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INX Completes Investment in Gooten
This investment will help Gooten expand its print-on-demand manufacturing network and capabilities globally while enabling INX to accelerate its strategy in digital printing.
March 31, 2023
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Beyond Boxes: Paper’s New Looks, Functionality
Advancing machinery and materials technologies are pushing paper beyond the boundaries of traditional boxes, bags, and low-barrier paper packs into the expansive and expanding realm of barrier packaging.
March 27, 2023
Paper-based coffee pods are the result of a collaboration between Bellarud AB, Syntegon, and Huhtamaki.
Tim Hortons, Continental, and Waitrose Release Sustainable Packaging Updates
See a few examples of sustainable packaging innovations by Tim Hortons, Continental, and Waitrose from ThePackHub’s February Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
March 26, 2023
Tim Hortons switches to sustainable lids, cutlery, and sandwich wraps.
Pentel Reimagines Blister Packs as Plastic-Free
This leading maker of writing utensils has worked steadily for the past three years to develop a plastic-free alternative to the blister pack format that is ubiquitous in the category.
March 24, 2023
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Champagne Bottle Enveloped in Paper Pulp and Vine Shoot Wrap
The elegant, graceful molded pulp ‘Belle Epoque Cocoon’ for Perrier- Jouët champagne is infused with upcycled vine shoots, demonstrating the champagne house’s circular practices, and is 100% recyclable.
March 23, 2023
The Belle Epoque Cocoon exhibits an organic shape that gently enfolds the bottle. At the top, the golden cap of the bottle is revealed, surrounded by a petal-like, molded-pulp collar.
Foil Tariff Preliminary Update: March 2023
Per a Federal Register notice published Mar. 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that imports of certain aluminum foil from the Republic of Korea and from the Kingdom of Thailand are circumventing duties.
March 22, 2023
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Skin Care Bottle Uses 50% Chemically Recycled Content
This thick-walled bottle uses chemically recycled PET from Eastman that's specifically formulated for extrusion blow molding (EBM).
March 22, 2023
This thick-walled bottle uses chemically recycled material that's specifically formulated for use in extrusion blow molding (EBM).
KIND Bar Wrap Closes the Loop
Mars moves from a petroleum-based plastic to one made from advanced-recycled polypropylene for the flexible film wrap for its KIND snack bar in the U.K.
March 16, 2023
Mars’ transition from a petroleum-based polypropylene film wrap to one made of advanced-recycled, recyclable materials for its KIND snack bar is the culmination of a closed-loop collaboration between Mars, Landbell Group, and SABIC.
Tyson Pilots Flow-Wrap Packs for Case-Ready Beef
The new packaging eliminates the traditional EPS tray from its case-ready beef packaging, resulting in a 50% reduction in plastic.
March 18, 2023
According to Tyson, flow-wrap packaging uses approximately 50% less plastic and 50% less energy in the manufacturing process as compared to traditional EPS packaging.
Toppan to Open Production Site for Transparent Barrier Films in the Czech Republic
Toppan will start mass production at its first transparent barrier film manufacturing site in Europe by the end of 2024.
March 17, 2023
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Maui Brewing Ditches Plastic Rings for Paperboard Cartons
Maui Brewing switches from plastic ring carriers to paperboard cartons for its multipacks, but CEO Garrett Marrero warns that the sustainability of different packaging materials is complex.
March 15, 2023
The new cartons, for four-, six-, 12-, and 24-ct multipacks of single and mixed SKUs, were designed in-house by Maui Brewing’s marketing team.
Sustainable Mini Jar
Quadpack introduces the Regula Petit jar made of recyclable PET. It is available in 15ml and 30ml sizes with caps made of recyclable PP.
March 15, 2023
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