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Sustainable Packaging
Global Call Launched for Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging
More than 100 businesses in the packaging supply chain publicly recognize the need for EPR for packaging via a live launch and statement, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
June 22, 2021
More than 100 businesses in the packaging supply chain publicly recognize the need for EPR for packaging in a published statement.
Flexibles
Bagger, Combination Weigher Improve BBQ Wood Chip Production by 118%
With labor being tight and unreliable, improved automation was the answer for this popular BBQ wood chip brand. But it took a special combination of bagger and weigher to withstand the hot Texas heat, and stand up to a less-than-free-flowing product.
June 22, 2021
Wood chips aren't exactly a free-flowing product, and caused frequent jams in legacy equipment. The new stand-up pouch baggers handles the chips well.
Operational Excellence
Growing a Successful CBD Brand
Medterra has only been in business for four years, but this brand has been leading CBD sales in U.S. grocery for over 16 months and is expanding rapidly.
June 21, 2021
Medterra Pets
Sustainability
Diaper Balm Tube Enables Mess-Free Application, Inspires Children’s Creativity
A fully recyclable push-up paperboard tube not only allows both parent and toddler to easily apply product, but also encourages play and can be reused in clever ways.
June 21, 2021
EmBeba is using a fiber-based, push-up tube for its debut product, Don't Be Rash Diaper Balm.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Kellogg Says Embracing E-Commerce Helped it Weather the Pandemic
Digital Commerce 360
Kellogg says its ecommerce investments over the past two years helped it respond quickly and seize opportunities when lockdowns related to COVID-19 sent online grocery sales to record levels.
June 18, 2021
Kellogg's
Plastics/resins
P&G Designs Packaging for the Visually Impaired
Tactile notching on PET bottles of Procter & Gamble’s bio:renew shampoos and conditioners goes a long way toward helping consumers with impaired vision differentiate one product from another.
June 17, 2021
Both the shampoo and the conditioner in this P&G line have tactile notching to help the visually impaired.
Sustainable Packaging
Beverage Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Trends on Plastic Packaging
Plastic has become an issue for consumers, particularly related to plastic waste in the environment. This directly impacts the beverage industry, which is made up of 45% rigid plastic packaging, only 25% of which ends up being recycled in the US.
June 17, 2021
The most important strategy to make packaging more sustainable is to reduce the amount of plastic.
Protective/transport packaging
Care Kits Supplement Telehealth for Medicare Patients and More
57% of Americans with chronic conditions delayed healthcare and experienced a gap in care due to COVID-19, per a recent study. Aetna and other companies are shipping kits with specially curated products to offer self-care or supplement telehealth visits.
June 17, 2021
RRD launched Care Kits for patients and to help healthcare companies adapt to industry changes and demonstrate their commitment to member and patient wellness.
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation
Wisconsin-based beverage co-packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.
June 17, 2021
Octopi installed one of the first Innofill Can C models, designed by KHS for smaller beverage companies, with an integrated filler and seamer.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Amazon Expands Frustration-Free Packaging Programs to Include Smaller Eligible Product Sizes
The Frustration-Free Packaging Programs Incentive Expansion, announced June 1, 2021 for North America and following later this year in Europe, has expanded its product size range downward, to include ASINs starting as small as 6 x 4 x 0.375 ins.
June 16, 2021
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Sustainable Packaging
Love Beauty and Planet Debuts Reusable Aluminum Bottle
Unilever hair and skincare brand Love Beauty and Planet is the first major beauty brand to launch a reusable aluminum bottle for shampoo and conditioner for mass market.
June 16, 2021
Love Beauty and Planet launched 16-oz reusable aluminum bottles and 32.3-oz 100% rPET refill bottles for two formulas of its shampoo and conditioner at Target in April 2021.
Beverage
Aseptic capacity added at BON Agroindustrial
BON Agroindustrial, a leading producer of fresh milk, juice, and jams in the Dominican Republic, recently installed two new aseptic packaging lines for milk and fruit juice.
June 15, 2021
Both milk and juice are packaged on the new aseptic systems at BON Agroindustrial.
PMMI News
Successful Enlace EXPO PACK Truly Joins Industry Together
Event offers Latin American packaging and processing engagement through Dec. 9
June 15, 2021
Enlace EXPO PACK
PMMI News
$75,000 in PMMI Member Family Scholarships Awarded
Fifteen students receive $5,000 scholarships through the PMMI Foundation.
June 15, 2021
PMMI Member Family Scholarship
Sustainable Packaging
Tea Bag-Style Coffee Pack is ‘Steeped’ in Sustainability
Premium coffee producer Mr. Espresso enters the single-serve market with a tea bag-style product from Steeped that uses plant-based, compostable materials for the bag and outer film sachet.
June 15, 2021
The Steeped Coffee Method requires only hot water to prepare a single serving of coffee.
Cartons and boxes
Taking the Fifth (Panel): Create an Invitation to Engage
Using a fifth-panel carton allows for more space to educate consumers on your product and provides an interactive, sensory experience that can send a powerful message about your brand.
June 15, 2021
Dr. R. Andrew Hurley
Sustainable Packaging
Eckes-Granini Launches 100% rPET Bottle
Headquartered in the German city of Nieder-Olm, Eckes-Granini has been using 25% rPET in its hohes C PET juice bottles since 2018, but now that has changed.
June 11, 2021
As the hang tag clearly states, the new PET juice bottle from Eckes-Granini is 100% rPET.
Sustainable Packaging
Ball Aluminum Cupâ„¢ Expands Rollout to Retailers in 50 States
After debuting the first-of-its-kind aluminum cup at major sports and entertainment venues, Ball recently expanded availability of the 100% recyclable product nationwide.
June 11, 2021
Ball Aluminum Cup™ Expands Rollout to Retailers in 50 States
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