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Colbert Packaging Installs New State-of-the-Art RMGT Printing Press
Further demonstrating ongoing capital investment and increased capacity for customers.
Business intelligence
MAP Leads Fresh Food Preservation Methods
Materials & containers
Amcor Announces Partnership with Moda
Materials & containers
Avangard to Supply Dow with PCR Pellets
Materials & containers
Zummit Plastics’s Film Main Component in Growth Plans
Materials & containers
WWP Names Chief Executive Officer
WWP, a provider of cosmetic packaging components, tubes, and full-service turnkey solutions, named Josh Kirschbaum CEO.
Design
Report: Innovative New Materials at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.
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Get recognized for sustainability in food and beverage processing
ProFood World will honor food and beverage manufacturers who display exceptional improved performance through sustainability. Nominations are open; awards will be conferred in Chicago, June 9-10.
Design
TricorBraun Acquires Packaging Solutions, Inc.
Packaging manufacturer TricorBraun acquired Minneapolis-based Packaging Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a rigid packaging distributor serving several markets, including pharmaceutical, pet food, and personal care.
Machinery
New Global Association of HP PageWide Presses Formed
Nine corrugated converters with HP PageWide presses formed a new cooperative association called Digital Pack in 2019, with a global digital capacity of 650 million colored boxes a year.
Materials & containers
Linerless HDPE Closure
Closure Systems International Introduces the 38-mm D-KL linerless HDPE closure designed for dairy and non-carbonated beverages applications.
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Get recognized for sustainability in food and beverage processing
ProFood World will honor food and beverage manufacturers who display exceptional improved performance through sustainability. Nominations are open; awards will be conferred in Chicago, June 9-10.
Materials & containers
Vacuum Skin Packaging
Point Five Packaging offers vacuum skin packaging for ready meal solutions. The CPET tray and the film used to the seal product are microwave and oven safe, and the trays are 100% recyclable.
Materials & containers
Clear Linerless Label for Fish Pack is One of Many Firsts
A new VSP package for fresh fish entrée brand Rebel Fish is decorated with a vibrantly printed linerless label from a new flexo converter committed to redefining the U.S. print market.
Materials & containers
Two Exceptional Brands Each Gifted with 0.5M Free Closures
A medical food for chemo/radiation patients and a low-sugar, carb, and calorie cold-pressed almond juice impress judges of Silgan Closures’ first Free Closures for a Year competition.
Materials & containers
Corrugated Packaging and Digital Print Technology – An Outlook
Nick Kirby, CEO of Swanline Group spoke at Digital Print for Packaging Europe in Berlin about how Swanline is integrating digital printing technology, and how he sees the future of this technology evolving.
Package Design
Combining Digital Print and Corrugated Packaging for a “Box that Learns”
Matteo Bonfanti, designer at Ghelfi Ondulati, Italy, spoke today at Digital Print for Packaging Europe in Berlin, about a recent project that combined traditional materials, new technologies and one HP digital printer, to reach consumers in a timely way.
Materials & containers
Whisky Producer Makes All Bottles NFC-Enabled
After a successful test of NFC mobile marketing technology on hang tags for its scotch whisky, Kilchoman Distillery uses NFC-enabled bottle labels for all of its brands globally.
Materials & containers
Enhanced Cold Drink Cups
Fabri-Kal enhanced its Greenware Cold Cup line to fit a single lid series, enabling foodservice operators to reduce SKUs.
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Recycling and source reduction
News from HLP Klearfold at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 was the introduction of their new Klearfold® RPET100 clear plastic folding cartons made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET.
Materials & containers
Company Launches Sustainably Sourced Bioplastic Packaging
Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, became the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards for sustainable sugar cane.
Materials & containers
Dairy Containers
Fabri-Kal launches its new line of PP dairy containers. Available in two 5.3-oz styles, containers can be customized using company’s decorating options.
Materials & containers
rPET Folding Cartons
HLP Klearfold launches Klearfold RPET100, a 100% PCR plastic folding carton designed to help consumer products marketers and retailers meet their sustainability goals.
Materials & containers
PET Bottle for Beer
Amcor has adapted its technology to develop the first PET bottles for pasteurized beer in Brazil.
E-commerce
P&G’s Tide Eco-Box Does More Than Deliver a Leak-Free Package
At this year’s E-Pack Summit in Seattle, Procter & Gamble package designers explained the thinking behind its liquid Tide’s new package designed from scratch for e-commerce.
Materials & containers
Easy-open Jar Lid
Consumer Convenience Technologies launches the EEASY Lid that allows consumers to vent a jar by simply pressing a button on the lid, which opens a tiny slit that breaks the seal. Lids can be produced from 58-mm to110-mm.
Materials & containers
Food Grade Ink for Ink-jet Printing Systems
Squid Ink introduces the SI-CIJ9351 food grade red ink designed for printing codes directly onto food products. It is ideal for use in applications where the food package may not create an effective barrier against ink migration.
