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Discover new packaging and processing solutions from 2,500+ exhibitors, all under one roof at PACK EXPO International, Nov. 3 ā€“ 6 in Chicago.

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.

Multipacking
Timing Screws are Key to Blue Bell's Ice Cream Multipacking
From mass conveying to single-filing to stacking to a short ride down an elevator and finally to controlled indexing of six-high stacks into a sleever, this system is a wrap for Blue Bell.
September 27, 2024
The final set of Morrison timing screws is a stacked screw system that guides stacks of cups forward with just the right spacing so that the Tripack shrink sleever can drop sleeves over paired stacks.
Contract Packaging
Westrock Coffee Poised for Growth in RTD Coffees
Launched originally as a means of aiding Rwandan coffee farmers, Westrock Coffee just opened an Arkansas manufacturing plant that includes three sophisticated packaging lines.
September 5, 2024
This graphic mockup illustrates the kinds of containers Westrock can fill for its private-label customers.
PMMI News
Remembering PW's Founding Partner Lloyd Ferguson
Lloyd Ferguson, one of the founding partners of Packaging World, passed away August 26 at the age of 84.
August 30, 2024
Lloyd Ferguson, founding partner, Packaging World
Cartoning
Candy Cartoning Gets a Big Boost
Three new cartoning systems bring a whole new level of throughput to Just Bornā€™s headquarters, while corrugated tray packing also gets a makeover.
August 6, 2024
Shown here in the tray packer are one 12-count group of cartons in the flap compression station, another in the tray load station, and a third that is about to be pushed into the tray load station.
Containers & Closures
How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made
An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ā€˜progress over perfectionā€™ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.
July 8, 2024
Behind the latest paper bottle by Baileys.
Containers & Closures
Breakthrough in Recyclable Coffee Packaging
Having successfully commercialized compostable single-serve coffee packaging, Club Coffee continues its sustainability journey with AromaPakĀ® paper-based canisters featuring BoardioĀ® technology for whole bean and ground coffee.
May 28, 2024
Shown here are three sizes of the innovative canister filled by Club Coffee under the President’s Choice brand.
Recycling
Sustainable Pack for Coffee
Private labeler Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee has added the Boardio pack format, an alternative to plastic, glass, and metal containers that it says delivers the same level of freshness and food safety with less waste.
May 10, 2024
A paper/foil lamination characterizes the pack. Rolls of laminated material are cut into four flat blanks that are sent to customers like Mother Parkers, and there at the customer’s plant the canisters are formed and filled.
Capping
Indiana Winery Upgrades Bottling, Nearly Doubles Capacity
Faced with an increase in demand driven partly by the pandemic, Oliver Winery now routinely fills 750-mL glass bottles at 12,000 bph as opposed to the 7,000 done formerly.
February 6, 2024
The installation of this automatic decaser brought numerous ergonomic advantages to the winery’s operation.
Bagging & Pouching
Automating Snack Bag Line Cuts Labor Costs by 40%
Two continuous-motion baggers feed into a single case packing operation that has made it possible for Darlington Snacks to double production while cutting labor costs.
January 11, 2024
Viking Masek Vertical Form Fill Seal
Secondary Packaging
Robotics Brings Big Benefits to Bakery
Two identical monoblock cartoning/case packing systems produce a number of secondary and tertiary packaging formats, while robotic palletizing brings the automated line to a close.
October 4, 2023
For twin-pack cartons, the delta style robot picks bagged pans from the conveyor belt in the foreground, rotates them so that the ponytail is in the 12 o’clock position, and places them into a carton that is erected from a flat blank upstream.
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Kory Nook, VP of Packaging Research & Innovation, Danone
Recycling
Danone Puts Customer First in Sustainable Innovation
Kory Nook discusses how Danone is tackling its Scope 3 emissions, with consumer-driven changes to its yogurt packaging to allow for recycling.
For parents like Amazon’s Kayla Fenton, senior manager, technical product management, Sustainable Packaging, the ease of ordering baby essentials online is a lifesaver. But the downside is the surplus of packaging materials that accompany these deliveries.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Amazonā€™s SIOC Rebranded as SIPP; Brands Still Flock to Participate
The data matrix design to the right of the screen on this preview hint at a connected, adaptable, dynamic element to at least some portion of How2Recycle Forward instructions.
Recycling
How2Recycle Launches Dynamic, Adaptable, 'Future-proof' On-Pack Label
Nécessaire is using a sachet made from 63% paper for samples of The Body Lotion and The Body Serum.
Bio-based
Paper Sachet for Skin Care Reduces GHGs by 69%
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