New Tool: ProSource
Checkout our packaging and processing solutions finder, ProSource.
Start Your Search

Packaging World Staff

Sustainability
Plant-based Food Companies Weigh In on Sustainable Packaging, New Materials, and Carbon Footprint
With sustainability a top concern for their consumers, these plant-based food leaders take packaging innovation seriously. Mike Loquercio, a VP at Greenleaf Foods, and Kailey Donewald, founder of Sacred Serve gelato, join PW's Matt Reynolds to discuss.
May 19, 2021
Join us to watch this panel discussion on Sustainable Packaging, recorded live from last week’s digital Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network Leaders in Sustainability Conference.
Home
New and notable at interpack 2017
Comprehensive coverage of a show as large as interpack is hardly possible, but here are a few of the notable highlights uncovered by our editorial team at the Düsseldorf show this spring.
July 31, 2017
At speeds to 600 bars/min, the Model RCB-HS wraps small chocolate products in a way that combines a hermetically sealed pack style with a traditional and premium fold-wrap look.
Flexible packaging
Tomato paste and fresh flowers are among the FPA winners
This year’s top prize goes to a portion-controlled pouch for tomato paste that not only brings a big dose of consumer convenience but also helps prevent food waste.
March 2, 2017
Hunts Recipe Ready pouch
Coding, printing & labeling
A resource you should know about: GS1
GS1 US administers bar-code standards, but did you know about all these GS1 education, support, online tools, standards and events?
November 8, 2013
Home
Industry Watch
A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.
July 2, 2012
Primary packaging
Flexible packaging reigns (sidebar)
Additional winners
August 31, 2002
Pw 15835 S Pw 0600 115
Primary packaging
Flexible packaging reigns
Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.
August 31, 2002
Pw 15840 Friskie2
Page 1 of 1
Top Stories
Stahel demonstrates Zapvision at his booth at AIPIA. The system allows a smartphone to read an on-pack QR code at a distance. For a user with sight limitation, more information becomes available on the screen—in large text or with audio—as he or she moves closer to a product on the shelf.
Package Design
Scan from a Distance, Enlarge Product Information for the Blind
Zapvision builds upon a standard QR code to enable scanning from a distance and to deliver relevant and personalized content that adapts to smartphone accessibility settings (for partially sighted or nearly blind people). PW saw a demo at AIPIA in Nov.
Berry’s closure for Coca-Cola is based on its patented CompactFlip hinge solution. It is the first to be used in conjunction with the new lightweight 26-mm GME30.40 neck, developed by the Cetie Single-Use Plastics Group.
Package Design
Coke Europe Adopts Tethered Closure, Follows EU Directive
Says Myro CEO Greg Laptevsky, 'A lot of people are referencing a ‘magic moment’ of turning tap water into body wash—all waste-free.”
Sustainability
Myro’s Body Wash Concentrate Creates a ‘Magic Moment’
Bower Collective uses an on-pack QR code to provide provenance information and directions to foster consumer engagement once scanned with a smartphone in the home. Meanwhile, for Bower, logistics and performance information is gleaned at each scan, both on the filling lines and upon collection as the empty pouches are mailed back, forming a reusable, refillable, circular system.
E-commerce
Bower Collective Uses Digital Passport for Circular Home Reuse/Refill Model
Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste
Sponsor Content
Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste