HomeSupplier news: Relocations, expansionsDesign Partners, a Toronto-based design firm, recently opened a U.S. office in Newton, MA.Jan 31st, 1999Contract packagingContract Packaging Industry Enjoys In-Person EventsCPA, The Association for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers, gets back to in-person events, including its upcoming annual meeting and participation at industry trade shows.Materials & containersMaterial Packaging Innovations Include Bag-in-Box CocktailOther innovations from November's Innovation Zone report include carton board beverage lids and paper butter packaging.Materials & containersNutifood Differentiates Its Dairy with PackagingWhen launching a series of child- and teen-targeted drinking milk products that aim to boost nutrition and catch the modern consumer’s eye, locally famous Vietnamese food company Nutifood chose Ecolean aseptic packs.Secondary/end-of-linePoultry Producer Combines Checkweighing, Metal Detection OperationsForresters, a leading food production company, invested in eight IQ4 Metal Detection Combination solutions from Loma Systems to boost production.Primary packagingIraqi Beverage Producer Efficiently Quenches Baghdad's Thirst with High-Speed PET Water LineFrom Baghdad, Iraq, where keeping hydrated in an arid, sunny climate is essential, comes an interesting high-speed, high-efficiency water-bottling project. With a speed of 48,000 bottles/hour (bph), the line, installed by Sidel, achieves 96% OEE.Contract packagingGot Capacity? Need Some?In light of current supply chain disruptions, both CP/CMs and their clients must be more realistic than ever about estimating capacity for new business opportunities.SustainabilityKraft Heinz Ketchup Packaging Adopts New Dispensing Valve TechIconic Heinz Ketchup recently received a valve closure makeover. An award-winning valve system, the recyclable SimpliCycle from Aptar Food and Beverage, will be found in several Kraft Heinz brands by the end of the year.SustainabilityPaper Can for Sangria is the Full PackageImported from Spain, Pulpoloco Sangria not only has beautiful branding, but its aseptic paper can is shaped like a traditional beverage can, while using 30% less material than aluminum or PET.HomeunPACKed with OEM Podcast: Packaging and Processing's Gender & Race Wealth GapListen to OEM Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Neil's discussion with Below the Line President Jill Miller about Miller's goal to level the playing field for women and people of color in packaging and processing.Secondary/end-of-lineAutomation Drives Danone Variety Multi-packs in MexicoFesto and Hybernya Industrial develop an end-of-line automated packaging solution for multi-packs for Danone and Danup yogurts in Mexico.Materials & containersRetailers, Brands Ride the Wave of Ocean-Bound PlasticOcean-bound plastic is gaining small but significant traction within the packaging sector, particularly from those in the rPET market.SustainabilityPaperboard Fruit CarriersCanada’s Niagara Orchard & Vineyard Corp., located in Virgil, Ontario, just completed its first season-long trial of paperboard carriers in place of thermoformed PET containers for fresh fruit.PMMI newsA Farewell Lead OffThis column was my responsibility each month for many years.Take FiveViable Edible Packaging Applications: Rare but Real (and Thought-Provoking)Edible packaging may never be truly mainstream, but there are niche situations where it can be viable and effective. Recently, applications have leapt off the conceptual drawing board and into commercialized projects for beta testing.SustainabilityAvocado Cartons and Pet Food SIOC Among New Formats for E-Comm PackagingSee new trends in e-commerce packaging from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.WorkforceClemson Announces Fall 2021 Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award WinnersFrom Clemson University comes news about two 2021 awards. Henry Lopez won the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award for Fall 2021, and Michaela Gibson received the Packaging World Outstanding Senior Award for Fall 2021.Package DesignFuture-Proof: Design Your Packaging with Robotic Automation in MindAs robot usage increases, package design should take into mind ease-of-use for this technology, in all points of a product’s life cycle.SustainabilityOwn Brand Proves Paper-Pack Concept for Store BrandsBuilt on selling into retail private label, Sofidel recently launched a consumer brand of its own, Nicky, to serve as a proof of concept and market testing brand for a unique paper-pack solution for bath tissue and paper towel packs.SustainabilityNew Packaging from Mars Petcare UK Cuts Plastic by 15M PiecesKeeping its comparisons aptly within the animal realm, Mars Petcare UK claims its switch from shrink film to paperboard for mixed-can pet food multipacks will eliminate 30 elephants’ worth of plastic.SustainabilityBig Boost for Compostable Molded Pulp?Transitioning away from single-use plastic packaging is now widely accepted as a global imperative, and that transition may have gotten a big boost thanks to a recently announced collaboration.
