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Each of the three Revive & Recovery cartons carries a scented spot varnish, cued by a small 'Scratch & Sniff' callout above the rollerball graphic.
Package Printing
Icy Hot's Scratch-and-Sniff Carton Solves a Shelf Problem
Brand owner Opella encapsulated its actual product fragrance oil and mixed it into a standard spot varnish on its products’ carton. That means no sticker application on otherwise recyclable paperboard, no new packaging equipment, and no more shoppers tearing open glued end cartons to smell the new fragrances inside.
September 10, 2026

Package Printing

Package Printing
Vert Opens Colorado Packaging Facility Built for Lifestyle CPG Brands
Vert
The 35,000-square-foot Longmont operation combines domestic manufacturing with a global packaging supply chain platform, helping emerging brands move seamlessly from product launch to scaled production.
August 31, 2026
Neon yellow graffiti art on urban building walls at dusk with illuminated windows
Package Printing
CanSource Expands Aluminum Beverage Can Digital Print Capabilities
CanSource
The company has added a 19.2-oz digitally printed can to its lineup and installed a new digital printer at its Charlotte, N.C., facility.
August 12, 2026
Three beverage cans: Everspring laundry detergent, Oh Honey blonde ale, and Double Half-Life beer from Manhattan Project Beer Co.
Package Design
Amid Energy-Aisle Sameness, El Jefe Treats Cans as Collectibles
In a category where most brands lean on big color blocking and sideways logos, founder Ryan Marsh bet that dense, tattoo-style illustration could stop shoppers mid-aisle. Getting that layered artwork onto aluminum meant hand-picking physical color swatches, formulating custom rose shades, and halving standard trapping to protect the fine linework.
August 3, 2026
Jefe Energy's Sinister Razz can, front and back. The five-color design layers turquoise, deep reds, and fine linework to stand apart from the energy category's typical color-blocked look.
Package Printing
Zavida Coffee Roasters Bets On Digitally Printed Corrugated
For Canadian roaster, a risky move into a new format becomes a best-in-class shipper for pods.
July 30, 2026
The shipper box represents Zavida Coffee Roasters' first entry into Keurig-compatible pods at Costco.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Walmart: FSMA 204 Compliance as the Floor, Not the Ceiling
At GS1 Connect last month, Walmart’s Ed Bonin argued that the same item-level data that brand owners and CPGs collect to satisfy FSMA 204 can become a freshness intelligence layer. It can score every lot, reroute fresh product before it spoils, and finally show growers what happens after the loading dock.
July 29, 2026
A shopper scans a clamshell of Salinas Valley strawberries and sees where and when it was harvested, a suggested storage temperature, and a pairing idea. In Bonin's framing, the 2D barcode is where the supply chain's operational intelligence finally reaches the person in the aisle.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Live at GS1 Connect: Driscoll's Gives a Billion Clamshells Unique IDs
The fresh berry juggernaut had more than two million consumer survey responses, but no way to act on any of them. Changing that now is item-level serialization via one unique QR code per clamshell, across four thousand growers and a billion packages.
June 11, 2026
A Driscoll's blueberry clamshell carrying two QR codes — one pre-printed on the brand label, one applied at the farm. Together they're central to a serialization program that has given more than a billion packages a unique, traceable identity.
Coding/marking
End of the Line Video Series: A Med Device Makeover, Levitating Tile Technology, and an Anti-automation Ice Cream Plant
Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.
June 8, 2026
Four professionals in a video conference call displayed in a grid layout on screen
Coding/marking
Digital Printing Gives Healthcare Packagers Greater Control
Ink and printer advancements broaden healthcare applications.
June 3, 2026
Industrial printing machine applying text to cardboard in factory workshop setting
Labeling
Column: Believable Sustainability Claims
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Big Foot, and sustainability claims. One of them is not like the others (or at least, shouldn’t be).
May 4, 2026
Nine green and white product certification badges including organic, gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO, sustainably sourced, farm fresh, eco-friendly, pure and natural, and fair trade labels
Recycling
Kraft Heinz Pilots UV Tags to Track Real-Time Recycling
In a U.K. pilot on Heinz Beanz and Heinz Ketchup packaging, Kraft Heinz is using Polytag UV Tag technology to gather practical product lifecycle data.
May 1, 2026
Multiple Heinz Beanz multipack cans arranged in rows on a textured surface
Bagging & Pouching
From Window to Workflow: Prospector Redesigns Pouch for Scale
As distribution expanded beyond regional retail into national grocery and hospitality channels, Prospector Popcorn replaced its windowed pouch with a metallized structure and macro photography, aligning graphics, materials, and operations for consistent shelf performance and shelf life.
April 30, 2026
Prospector Popcorn’s redesign replaces a transparent window with macro product photography, while moving the flavor name to the center of the pouch for improved shelf visibility and consistency across distribution.
Package Printing
Tostitos Gets a Packaging Refresh Signaling Craft Chips
PepsiCo updates flexible packaging graphics for its Tostitos brand, with expanded-gamut printing and matte finishes while maintaining machinability and shelf life.
April 27, 2026
Six Tostitos tortilla chip packages in Original, Scoops, and Hint of Lime flavors displayed on green background
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Collection of branded food delivery boxes including Bella Pizza, Crispy Chicken, and Fresh Greens salad packaging arranged together
Water-based Inkjet System
EPS launches the future of fiber-based packaging printing: XD-AQ combines print quality, color density, safety and production speed for direct-to-object (DTO) printing on molded fiber, cartonboard and corrugated packaging.
Automated Card Pack Production System
Digital Embellishment Solutions for Flexible Packaging
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