See What’s Possible in Packaging & Processing @ PACK EXPO International

See packaging & processing solutions from 2,700 exhibitors and gain insights from 150+ free educational sessions at PACK EXPO International.

Flake-to-preform conversion skips the crystallization, drying, and repelletizing steps that conventional bottle-to-bottle recycling requires. Suntory has run the process in Japan since 2018 and will bring it to Thailand in 2028, where incoming bottle quality varies more than the Japanese stream it was designed around.

Suntory Pioneers 100% rPET Bottles from Inconsistent Feedstock

The brand owner's flake-to-preform process has run in Japan since 2018 on the nation's unusually clean supply of collected bottles. But in Thailand, where incoming quality is far more variable, Suntory reordered the process to make it work. Production starts in 2028 at roughly 400 million preforms a year.

October 14, 2026

Industries

Contract packaging

Greene Concepts Adopts Keychain for Sourcing Solution

Platforms like Keychain offer private label, brands, and co-packers new ways to find each other.

October 7, 2026

Filling, Capping & Closing

'Born in Japan, Brewed in Wisconsin'

Asahi invests in localizing the brewing of its fast-growing Super Dry lager by acquiring Octopi Brewing in Wisconsin and installing a brand new 20,000 bpm bottling line.

October 5, 2026

Both 12-oz (shown) and 21-oz bottles are filled on the line, and body labels in both cases promote the “Brewed in the USA” message.

Sustainable Packaging

End of the Line Video Series: How Packaging Plays into Public Health Preparedness, Cybersecurity, and Navigating Multiple SKUs in the Supply Chain

Tune in to hear about EPR regulation's sliding scale, cybersecurity risks you haven't considered, and insights into supply chain forecasting.

October 5, 2026

Four people in a video conference call displayed in a grid layout on screen

Bayer Launches Mono-Material PP Blister in Germany for Its Talcid Antacid Treatment

The new blister replaces a multi-material structure with a single-material polypropylene design intended to facilitate recycling in markets where appropriate collection, sorting, and recycling systems are available.

October 1, 2026

Talcid antacid medication blister pack and product box with rainbow gradient design

Reusable/Returnable

Live from SPC Advance 2026: Making Refill Work in Personal Care

Frequent purchases and hard-to-recycle formats make personal care a natural candidate for refill, but convenience and performance remain critical to adoption.

September 30, 2026

L'Oreal Elvive hair care product lineup featuring Color Vive and Dream Lengths shampoos in pink and orange bottles

Contract packaging

Five Pet Food Manufacturing Trends Reshaping Co-Man Strategy

Five game-changing pet food trends that are reshaping how brands partner with manufacturers

September 28, 2026

Woman selecting a jar from grocery store shelf in the condiment aisle

Contract Packaging

Sterling Contract Packaging Profiled in 'All Access' TV Series

Episode, to air on Andy Garcia's public TV series, makes the case for streamlined healthcare packaging.

September 25, 2026

Behind-the-scenes interview filming with camera operator adjusting microphone on subject in modern office with large windows

Bagging & Pouching

Capri Sun Fans Say, ‘Supersize Me!’; Brand Responds

Driven by consumer demand for a larger format, the limited-edition Big Pouch combines familiar design cues with a refillable, resealable construction.

September 25, 2026

Capri Sun beverage marketing scene with yellow power symbol and balanced drink pouches on blue background

PMMI Honors 10 Next-Generation CPG Innovators

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

Inaugural CPG NexGen Award winners are delivering measurable advances in automation, productivity, sustainability and packaging to transform how CPG products are made.

September 17, 2026

Contract Packaging

End of the Line Video Series: The Why Behind NDC-12, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Scratch & Sniff IcyHot

Tune in to hear us editors talk about a new scratch & sniff package, sustainable energy systems, and using AI fluency as a job hook.

September 14, 2026

Four participants in a video conference call displayed in a grid layout on screen

Contract Packaging

DrinkPAK Beverage Completes Fort Worth Facility

ARCO builds 1.4M-sq-ft plant for fast-growing contract manufacturer.

September 11, 2026

Aerial view of large industrial warehouse complex with multiple white buildings, parking areas, and surrounding landscape

Logistics/Supply Chain

Skincare Brand Right-Sizes Transport Packaging Across a 60-SKU Line

Orders from professional acne treatment brand Face Reality can combine a 30-mL serum with a 473-mL treatment-room bottle, and everything in between, in the same case. Working with a fulfillment provider, Face Reality removed the packaging guesswork and replaced subjective, picker-selected cases and bubble wrap with repeatable dimensioning software and paper-based void fill.

September 11, 2026

Cases and cartons are selected by the dimensioning system and staged with barcode-labeled positions before picking begins, removing the packer’s discretion over box size.

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Products

Automated industrial production line with packaging machinery, conveyor systems, and processing tanks

Food Stick Loading Systems

ELCAT Food Technology’s automated food stick loading systems combine centrifugal feeding, alignment, vision inspection, and robotic pick-and-place technology to organize and load meat, cheese, and snack sticks into trays for high-speed packaging.

New Metallized PE Film from Pregis Brings Recyclability to High-barrier Food Packaging at PACK EXPO International

Automatic Loading Systems for Mozzarella and Cheese