Award-winning milk design

Compass Design's package designs for Kemps' flavored milk recently won a Gold award from the 10th Annual Beverage Packaging Global Design Awards, a worldwide design competition for beverage packaging and branding.

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The plastic bottles are decorated with colorful shrink sleeves depicting color-coded designs based on flavor: Strawberry Milk, Chocolate Milk, or French Vanilla Milk. The 12-oz bottles sell in refrigerated dairy cases of supermarkets, as well as in school vending machines. To read more about this package, please visit www.packworld.com/go/w116.

Compass Design

The Syringe-Closure-Wrap label for prefilled syringes irreversibly indicates any first opening and thus enhances user certainty and patient safety.

Schreiner MediPharm: First-Opening Indication Label for Pre-Filled Syringes

Mark Ewing, Shurtape, Passes Away

Mark Ewing, Packaging Sales Professional at Shurtape, passed away on January 19, 2021.

Gel-based Inks for Flexible Packaging

INX International Ink introduces GelFlex-EB gel-based inks for flexo printing of flexible packaging that eliminates the need for a lamination layer, reducing costs and total package weight.

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Corrugated Bottle Carrier

Blue Box Partners launches ECOGRIP, a corrugated alternative to shrink wrap for multi-packing a wide range of bottles.

Recycled-Content Paper Bagstock

Inland Empire Paper Co. launches new paper grades EMPIRE bagstock and ARC (All-Recycled Content) Natural.

Considering Packaging Robotics? Read This First

Considering Packaging Robotics? Read This First

Packaging World’s Packaging Robotics Playbook provides a non-biased look at robotics trends, factors when weighing options across your line and get-it-right tips for your team. Download the 49-page report today!

TricorBraun To Be Acquired by Ares Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

TricorBraun entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with funds managed by Ares Management Corp.’s Private Equity Group and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Ares and Ontario Teachers’ will acquire a majority interest in the company.

Bondi Sands Web

Foamer for Self-Tanning Product is Metal-Free, Recyclable

Australian brand Bondi Sands’ new Pure product line incorporates a foaming dispenser made from 100% plastic that is recyclable in PP waste streams and is 52% lighter than traditional foamers.

Selig Group Acquires Performance Systematix

Selig Group, owned by CC Industries, completed the acquisition of Performance Systematix (PSI) a supplier of container and packaging venting solutions.

Inx Technical Services

INX International Enhances Technical Services to Commercial and Package Printers

INX International Ink Co. enhances its technical services, including training and education, improvement in pressroom productivity, and more for commercial and package printing customers.

Counting Down the Top Four Dow Awards: #4 Economical Inner Barrier Film Deposition Process for PET Bottles

This award winner represent the most innovative packaging breakthroughs in categories ranging from food and beverage to personal care, with a strong focus on sustainability and the circular economy.

Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Looking for automation solutions for packaging and palletizing? This is your destination for all things cobot. Whether it’s webinars, video case studies or product information, you’ll find it all in this one spot.

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Paper Bottles Gaining Momentum for New Liquid Product Rollouts

Paper bottles as a practical, commercialized reality, by Packaging World’s Editor Emeritus, Pat Reynolds.

Caption: Primal Kitchen’s new line of bowls and skillets, launched in April 2020, are available D2C via Thrive Market, or in leading retailers like Walmart, Whole Foods, Wegmans and more.

Sustainable Bio-Based Tray Made in the USA

Ancestral health brand Primal Kitchen, part of Kraft Heinz, is the first to commercialize a new, dual-ovenable molded fiber tray based on U.S.-grown sugarcane.

INX do Brasil Merger Paves Way for Expansion in South America

INX International Ink Co. announced that all its South American business has officially merged with parent corporation INX do Brasil.

Tufpak Secura'T engineering plastic bags.

Spartech Acquires Tufpak, Inc.

Spartech announces the acquisition of Tufpak, Inc., a manufacturer of custom and stock engineered plastic films designed for biohazard bags, medical devices, and biopharma packaging.

Blossom Guala Closures

Recyclable Closures

Guala Closures Group launches the Blossom line of recyclable closures designed for wine, spirits, water, beverages, and olive oil products.

PCR Resin for Shrink Film Applications

Dow introduces a PCR resin designed specifically for retail and logistic shrink film applications.

Brrr Box Cooler: A Sustainable Alternative to EPS

Startup value-added packaging company develops a reusable, recyclable cooler made from DS Smith’s water-resistant, food contact-safe material that offers an alternative to wax-coated and EPS materials.

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Pregis Joined by Nova Chemicals to Support Clean Water Initiative

Pregis was joined by Nova Chemicals Corp. in its efforts to support the Uzima Clean Water Mission.The Atlanta-based charity manufactures and donates water filters to help vulnerable, at-risk populations around the world gain access to clean water.

More in Materials & containers

Pulmuone has launched Golden Apple and Cocoa Classic beverages in Ecolean Air aseptic 125-mL packages. Photo courtesy of Ecolean.

South Korean Processor Embraces Sustainable Packaging

The new beverages are aimed at schoolchildren, featuring an easy-to-use, nutritious companion for their lunch meals.

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High-Humidity Coating Solution

DataLase launches a water-based flexographic (WBF) high-humidity coating designed for use in areas where humidity is a factor in post-print processes or lithographic presses equipped with water-based coating units.

Profol Bacon Board

PP-Based Bacon Board

Profol Americas introduces SBB Synthetic Bacon Board film. It is 100% recyclable in the polypropylene or polyolefin recycle stream.

ONL's new UV rotary silk-screen print unit brings a new dimension to the company’s shrink-sleeve and specialty finish competencies.

Label/Flex-Pack Printer Rolls Out New Digital and Silk-Screen Capabilities

Overnight Labels adds an HP digital press with HP Mosaic, capable of generating thousands of unique graphics from one label design, and installs a new rotary silk-screen print unit.

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Charter NEX and Next Generation Films Rebrand to Charter Next Generation

Next Generation Films and Charter NEX will now be known as Charter Next Generation (CNG). The rebrand reflects a full integration of the two companies that merged in April 2019.

Antimicrobial Product Protection for Placard Label Holder

Biomaster silver ion antimicrobial technology ensures a 99.9% cleaner surface.

PE and BOPP High-Barrier Films for Mono-Material Packaging

Toppan USA announces full-scale availability of its transparent, vapor-deposited PE- and BOPP-based mono-material barrier films in the U.S. and Europe.

Dan Alt, Sales Manager for Clysar, talks about the company's new EVO and EVOX shrink films, which are prequalified for the Store Drop-Off label by the How2Recycle program.

Recyclable Shrink-Film Family Approved for Store Drop-Off

New recyclable Clysar EVO all-purpose film and Clysar EVOX high-strength, high-speed film are prequalified for the Store Drop-Off label by the How2Recycle program.

International Paper Innovation Marketing Manager Katie Diley discusses the impact of underutilized e-commerce packaging.

Right-Size Package Design for E-Comm Shippers

International Paper’s eBos service uses modeling software to analyze a brand’s mix of products along with in-depth design services to create optimized shippers for e-commerce.

Flip-top plastic caps are popular with consumers because they deliver on convenience and portability.

Flip-top Plastic Cap

The PACK EXPO Connects focus at IPL Inc. was on flip-top plastic caps, which consumers love because they are so great for convenience and portability.

Upmr Food Textured Papers1

First-of-its-Kind Closed-Loop Label Solution

Using the label liner waste material collected through its established RafCycle recycling service, UPM Raflatac is producing a line of p-s paper labels with 30% recycled content.

Am Prima Pe Plus Sample

Portfolio of Recycle-Ready PE Films

Amcor’s AmPrima films are available in a range of ultra-clear and heat-resistant versions, pre-qualified for the How2Recycle Store Drop-Off label.