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Coding & Marking
Top 15 of 2025, #11: P&G’s Tide Laser Marks Cap for Better Dosing Clarity, Recyclability
The #11 most clicked article of 2025: A new laser-marked closure eliminates labels and inks while standing out on the shelf and giving consumers permanent, easy-to-read dosing guidance.
December 25, 2025
Tide’s polypropylene caps undergo LaserSharp marking on two sides. On the left, we see an inverted bottle where Tide’s blue detergent is completely filling the dosing cap. Fill-level guidelines are visible both when detergent is in the cap as pictured, and when the cap is empty. On the upper right, we see the OXI logo on the other side of the cap. This branding/logo was also marked on the cap in the LaserSharp process.
Recycling
Top 15 of 2025, #12: Target Launches Paper Bottle in 1200 Stores with Own-Brand Wine
The #12 most clicked article of 2025: Assuming the format is the same as or very similar to previous commercial rollouts, it's functionally bag-in-box. In this case, the “box” portion begins as a die-cut and geometrically creased blank of printed paperboard.
December 24, 2025
Assuming the format is the same as or very similar to previous commercial rollouts, it's functionally bag-in-box. In this case, the “box” portion begins as a die-cut and geometrically creased blank of printed paperboard.
Filling, Capping & Closing
Top 15 of 2025, #13: New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer
The #13 most clicked article of 2025: The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.
December 23, 2025
Changeover on the cartoner from 4-count to 12-count takes about 40 minutes.
Beer
Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #2: Packaging Trends in Maturing Craft Brew Market
The number 2 most downloaded episode of 2025: Making craft beer stand out among an industry plateau. Packaging World Editor-in-chief, Matt Reynolds sits down with Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewer's Association, to discuss how brewers are utilizing packaging design and automation as strategies.
December 23, 2025
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Beer
Top 15 of 2025, #14: Brewery Builds Runway for Growth into Tight Space
The #14 most clicked article of 2025: With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.
December 22, 2025
Shrink sleeves being 'shot' onto awaiting bright cans, pictured here traveling into the steam tunnel.
Bio-based
SayHay, My Sweet Salad, and Incredible Eats Design Bio-based Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of bio-based packaging from SayHay, My Sweet Salad, and Incredible Eats from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
December 22, 2025
The product is designed to break down without leaving microplastics and is free from plastic, polylactic acid (PLA), and PFAS.
Bio-based
Top 15 of 2025, #15: Used Cooking Oil Powers Lamb Weston’s Potato Bag
The #15 most clicked article of 2025: Lamb Weston launches an industry-first bag for its frozen potatoes that’s made from used cooking oil, cutting its packaging’s carbon footprint by 30%.
December 21, 2025
According to Sabic, the lighter weight of the bag coupled with the bio-based polymer results in a 30% lower carbon footprint when calculated against Lamb Weston’s previous retail packaging made from 100% fossil-based film.
Flexible packaging
Stretch Film
Cortec Corporation
Cortec’s EcoSonic VpCI-125 HP Permanent ESD Stretch Film combines permanent static dissipation and vapor-phase corrosion protection to safeguard sensitive electronics and metal components during storage and transport.
December 19, 2025
EcoSonic VpCI-125 HP Permanent ESD Stretch Film
Workforce
Hands-On, Not Handbooks: CPGs Rethink Operator Training Strategies
Operators say training materials need to shift away from manuals and incorporate visual,video, and troubleshooting elements.
December 19, 2025
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Recycling
OCC Recycling Solution
Go-Pak Group
Go-Pak UK and SCG Packaging launch Go-Recycle, a closed-loop service that collects old corrugated cardboard alongside deliveries and returns it to SCGP papermills for reuse in new cardboard packaging.
December 19, 2025
A New Closed Loop Recycling Scheme That Allows Brands To Recycle Their Old Corrugated Cardboard (occ) Directly Back Into The Packaging Supply Chain
Containers
Go-Pak Group
December 19, 2025
Workforce
Rychiger Canada Names New Financial Controller
Rychiger
Claudio Di Placido brings over 15 years of finance experience to Rychiger Canada.
December 18, 2025
Claudio Di Placido
Recycling
Charter Next Generation Expands MDO Capabilities with New 9-Layer and 5-Layer Lines
Charter Next Generation
Investment in flexible packaging technologies aims to increase capacity for recycle-ready, high-barrier solutions across dry goods, pet food, confections, and specialty markets.
December 18, 2025
Cng
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
IWK Packaging Systems, Inc.
Fairfield, NJ
Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray
Easy-Access Reject Device for Gravity Inspection
Fortress Technology Inc.
Fortress Technology’s roll-out reject device for gravity metal detectors allows the reject valve to slide out on rails for full access during cleaning and maintenance, improving hygiene and reducing changeover time without compromising valve rigidity.
December 18, 2025
A roll-out valve reject system on Fortress gravity systems is much faster to sanitize.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Hygienic, Pneumatic Soft Gripper
Festo Corporation
The Festo HPSX is made from food-grade, silicone-based material that securely handles delicate and irregularly shaped products at high speeds while meeting IP69K washdown and sanitary requirements.
December 18, 2025
The Festo HPSX adaptive gripper
Material handling
Automated Pie Shell Stacker
Raque Food Systems
Designed for high-demand production lines, Raque Food Systems’ Pie Shell Stacking System stacks pie shells in user-defined batches at speeds up to 120 containers per minute.
December 18, 2025
Raque Food Systems’ Pie Shell Stacking System
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