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Filling, Capping & Closing

Mary Kay Hits the Sweet Spot on Speed with Mascara Packaging Line

To boost mascara and other tube production at Mary Kay’s Lewisville, Texas facility, it turned out that intermediate speeds and intermittent motion were the right mix of speed, sophistication, and throughput.

July 26, 2024

Richard Talbot (left) of Equip-Pak with Mary Kay's George Bode (center) and Brandon Polyniak (right).

Cadbury Uses Certified-Circular BOPP for Chocolate Bars

Cadbury Australia uses chemically recycled content produced through pyrolysis for 500 million of its chocolate bar wraps.

July 26, 2024

Cadbury will be using 1,000 metric tons of certified circular BOPP leveraging ExxonMobil’s Exxtend technology to package approximately 500 million family-sized Dairy Milk Chocolate blocks.

Keeping Up with Your Peers on Sustainable Packaging

Learn how you compare to other CPG companies in your sustainable packaging focus.

July 25, 2024

Case/Tray Packing

Sugar Producer Emphasizes Flexibility in End-of-Line Solution

British Sugar replaces a 38-year-old end-of-line system with two tray packers and seven automatic palletizers with robotic layer preparation to handle a wide array of product formats and sizes.

July 25, 2024

British Sugar’s main product is granulated sugar, shown here in retail bags packed in a retail-ready tray-and-lid package.

Controls & machine components

Building a Modular Machine Visualization Solution

Mespack innovated and modularized to best meet customer needs, including an equally flexible Emerson Movicon.NExT HMI/SCADA to standardize their products and support future advancements.

July 24, 2024

Figure 1: An HMI is a vital and highly visible way for operators to interact, so it must provide clear visualization, extensive connectivity, and scalable design flexibility.

Aldi, Paulig, and Scan Sverige Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations

See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations from Aldi, Paulig, and Scan Sverige from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

July 24, 2024

Aldi plans to eliminate over 10 metric tons of non-recyclable packaging annually by switching to recyclable wrappers for two of its own-label butters.

Bagging & Pouching

Stonyfield is First with All-PE Spouted Pouch

The package, for Stonyfield’s YoBaby refrigerated yogurt, is a mono-material PE structure with PE cap that is recycle-ready per APR design guidelines when the infrastructure becomes available.

July 23, 2024

Stonyfield has become the first to use the CHEERCircle all-polyethylene spouted pouch.

Digital Transformation

The Role of AI in Human Factors

Are we blocking innovation by not accepting AI? We talk with Louisa Harvey about how embracing AI in the right way might shape how devices and packaging can be better targeted to patients.

July 22, 2024

Medical device packaging

Digital Transformation

Packaging Predictions from Years Past Prove True Today

Over the years, PW columnists have gone out on limbs, some sturdier than others, to make bold predictions on packaging trends. Their accuracy and hit rate is worth noting.

July 19, 2024

Pat Reynolds (left) and Benny Landa (right) discussed nanographic digital printing in 2013, right before the first commercialization of the tech. Now, more than 60 machines are in market.

Gen Z's Packaging Revolution: 7 Trends Reshaping Design

As Gen Z emerges as a potent consumer force, packaging design is undergoing a radical transformation. From vibrant explosions of color to embracing imperfections, these seven trends capture the essence of Gen Z's unique aesthetic preferences and values.

July 17, 2024

We heard Hernán Braberman discuss Gen Z-driven packaging design at drupa last month, and it was so revealing that we enlisted him to break it down specifically for the Packaging World audience.

Reusable/Returnable

Craft Naturals, Abel & Cole, and Everdrop Introduce Refillable and Reusable Packaging Innovations

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging innovations from Craft Naturals, Abel & Cole, and Everdrop from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

July 16, 2024

Craft Naturals' new canned hand soap can be poured into a refillable container or directly used with a pump dispenser.

New Look Chips Ahoy! Easily Distinguishable On a Shelf

Learn how a new flavor profile earns a new, improved image and look, followed closely by a separate design for a new gluten-free option.

July 15, 2024

Reversed packaging colors will help to make it immediately obvious which cookies are gluten free, and which are not, by a simple glance at the shelf.

Additives, coatings & inks

Nike Uses Algae-Based Ink to Decorate Footwear Box

Nike uses a carbon-negative black pigment-based ink made from renewable algae waste to decorate a footwear box for sub-brand ISPA.

July 15, 2024

Introduced in late spring 2024, the ISPA footwear box is flexo-printed with illustrations of various types of algae.

Finland's R&D Center Develops a ‘Better Cellophane’

Dr. Vinay Kumar of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shares details on VTT’s work on cellulose-based film and coating materials produced using an environmentally friendly process.

July 12, 2024

Dr. Vinay Kumar, senior scientist and project manager at VTT, examines cellulose-based transparent film produced at VTT’s CelluloseFilm pilot line.

Consumer packaged goods

Starbucks, Pringles, and Ybarra Introduce Packaging Material Reduction Innovations

See a few examples of packaging material reduction innovations from Starbucks, Pringles, and Ybarra from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

July 11, 2024

Starbucks' new lightened single-use cold cup is expected to divert about 13.5 million pounds of plastic from landfills annually.

AI-based RaaS Packaging Handles CPG Exporter's High-Changeover

At PACK EXPO, LuLu Group company Y International discovered and put to good use an AI-based robotic secondary packaging offering that's uniquely able to handle the ultra-high changeover and throughput of a high-mix, high-volume CPG export operation.

July 11, 2024

Y International operators say they were able to financially and technically de-risk robotics.

The Paper VS Plastic Debate

Where do you stand on paper vs plastic for produce packaging?

July 10, 2024

Advanced Recycling Technologies: Transforming Waste into Opportunity

How can these technologies complement traditional recycling efforts while helping to meet the growing demand for recycled content in packaging?

July 9, 2024

Tamsin Ettefagh, PureCycle

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