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Gallery: Personal Care Packaging at Natural Products Expo West 2023

From insect repellant products to hair care bars and refillable dog shampoo, check out some of the products on show at this years' Expo West in Anaheim.

March 10, 2023

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filler, Seamer Lets Contract Brewer Keep D.O. Low

To contract craft brewer The Brutalist and its owner King State Beer, dissolved oxygen is four-letter word. A new filler and seamer combo keeps D.O. low and the beer quality high, while paperboard multipacks help to make an impact on the shelf.

March 10, 2023

From left, Aric Parker and Pete Lewis of King State and The Brutalist, Tegan Foster and Amanda King of Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe, and Vinny Giusto of King State and the Brutalist.

Tackling the Challenges of a New Workforce

EnterpriseCP President Nolan Wolkow shares the strategies his company is using to attract and retain a new, post-pandemic workforce in the competitive labor environment.

March 10, 2023

Nolan Wolkow, President, EnterpriseCP

Weighing/combination scales

Multi-head Weighing System

PLAN IT Packaging Systems, Inc.

LeafyPack by Plan It Packaging received the National Conference on Weights and Measures' NTEP Certificate of Conformance for its EliteWeigh multi-head weigher system.

March 10, 2023

Controls & machine components

Metal Inductive Proximity Sensors

Carlo Gavazzi’s ICF full-metal inductive sensors can offer increased uptime due to their durable stainless steel housing and intelligent monitoring capabilities. They are designed for use in harsh environments including food and beverage and machinery.

March 10, 2023

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Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Chicken of the Sea Rebrand Makes a Splash

The first major rebrand for the shelf-stable seafood company in 20 years includes a greater emphasis on its products’ wild-caught status and a makeover for iconic mermaid mascot and ‘change agent,’ Catalina.

March 10, 2023

Lagunitas’ New Pack Design Showcases Playful Terrier Mascot

Lagunitas Brewing Company gives its packaging graphics a makeover to better reflect its quirky personality and improve purchase intent.

March 10, 2023

The redesign spanned 100 pieces of packaging and includes the graphics for its cans, bottles, and cartons.

Operational Excellence

Popularity Shifts Expected for Glass Bottles, Folding Cartons

Folding cartons and glass bottles are the predicted underdogs of packaging popularity by 2025, after a dismal outlook in years prior.

March 9, 2023

Glass bottles had a negative CAGR from 2016 to 2021, but the pack type has seen growth in recent years.

Sustainable Packaging

Amazon Invests in Female-Led Bioplastics Company

Founded by scientist Luna Yu, Genecis uses organic waste to create PHA bioplastics that can be used as an alternative to conventional plastic packaging.

March 9, 2023

Luna Yu, founder and CEO of Genecis (l.), and Phoebe Wang, investment partner and head of the Female Founder Initiative, Amazon.

Four Chemical Recycling Pioneers Work to Source Plastic Feedstock

Chemical recycling can divert plastic materials that aren’t able to be mechanically recycled from landfill, turning it into PCR. But different methods require distinct supply architectures to feed them.

March 8, 2023

Four women took the stage to explain the nuances of advanced and chemical recycling on the eve of International Women's Day.

Sustainable Packaging

Special Six-Part unPACKED Sustainability Series: Pt. 1 - Advanced Recycling

Listen as Packaging World's Matt Reynolds and Anne Marie Mohan catch the industry up on the latest in advanced recycling.

March 8, 2023

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TricorBraun Signs Exclusive Agreement with BioBottles

The agreement enables TricorBraun to exclusively offer BioBottles—the first and only biodegradable bottle specifically designed and engineered for the nutraceutical industry—to nutraceutical companies in the U.S. and Canada.

March 8, 2023

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Aluminum Pods Are Just the Ticket for Clever ‘Spice Passport’

Burlap & Barrel adopts Occo Spices’ innovative aluminum pod and paperboard sleeve packaging to create a sample pack of single-serve, single-origin spices for use when traveling.

March 8, 2023

Once opened, the Spice Passport displays a playfully illustrated world map, with spice samples packaged in recyclable aluminum pods slotted into the card according to their country of origin.

Autonomous Dolly Mover

AGILOX North America

Agilox’s AGILOX ODM omnidirectional autonomous mobile robot can accept loads with a maximum weight of 300 kg/661 lb to a maximum lifting height of 250 mm/10 in.

March 8, 2023

AGILOX North America

March 8, 2023

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March 7, 2023

Flexible packaging

Curbside Film Recycling Pilot Unlocks New PCR Streams

A pilot program for residential recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic films is being piloted by Dow, WM (Waste Management), and leading edge film converter Natura PCR. The project is concentrating on recoverable mono-material PE films common in households.

March 7, 2023

From left, Dan Leif, managing editor at Resource Recycling, Inc.; Brent Bell, president, Waste Management; Haley Lowry, global sustainability director, Dow; and Jon Stephens, CEO, Natura PCR.

Packaging vs. Apparel: Who’s Winning the War to Source rPET?

As CPGs shift to greater percentages of PCR in their packaging to meet Ellen MacArthur commitments or other sustainability goals, they may not anticipate that competition to get ahold of it is fierce, and the apparel industry is their top competitor.

March 6, 2023

Andrew Brown, head of Plastics and Recycling at market intelligence consultancy Wood Mackenzie, describes the ongoing battle for rPET between CPGs and apparel manufacturers.