, being the first in the beverage production sector to use this Valco Melton technology.
Wrapping
Laffy Taffy Unwraps Easier-to-Open Mini Bar Packaging
Long a source of sticky frustration, Laffy Taffy’s wrappers have been reengineered for a clean, one-pull opening, just as sales surge and the brand refreshes its signature jokes.
September 15, 2025
Ferrara has rolled out new Laffy Taffy Mini Bar wrappers designed for a smoother opening experience.
Sustainability
New Research Hub C3PS Tackles Packaging Challenges
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, attendees got a first look at C3PS, a new research hub bringing together universities and industry to develop scalable, sustainable packaging  technologies.
September 15, 2025
Thomas Osip, industry liaison officer for the Center of Plastics, Paper and Hybrid Packaging End-of-Life Solutions (C3PS)
Recycling
Target, Brazilian Pet Foods, and Ahlstrom Design Paper-based Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper-based packaging from Target, Brazilian Pet Foods, and Ahlstrom from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
September 14, 2025
The design uses minimal material through unique dielines and a streamlined form, reducing environmental impact while maintaining durability for both retail and transit.
Operational Excellence
Three Challenges Affecting Food Safety Sanitation Operations
Industry professionals provide insight into some of the most notable challenges affecting their sanitation operations.
September 12, 2025
End users note three key hinderances and related concerns to their sanitation operations.
Bio-based
Grove Toilet Cleaner Pods Reduce PVA, Use Compostable Pouch
New toilet bowl cleaner pods from Grove Co. use 38% less PVA and are sold in a certified home-compostable pouch, replacing the brand’s earlier metal tins.
September 12, 2025
The cleaner sachets are packed in a home-compostable pouch that combines FSC paper, cellulose, and a biopolymer film. The compostable zipper is made from PLA.
Adhesive application
Coca-Cola's Topo Chico Innovates in Case Gluing and Sealing
At its Monterrey, Mexico plant, Topo Chico reduced adhesive consumption by nearly 55% in the hot-melt gluing of boxes for its mineral water bottles.
September 11, 2025
The adhesive volume is now electronically controlled with the new equipment using 24V signals to activate the electric valves, instead of adjusting the volume using nozzles and pneumatic pressure.
Containers & Closures
Continuous-thread Closures
C-T closures involve actual twists and turns on the part of the consumer, but brand owners face figurative twists and turns in delivering a positive use experience.
September 11, 2025
Sterling Anthony
Bio-based
Crocs is First to Use Algae-Based Ink in CMYK Packaging
The footwear brand’s Jibbitz shoe-charm packaging is the first commercial project to swap petroleum-based carbon black for an algae-derived pigment for black ink in full-color printing.
September 11, 2025
Living Ink supplied the press release, but the image in the press release is attributed to Crocs.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Benefits of Right-Sizing and Recyclability of Corrugated Material at Parcel Forum 2025
Packaging stakeholders highlighted the importance of right-sizing packaging in today's market and recycling rates for corrugated material at Parcel Forum 2025 Wednesday in Schaumburg, Ill.
September 10, 2025
CPGs can find benefits in damage prevention, carbon footprint reduction, and consumer satisfaction by right-sizing packaging.
Recycling
Community Poll: Focus of Sustainable Packaging Innovations
Learn where your peers first focus when innovating their sustainable packaging.
September 10, 2025
Recycling
Futurist's Column: Looking Back to Look Forward on EPR and PPWR
PTIS
Shaped by decades of evolving sustainability demands, the packaging industry now must move from a period of tepid response to decisive, collaborative action to build a circular future by 2035.
September 10, 2025
Todd Bukowski, principal, PTIS
Sustainable Packaging
Kenvue Packs Purpose into Every Package
From paperboard cartons to PCR bottles and refill pods, consumer health giant Kenvue is redesigning packaging across its 40 global brands to align with circular economy principles and meet ambitious sustainability targets.
September 10, 2025
A shopper’s basket brimming with everyday essentials—from Aveeno lotion and Listerine mouthwash to Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol, Zyrtec, Johnson’s baby care, and more—showcases the breadth of Kenvue’s iconic consumer health brands.
Bagging & Pouching
Prestone Debuts Pouch to Serve New Cohorts, Cut Plastic
A flexible, child-resistant pouch joins the iconic yellow jug, answering top-off use cases and Gen Z expectations with 60% less plastic than the legacy bottle and little secondary packaging.
September 10, 2025
Prestone’s legacy 1-gallon HDPE jug (left) remains in the market for full flush-and-fill use cases, while a new 1-quart flexible pouch (right) enters the lineup to address top-off needs. The pouch, which uses 60% less plastic, is designed to be self-standing without secondary packaging and features a child-resistant spout.
Sustainability
Five Ways Sustainability Has Shifted in Just Two Years
A comparison of PMMI's 2023 and 2025 Compass Reports on sustainable packaging reveals how real-world conditions tempered some of the optimism around new solutions.
September 9, 2025
2025 The New Material World Compass Update Final
Reusable/Returnable
PepsiCo Kicks Off Reusable Cup Program at 49ers Stadium
PepsiCo launched its first reusable cup project with an NFL franchise this preseason at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, with an estimated waste savings of tens of thousands of disposable single-use cups.
September 9, 2025
The reusable cup program at Levi's Stadium is PepsiCo's first for an NFL franchise, but the company has implemented similar programs at other venues.
Bio-based
Ten Billion items of single-use plastic to be replaced, following $14m investment in Xampla
Xampla
Xampala's Morro Coating maintains the recyclability of cardboard without compromising on grease, oxygen and moisture barrier properties.
September 8, 2025
Xampla Lab 8 236497
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