Banner Engineering Corp.: Machine-mountable sensor

Banner Engineering’s (Minneapolis, MN) IP67-rated FI22 inline fiber optic sensor, which operates without an enclosure, can be surface-mounted directly on machinery.

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Along with the Banner STEELSKIN™ sheathed fibers, the rugged, lightweight, low-profile plastic housing does not require DIN-rail mounting. Accurate setup is easy with visible light beam and bright 8-segment bar-graph LED display.

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Mars has removed the black PE film liner from its Maltesers candy box, replacing it with a dispersion-coated barrier board from Metsä Board.

Mars’s Switch to Barrier Coating Cuts 18 T-Rexes worth of PE

Mars removes the black polyethylene film from the inside of its iconic Maltesers candy box, replacing it with a recyclable, dispersion-coated barrier board that will reduce its use of plastic by 82 metric tons.

Freshly wrapped paperboard trays of fresh sausages emerge from the cling film application system.

Breakthrough in Compostable Film

Management at this family-owned third-generation producer of classic British sausages is hoping its efforts on the sustainable packaging front will be copied globally.

(left to right) Jon McClure, president, Pregis South Carolina operations; David Timm, division president, Pregis Performance Flexibles; South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster; Kevin Baudhuin, CEO, Pregis; and Dan Zamlong, managing director, Warburg Pincus.

Pregis Opens New Packaging Film Extrusion Facility

Sustainability figures prominently in both the new Andersen, S.C., building and the materials produced within it as part of Pregis’ 2021 $140 million capex investment in new production capabilities.

The new line of Oddlygood oat yogurts

Oddlygood Expands Plant-Based Product Line with New Oat Yogurt Offering

Valio, maker of Finlandia brand of cheeses and butter, created the new alternative yogurt line as part of the growing suite of plant-based products from their ‘Oddlygood’ brand.

Creapaper grasspap

Ranpak Makes Strategic Investment in Creapaper GmbH

Ranpak Holdings Corp. invested in Creapaper GmbH, the inventor of grasspaper and provider of grasspaper products.

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

They are a delight around the world – and a challenge for manufacturers everywhere. The guide provides an analysis of the market trends and the corresponding requirements focusing on handling and infeed technology.

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Pet-food Bag-in-Box is Recyclable, E-comm Ready

Mondi’s FlexiBag in Box comprises a mono-material flexible pouch coupled with a corrugated box that is Amazon SIOC-approved for e-commerce, is compatible with existing pet-food packaging lines, and can be fully recycled.

PakTech Awarded for Global Sustainability for Unique Handles

When PakTech handles are recycled, they are transformed back into recycled resin and used to make new handles, composite lumber, flower pots, pipes, park benches and more.

Alcohol-resistant Ink for CIJ Printers

Diagraph’s Linx 3085 black alcohol-resistant ink is designed for use with its Linx 8900 Series continuous inkjet printers (CIJ).

Berry Global to Expand its North American Foodservice Packaging Operations

Berry will expand its proprietary polypropylene thermoforming capabilities to manufacture clear drink cups and lids for quick-service restaurants, coffee shops, convenience stores, and other foodservice markets.

The biopolymer tube is being used for Spotlight’s line of five toothpaste varieties, each formulated for a specific concern.

Spotlight on Sugarcane-Based Toothpaste Tube

Free-from oral care company Spotlight meets its goal of providing 100% recyclable packaging for its line of toothpaste, using biopolymer tubes made from sugarcane-based polyethylene.

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

They are a delight around the world – and a challenge for manufacturers everywhere. The guide provides an analysis of the market trends and the corresponding requirements focusing on handling and infeed technology.

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Michelman Wins Innovative Packaging Materials Award

Michelman's Michem® Coat 525 received a Silver Award for Innovative Packaging Materials at China's 2021 PACKCON Star Awards.

Included in the line are three clean-ingredient, vegan deodorant varieties—Cucumber Sage, Citrus Vetiver, and Coconut Jasmine—a body balm stick in a Coconut Pineapple scent, and a body lotion stick in Lavender Coconut.

Grove Collaborative is First with Plastic-Free Refillable Deodorant Pack

Company expands its Peach line of clean, vegan personal care products with deodorant and body lotion packaged in a 100% aluminum ‘forever case’ with refills in 100% aluminum cartridges.

Clearlake Capital to Acquire Mold-Rite

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC from Irving Place Capital.

Liquibox Pack Expo Attendance Newsroom

Liquibox to Showcase Latest Bag-in-box Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SL-6131! Liquibox will showcase bag-in-box packaging, and its newest innovations, with a fresh perspective.

Labels on Amerex Corp.’s line of hand, portable, and wheeled fire extinguishers provide critical instructions on the type of fire the unit is designed to handle and how to operate the device.

Label Precision is Paramount for Fire Extinguisher Products

Even though consumers hope they never have to use Amerex's products, if needed, the company’s fire extinguishers must be ready to go, with durable labels that provide clear instructions and certification that the product meets critical UL standards.

Pregis Grand Rapids

Pregis Invests Additional $32 Million in Michigan Facility

The latest investment will be used to expand the current Grand Rapids blown film extrusion facility by adding an additional 55,000 sq ft for manufacturing, warehousing, and office space.

BIC Transforms its Approach to Plastic Products & Packaging

New sustainability goals around its use of plastic drive BIC to look at new options for products and packaging, including a greater use of recycled materials, a move from plastic to paperboard, and refillable and reusable alternatives.

Noice natural gel toothpaste comes in an amber glass bottle with reusable pump dispenser. Refills use a screw-top closure.

Reusable, Recyclable Glass Toothpaste Bottle is ‘Noice’

Noice Care offers its natural toothpaste in an amber glass bottle with a reusable pump dispenser for D2C; a reusable, refillable glass bottle is available through the Loop shopping platform.

More in Materials & containers

Lidding Technology for Combination Products

Amcor launches a proprietary healthcare lidding technology designed for use with combination products—those consisting of two or more regulated components (device, drug, or biologic).

Recyclable PET Blister Film

Klöckner Pentaplast launches kpNext recyclable PET blister film that is compatible on pharmaceutical manufacturing f/f/s equipment.

The new 100% recycled-content lid now had a longer front flap, providing more billboard space.

‘Cluckin’ Great’ Egg Carton Redesign

Vital Farms increases the sustainability of its shell-egg packaging, with a new carton that uses 100% recycled content for both the molded pulp base and the paperboard lid.

Vital Farms’ Egg Bites use a unique packaging and processing approach, baking the product in-pack prior to MAP sealing.

As Café-Hatched Egg Bites Hit Retail Shelves, Vital Farms Reimagines Pack Design, Function

The foodservice channel gave us the egg bites trend with sous vide, but Vital Farms advanced it with a new retail pack format allowing for in-pack baking in CPET trays at the production facility. Consumers simply microwave the MAP trays at home.

Sacred Serve gelato is available in Matcha Mint Chip, Chaga Chocolate, Coconut Salted Caramel, and Saffron Chai Spice varieties.

Emerging Brand Debuts First 100% Recyclable Ice Cream Carton

Sacred Serve plant-based gelato uses a unique paperboard ice cream carton design that is now made from 100% virgin, food-safe paperboard and a food-safe, water-based barrier coating.

Glass Airless Packaging

Baralan introduces Developing the Evolution of Airless (DEA), a series of products composed of glass airless containers designed for several applications.

Collaborations Expand Paper Packaging’s Potentials

“Imagine that all plastic packaging in your store one day has disappeared, and eventually all glass bottles and metal cans; that all packages are made of renewable materials that can be recycled or returned to nature without harm.”

Paper Tube Whiskey Pack Leaps Off the Shelf

Named for a pioneering species of Irish toad, the folks at Natterjack Irish Whiskey and Gortinore Distillers & Co. tend to do things differently.

Pinnacle Packaging CEO Nicole DeJoris Receives Daily Herald Business Ledger’s 2021 C-Suite Award

DeJoris was one of 20 suburban business leaders who received the award that honors C-level executives for the leadership, business, and civic contributions they have made to their organizations and to the suburban Chicago community.

Ball to Build Aluminum Beverage Packaging Plants in UK & Russia

Ball Corp. will significantly increase its beverage packaging manufacturing with plants in Western Russia and the East Midlands, UK, adding billions of cans per year.

The Face + Body natural sunscreen tube in sugarcane bio-resin replaces Raw Elements’ previous plastic tube, which was made with PCR.

Sugarcane Tubes Sweeten Sustainability Profile

The Face + Body natural sunscreen tube in sugarcane bio-resin replaces Raw Elements’ previous plastic tube, which was made with PCR.

TricorBraun Acquires SGB Packaging Group

TricorBraun acquired SGB Packaging Group, Inc., strengthening its presence in the cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care industries. Effective with the acquisition, SGB Packaging will operate as SGB Packaging, a TricorBraun company.