One group of 24 bottles has just been swept onto a corrugated case while the next group is collated and ready to be swept onto the next case.
Case/Tray Packing
Versatile Wraparound Case Packing Meets Private-label Demands
A new wraparound case packer helps Virginia Artesian handle multiple bottle formats and private-label requirements, enabling fast changeovers while shifting from shrink wrap to more sustainable corrugated packaging.
April 28, 2026

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Adhesive application
Topo Chico Innovates in Case Gluing and Sealing with Valco Melton’s EcoStitch
At its Monterrey plant, Topo Chico has reduced adhesive consumption by nearly 55% in the hot-melt gluing of boxes for its mineral water bottles, thanks to Valco Melton’s technology.
September 15, 2025
The Monterrey plant is a pioneer in Mexico, being the first in the beverage production sector to use this Valco Melton technology.
Adhesive application
Coca-Cola's Topo Chico Innovates in Case Gluing and Sealing
At its Monterrey, Mexico plant, Topo Chico reduced adhesive consumption by nearly 55% in the hot-melt gluing of boxes for its mineral water bottles.
September 11, 2025
The adhesive volume is now electronically controlled with the new equipment using 24V signals to activate the electric valves, instead of adjusting the volume using nozzles and pneumatic pressure.
Containers & Closures
Water Brand is First to Commercialize PET Bottle Cap
The launch of new alkaline water brand Power Hydration in California marks the first commercial use of Origin Materials’ PET Cap, making both the bottle and cap recyclable.
August 21, 2025
Power Hydration has launched its alkaline water brand in California in a PET bottle featuring Origin’s PET cap, a closure designed for full recyclability along with the bottle.
Package Design
The Clear Can Conundrum
Although eye-catching from a marketing standpoint, beverage producers struggle to crack the code on a cost-effective and sustainable way to package beverages in clear cans.
April 29, 2025
Orka energy drinks are filled in a PET bottle with aluminum closures seamed on, and what appears to be a lightly printed, otherwise transparent pressure-sensitive PE label.
Contract packaging
Bettaway Finds Right Place, Right Time for Repacking
How Bettaway Supply Chain Services turned a warehouse into a value-added carton repacking operation for Nestlé’s San Pellegrino brand.
February 12, 2025
Bettaway's cartoner was built to handle various configurations, such as 24-, 18-, 15-, or sixpacks.
Sustainable Packaging
United Center Partners to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
The United Center, Chicago Bulls, and Chicago Blackhawks collaborated with Culligan International to replace single-use plastic water bottles with recyclable aluminum alternatives.
September 20, 2024
Culligan and United Center partner to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
Sustainable Packaging
Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations by Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
December 5, 2023
Superfresh Growers' new PCR fruit bags are sourced from U.S. recycling centers and FDA food-contact approved.
Sustainable Packaging
NY Files Unprecedented Lawsuit Against PepsiCo for Plastic Pollution
AG Letitia James’ lawsuit charges PepsiCo with harming the public and failing to warn consumers of environmental and health threats of its single-use plastic packaging.
November 16, 2023
Plastic waste collected in April 2022 from the Erie Basin Marina in the City of Buffalo.
Containers
Luxury Bottled Water Overcomes rPET Design Limitations
Entrepreneurs’ vision of a 100% rPET bottle with a flat, ergonomic shape and convex front panel for premium water brand NEUE puts packaging suppliers’ manufacturing expertise to the test.
November 10, 2023
Label artwork for NEUE Water is an intrinsic part of the premium experience, as it features different artist-designed collections that change with each fashion season.
Operational Excellence
Bottled Water Continues to Make a Splash
Bottled water’s total volume sold in 2022 was 15.9 billion gal, its highest volume ever, surpassing carbonated soft drinks for the seventh year in a row.
August 4, 2023
BMC bottled water report
Home
Agr International Inc. to Showcase Hand-Held Measurement Gauge at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
Agr International, Inc.
See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #SU-7459! Agr International will showcase its ThicknessPen measurement gauge designed to withstand the rigors of the industrial environment whether in the laboratory, on the factory floor, or in the field.
August 24, 2023
Agr Hand Held Measurement Gauge
Sustainable Packaging
Heinz, Nestlé, and Better Battery Co Introduce Recycling Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of recycling innovations by Heinz, Nestlé, and Better Battery Co from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
August 21, 2023
Heinz is rolling out a new monolayer ketchup bottle cap that makes the entire pack curbside recyclable.
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