Podcasts

unPACKed podcast: PepsiCo Wants You!

PepsiCo's Pat Finlay joins unPACKed for its 100th episode, sharing how the food and beverage multinational is delivering the next-gen workforce the value of a packaging and processing career.

January 20, 2023

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Sustainable Packaging

Estrella Galicia Replaces Paperboard with Adhesive-Only, 'No Pack' Multipacks

The No Pack uses a line of glue dots where one can abuts another in a 6-pack, obviating the legacy paperboard multipacks to minimize waste and carbon footprint.

January 7, 2023

Containers

Wild Tonic’s Packaging Goes from Boring to Bee-utiful

Unique Jun-style kombucha brand Wild Tonic updates its packaging graphics to focus on the heart of the brand: honey, bees, Sedona, and Jun in general.

January 6, 2023

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-Commerce Packaging Innovations by Avery Dennison, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine

ThePackHub

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging solutions by Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, DoorBox, and Greenskin Wine from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 2, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 Articles of 2022 - #5: Coca-Cola Bottler Unveils ‘U.S. First’ Paperboard Multipack

Join us as we look back at the most-read Packaging World stories of 2022. At #5, we look at a paperboard packaging system that replaces the plastic ring holders on can multipacks, the first of its kind in the U.S.

December 30, 2022

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Top 10 Articles of 2022 - #7: Digital Continues to Transform Printing

Join us as we look back at the most-read Packaging World stories of 2022. At #8, see how digital’s share of the printed label and packaging market has made impressive gains—especially in direct-to-shape.

December 27, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola’s ‘Recycled Records’ Connects Music Sampling, Recycling

The Coca-Cola Company teamed up with two legendary names in music sampling, Mark Ronson and Madlib, to bring a bold musical experiment to life with the launch of “Recycled Records.”

December 14, 2022

Contract Packaging

Co-man/Co-pack Rides the Wave of Adult Ice Pops, Pouched Alcohol

Adult beverage branding and marketing firm Iconic Brands merges with co-man/co-pack TopPop Packaging to address the rapidly growing market for RTD cocktails and RTF adult ice pops, as well as more healthy options for wine and spirits.

December 9, 2022

Plastics/resins

The Carlsberg Approach To Packaging Innovation

Facing a ‘mountain of technical challenges’ in its quest for a paper beer bottle, Carlsberg Group sees clearly that slow and steady wins the race.

December 7, 2022

Sustainability

Scent-Flavored, Refillable Drinking System Comes to the U.S.

The Air Up hydration system combines a custom-engineered, reusable water bottle with scent-infused PP rings that transmit flavor through the consumers’ sense of smell.

November 22, 2022

Labels

Amid Beer Sticker Craze, Can Labels Become the Sticker

A peel-off brewery sticker is affixed to every can, making each label a durable, collectible keepsake, and improving the cans' recyclability.

November 17, 2022

PMMI News

Digital Printing Meets Smart Packaging

This smart packaging model involves digitally printing unique watermarks on each pack, creating for each a digital twin to follow through the supply chain, gathering data on the way. Consumers can interact, too, feeding more data back to the brand.

November 16, 2022

Flexible packaging

Starbucks Elevates Coffee Art with New Packaging Design

In the first new packaging design for its core whole bean coffee roasts in a decade, Starbucks takes its storytelling strategy to new heights.

November 9, 2022