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Sustainable Packaging

Estrella Galicia Replaces Paperboard with Adhesive-Only, 'No Pack' Multipacks

The No Pack uses a line of glue dots where one can abuts another in a 6-pack, obviating the legacy paperboard multipacks to minimize waste and carbon footprint.

January 7, 2023

Dots of adhesive at each joint between the six cans in a 6-pack obviate Estrella Galicia's legacy paperboard multipacks.

PMMI Foundation Partners With PPWLN to Award 2022 Scholarship

Packaging & Processing Women's Leadership Network awarded a $5,000 fall scholarship to a University of Cincinnati Industrial Design student.

January 6, 2023

The PMMI Foundation and PPWLN award the University of Cincinnati's Katherine Bodenschatz a $5,000 fall scholarship.

unPACKed podcast: A Look Back at PACK EXPO: Technology and Trends

Hear what you might have missed and some emerging trends from PACK EXPO International 2022 from Packaging World Editor Matt Reynolds and ProFood World Editor Michael Costa.

January 6, 2023

Un Pac Ked Podcast Social 97

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Small Character CIJ Printing System

Squid Ink introduces the JetStream® PX CIJ printing system designed to print small characters on a variety of substrates using hard-pigmented inks to code on dark-colored surfaces.

January 6, 2023

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Windowed Paper Packaging Film

JBM Packaging launches EcoView™, a plastic-free, windowed paper package line featuring Fiberfilm™, a clear biodegradable film made from wood and cotton-seed fibers.

January 6, 2023

Wild Tonic’s Packaging Goes from Boring to Bee-utiful

Unique Jun-style kombucha brand Wild Tonic updates its packaging graphics to focus on the heart of the brand: honey, bees, Sedona, and Jun in general.

January 6, 2023

Wild Tonic packaging AFTER the redesign.

Paul Leibinger Inc. Expands Leadership Team

Paul Leibinger Inc. expanded its leadership team in East Troy, Wis. with the addition of industry veterans Derek Morin as General Manager - Americas and Ryan Friend as Sales Director - Americas.

January 5, 2023

Left to right: Derek Morin, Ryan Friend

Sustainable Packaging

Connect Snacks Designs PFAS-Free Packaging for Microwave Popcorn

Connect Snacks removes the plastic, PFAS-based liner typically used in microwave popcorn packaging, eliminating the possibility of the ‘forever chemical’ from leaching into its product.

January 5, 2023

pfas-free packaging for microwavable popcorn

Retail Ready Packaging for Fruit and Vegetables

Solidus’ FUTURLINE® solid board punnets for fruit and vegetables are made from renewable resources that offer a sustainable alternative to single-use plastic trays for soft fruits and vegetables.

January 5, 2023

Solidus Solutions

NeoPharm Cuts Product Loss, Boosts Reputation with Protective Paper System

Motivated by aesthetics and ESG concerns, the medical skincare company moved from plastic air pillows to paper pads for transport packaging. With product lines catering to infants and children, they’re demonstrating support for environmental health.

January 5, 2023

NeoPharm opted to replace their existing plastic airbag packaging line with Ranpak's PadPak LC (Light Cushioning) converters.

Conveying & accumulation

AI Protein Sorting Solution

JLS’ hygienic Talon® primary loading system features Smart Vision Works’ SiftAI, a learning algorithm that correctly identify required cuts of protein for packaging, solving sorting problems caused by production variation.

January 4, 2023

Jls Smart Vision Conveyor

Top 10 Articles of 2022 - #1: Ammunition Automation Overshoots Today’s Needs

Join us as we look back at the most-read Packaging World stories of 2022. At #1, find out how Underwood Ammo skipped a few steps in its packaging equipment journey, opting to go from manual to fully automated packaging operations.

January 4, 2023

Underwood Ammo produces about 350 different SKUs of ammunition that fall into 35 different carton and case formats, all of which will be programmed into the monobloc system.

Flexible packaging

BW Packaging Systems Rebrands as BW Packaging

BW Packaging (a Barry-Wehmiller Company)

Effective today, Barry-Wehmiller’s global team of packaging professionals will go by BW Packaging, officially dropping the “Systems” from its name.

January 4, 2023

Creation Accelerates Its Sustainability Drive for 2023

Creation Reprographics

Creation Reprographics, a dedicated prepress and repro partner to packaging and label printers, will advance its operations and range as it looks to remain the go-to name in printing prepress sustainability.

January 4, 2023

Creation Reprographics

January 4, 2023

Secondary Packaging

Bucket Elevators

Ryson International, Inc.

Ryson’s bucket elevators combine vertical and horizontal transportation of bulk materials and are completely enclosed with overlapping pivoting buckets that prevent spillage and help mitigate foreign debris.

January 3, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 Articles of 2022 - #2: World’s First Tequila in Paperboard ‘Bag-in-Bottle’ Design

Join us as we look back at the most-read Packaging World stories of 2022. At #2, Buen Vato is the world’s first tequila in a bottle-shaped paperboard container and 750-mL metalized PET pouch, made from 84% recycled material.

January 2, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-Commerce Packaging Innovations by Avery Dennison, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging solutions by Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 2, 2023

Avery Dennison new direct thermal linerless label platform.