A Curated Collection of Case Studies: Cartoning

Are you in the market for cartoning equipment and looking for the latest technology and innovations to streamline your packaging operations? Check out our list of case studies featuring cartoners and the unique solutions that these pieces of equipment bring to the companies mentioned here. Learn how the equipment works, what it’s capable of, and which machine is right for your line.

Package Design

Kotex Moves to Cartons, Adds Dual-opening Design, in Portfolio-wide Pack Overhaul

Kimberly-Clark’s Kotex transitions from plastic film polybags to recyclable cartons, introducing dual-panel opening, integrated windows, and premium finishes that are all engineered for improved in-home use, and machinability with existing automation equipment.

March 18, 2026

Left to right: The back-panel perforation is engaged, the tear strip is removed, and the carton opens into dual flaps—creating a wide, accessible opening for product retrieval.

Cartoning

Spanish Juice Brand Debuts Aseptic Pack with Paper Barrier

The 92% renewable-material carton for García Carrión’s Don Simón juice brand replaces the traditional aluminum foil barrier with one made of paper and plant-based coatings.

December 12, 2025

Plastics/resins

SALT! Supplements’ New Hydration Supplements Come Packaged In Specialized Trays

Burgopak designed the packaging for the hydration supplements that aims to give users an impactful unboxing experience. A key element is its use of MetsäBoard Pro FBB Bright, a high-quality paperboard.

December 4, 2025

The design team utilized one of their proprietary Coupe packs so that the supplement sticks completely fill the space inside, minimizing dead space.

Cartoning

Mondelēz Pilots 300,000 Cadbury Heroes Paper Tubs in Tesco

The international snacking company is testing the tubs for its mini chocolates as part of its broader push to cut virgin plastic and advance recyclable packaging across its brands.

October 29, 2025

The new paper tubs for its Cadbury Heroes assortment of miniature chocolates were developed in partnership with DS Smith over several years of R&D.

Cartoning

Logitech Ditches Plastic for Paper in Mouse Packaging Overhaul

Logitech is phasing out plastic clamshells in favor of FSC-certified paper cartons for its computer mice, cutting thousands of tons of plastic and carbon emissions in the process.

April 3, 2025

Logitech is nearing the complete transition from a plastic clamshell to a paper carton across its global portfolio of computer mice.

Cartoning

Palm-Sized Carton Delivers 180 Doses of Skin Care

Nwär Skin’s new Seid skin care products are encapsulated in tiny, dissolvable strips packaged in a paperboard carton. While the product reduces overconsumption, the package ensures recycling.

January 24, 2025

Seid Altered Perceptions Facial Cleanser and Seid Conscious Commitments Facial Balm products come in a dainty, palm-sized paperboard carton that’s perforated along the front and bottom panel to allow for easy access to the product strips. Image courtesy of Nwar Skin.

Cartoning

Gift Box for Skin Care is Lightweight Yet Luxurious

Developed for Finnish cosmetics brand HejBuddy, the box is 50% lighter than a traditional rigid box and features an outer sleeve that can be customized for seasonal promotions.

October 26, 2024

The promotional packaged designed for HejBuddy’s skin-care products uses a micro-flute corrugated board with a white kraft liner. Image courtesy of Metsä Board.

Cartoning

Candy Cartoning Gets a Big Boost

Three new cartoning systems bring a whole new level of throughput to Just Born’s headquarters, while corrugated tray packing also gets a makeover.

August 6, 2024

Shown here in the tray packer are one 12-count group of cartons in the flap compression station, another in the tray load station, and a third that is about to be pushed into the tray load station.

Cartoning

Rounded-Corner Carlsberg Multipack Reduces CO2 by 224 Tons

Carlsberg in Poland trials a new multipack format that uses rounded corners to reduce the use of shrink film on a pallet and offers 360-deg branding.

June 25, 2024

Carlsberg Poland is currently trialing Round Wrap packaging for its Carlsberg, Garage, and Somersby beer product ranges.

Case/Tray Packing

Gentle Case Packing Cures Broken Bottle Blues

The ascendancy of contract packaging means that once-neglected bottling lines are coming back strong. Here’s how Yards Brewing switched drop pack operations to pick and place, reducing scrap to the minimum, both for its own and its contract customers.

March 8, 2024

Celebrating its 30th year serving craft beer in Philadelphia, Yards Brewing Co. serves the Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland area with 55,000 barrels/year in all sorts of packaging formats. With a 300,000-barrel capacity, it has room for further growth into the contract packaging space.

Cartoning

Multipack Success at Maui Brewing Leads to New Line

Hawaii’s largest craft brewer installs a new high-speed canning line to complement new cartoning capabilities after a switch from plastic carriers to multipack cartons proves popular with consumers.

March 1, 2024

With its new cartoner, MBC is creating 12- and 24-ct variety packs, a format it learned early on was popular among tourists.

Secondary Packaging

Robotics Brings Big Benefits to Bakery

Two identical monoblock cartoning/case packing systems produce a number of secondary and tertiary packaging formats, while robotic palletizing brings the automated line to a close.

October 4, 2023

For twin-pack cartons, the delta style robot picks bagged pans from the conveyor belt in the foreground, rotates them so that the ponytail is in the 12 o’clock position, and places them into a carton that is erected from a flat blank upstream.

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Food-contact packaging sold in New Jersey now has until Dec. 31, 2029 ( not Jan. 18, 2027) to meet the state's postconsumer recycled content requirements, after NJDEP extended the exemption originally built into the Recycled Content Law.

N.J. Extends Food-Contact Packaging Exemption to Minimum Content Law to 2029

New Jersey's NJDEP pushed the compliance deadline for using PCR in food-contact packaging from 2027 to 2029, citing limited food-grade PCR supply and potential food-quality risk.

Cleveland Kitchen's classic dill pickle spears now ship in a 24-oz tub molded from 25% PureCycle recycled polypropylene by IPL Schoeller.

Recycled Polypropylene Reaches Retail Shelves in Cleveland Kitchen Tub

Bertolli is one of Deoleo’s primary U.S. olive oil brands, part of a global portfolio for which the company is working to increase recyclability, recycled content, and material efficiency.

Olive Oil Multinational Deoleo Tackles Circular Packaging

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A Curated Collection of Case Studies: Cartoning

Kotex Moves to Cartons, Adds Dual-opening Design, in Portfolio-wide Pack Overhaul

Spanish Juice Brand Debuts Aseptic Pack with Paper Barrier

SALT! Supplements’ New Hydration Supplements Come Packaged In Specialized Trays

Mondelēz Pilots 300,000 Cadbury Heroes Paper Tubs in Tesco

Logitech Ditches Plastic for Paper in Mouse Packaging Overhaul

Palm-Sized Carton Delivers 180 Doses of Skin Care

Gift Box for Skin Care is Lightweight Yet Luxurious

Candy Cartoning Gets a Big Boost

Rounded-Corner Carlsberg Multipack Reduces CO2 by 224 Tons

Gentle Case Packing Cures Broken Bottle Blues

Multipack Success at Maui Brewing Leads to New Line

Robotics Brings Big Benefits to Bakery

N.J. Extends Food-Contact Packaging Exemption to Minimum Content Law to 2029

Recycled Polypropylene Reaches Retail Shelves in Cleveland Kitchen Tub

Olive Oil Multinational Deoleo Tackles Circular Packaging

Consumers Weigh In on AI-Generated Packaging Graphics

What You Think You Know About Product Marking Has Changed

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