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Pat Reynolds

Pat Reynolds HeadshotWith nearly 40 years of experience as a packaging journalist, Pat has traveled the world to cover new technologies as they are put into practice. Though now happily retired, he keeps a hand in the business on occasion as Contributing Editor.

Bio-based
Compostable Capsules for Nespresso Original Line Systems
This specialty coffee roaster saw an opportunity when a customer asked for compostable packaging materials. “We’re heavily invested into doing this right,” says the firm’s president.
July 11, 2025
Metropolis’s Nespresso capsule business is growing in both own-brand (left) and private-label offerings.
Cartoning
Energizer Gears Up for Paper-based Sustainable Packaging
To get to plastic-free packaging on its broad range of battery types and pack formats, Energizer and a key machinery partner started with a clean slate on both machines and materials.
July 7, 2025
Beauty 3 D
Coding & Marking
CIJ Printing Upgrade Underway at Yuengling
From date codes on the bottoms of cans to codes that go on reusable kegs to codes printed on paperboard cartons, this brewery is investing in CIJ printing.
May 23, 2025
The newest CIJ coder installed at Yuengling replaces a laser coder. It’s mounted on the discharge of a cartoner used for 12-count cartons of bottles.
Case/Tray Packing
Once Upon a Farm Automates Case Packing for New Recycle-ready Pouches
This marketer of high-quality nutritious baby food and children’s snacks has found a way to improve case packing while also getting its toes wet in recycle-ready pouches.
February 28, 2025
When eight pouches are in the flights of the lamella chain, all eight are pushed into a forming cassette where the case is formed around them.
Beer
New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer
The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.
February 18, 2025
The Shop Beer Co. Cartoner
Robotics
Unique Gripper Shines in Robotic Cookie Multi-pack Automation System
Ten delta-style robots use unique, easily changed end-of-arm tooling to stack cookies into slugs and then place slugs into plastic trays at 700 cookies/min with a 99% performance guarantee.
February 16, 2025
COOKIEBOT and SLUG GRIPPERS
Bagging & Pouching
Video: Coffee Producer Mayorga Adds a Bagger to Meet Surge Demand
Mayorga Organics, a family-owned coffee company built on strong relationships with family-owned coffee growers in Latin America, relies on automation to optimize efficiency.
February 5, 2025
Mayorga uses its newest pouch filling system to produce whole bean and ground coffee in both 2- and 5-lb sizes.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made
The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.
December 29, 2024
Behind the latest paper bottle by Baileys.
Bagging & Pouching
Top Articles of 2024, #12: Cannabis Brand Supercharges Packaging with Automation
The #12 most clicked article of 2024: A combination scale, bagger, checkweigher, and coding and marking operations accelerated packaging production efficiency to 300 parts per labor hour, up from 40 parts per labor hour.
December 24, 2024
lbs. distribution was founded in 2017 by a group of cannabis entrepreneurs with the goal of creating a robust and efficient supply chain of legal cannabis throughout California.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #17: Recyclable Coffee Pack Breakthrough
The #17 most clicked article of 2024: Having commercialized compostable single-serve coffee packaging, Club Coffee continues its sustainability journey with AromaPak® paper-based canisters featuring Boardio® technology for whole bean and ground coffee.
December 20, 2024
One of the steps in making the container is a perforation process for ease of opening in the consumer’s hands.
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Top Stories
The ‘Polka King of the Midwest’ from 903 Brewers took top honors in Quad’s eye-tracking study, thanks to its bold illustrated face and playful packaging—proving that character-driven visuals can stop shoppers in their tracks and boost shelf appeal.
Package Design
Beer Label Lessons: A Masterclass in Visual Engagement
An eye-tracking study reveals how craft beer packaging influences shopper behavior, offering data-driven takeaways for designers looking to boost shelf impact and drive purchase decisions.
Metropolis’s Nespresso capsule business is growing in both own-brand (left) and private-label offerings.
Bio-based
Compostable Capsules for Nespresso Original Line Systems
The updated packaging is expected to replace around 600 tons of virgin plastic annually.
Recycling
Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark, and Greiner Packaging Use Recycled Materials in Packaging
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Digital Transformation
Through the Line: AI Chat-enabled Packaging Machine Copilots
Stutz Packing: How a Co-Packer Rolled Out ERP — Without the Chaos
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Stutz Packing: How a Co-Packer Rolled Out ERP — Without the Chaos