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Food

Food
Packaging World’s food content focuses on food packaging and materials innovations, automation, machinery, and sustainability. Verticals within the scope of editorial coverage include: bakery/snack, cereals and breakfast foods, dairy, confection/candy, fruit/vegetables, meat/poultry/seafood, pet food, prepared foods, and soups/condiments/spices/dressings.
Recycling
Charter Next Generation Expands MDO Capabilities with New 9-Layer and 5-Layer Lines
Charter Next Generation
Investment in flexible packaging technologies aims to increase capacity for recycle-ready, high-barrier solutions across dry goods, pet food, confections, and specialty markets.
December 18, 2025
Cng
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Hygienic, Pneumatic Soft Gripper
Festo Corporation
The Festo HPSX is made from food-grade, silicone-based material that securely handles delicate and irregularly shaped products at high speeds while meeting IP69K washdown and sanitary requirements.
December 18, 2025
The Festo HPSX adaptive gripper
Material handling
Automated Pie Shell Stacker
Raque Food Systems
Designed for high-demand production lines, Raque Food Systems’ Pie Shell Stacking System stacks pie shells in user-defined batches at speeds up to 120 containers per minute.
December 18, 2025
Raque Food Systems’ Pie Shell Stacking System
Filling, Capping & Closing
Rigid Container Weigh Filling System
Weighpack Systems Inc.
WeighPack Systems' High-Speed Rigid Container Weigh Filling System pairs the 24-Head PrimoCombi Multihead Weigher and Spindexer HS Rotary Filler to deliver accurate, gentle filling at speeds up to 150 containers per minute.
December 15, 2025
WeighPack Systems' High-Speed Rigid Container Weigh Filling System with PrimoCombi & Spindexer HS
Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray
X-ray Inspection System
Eagle Product Inspection
Eagle Product Inspection's Pack 320 PRO strengthens package verification as retailer oversight increases.
December 9, 2025
Eagle Product Inspection's Pack 320 PRO
Cartoning
Hygienic Robotic Collate and Load System
JLS Automation
JLS Automation’s Kestrel system streamlines bulk-to-packaging for cylindrical protein products with high-speed centrifugal singulation and hygienic robotic loading, boosting efficiency and reducing labor needs.
December 9, 2025
Jls Kestrel Hero
Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray
Bulk Flow X-ray Inspection Systems
METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection
The METTLER TOLEDO X3 Series—comprising the X13 and X53—delivers high-sensitivity contaminant detection, enabling food producers to maximize product safety, reduce waste, and maintain compliance at throughputs up to 5,000 kg/hour.
December 8, 2025
Mt X3 Series Food
Package Printing
Amcor Expands Protein Packaging Capacity in One of its Largest Investments to Date
Amcor
Amcor announces a significant expansion of its North America printing, lamination, and converting capabilities for the protein market.
November 20, 2025
Amcor
Digital Transformation
Chef Robotics and ILPRA Partner to Deliver Flexible Automation for Meal Assembly and Packaging
Chef and ILPRA's solution uses AI-enabled meal assembly robotics and advanced packaging systems to handle high-mix production, improve throughput, and reduce labor demands.
November 14, 2025
Chef Robotics Ilpra Press Release Image
Bagging & Pouching
Pet Food Packaging
Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom’s PawPrint papers are PFAS-free, fiber-based packaging for pet food that combines durability, printability, and recyclability with performance-driven barrier properties.
November 14, 2025
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Package Design
Krusteaz Streamlines Packaging Artwork Management
Moving from manual packaging artwork reviews to a digital workflow, baking mix company Krusteaz improves collaboration, speeds approvals, and ensures every label is accurate.
October 31, 2025
Krusteaz teams manage artwork approvals through WebCenter’s centralized platform, which tracks every task and ensures each packaging design meets brand and regulatory standards.
Digital Transformation
Walmart Uses ‘First-to-Market’ RFID in Fresh Categories
Walmart expands its use of RFID technology to fresh food departments like meat, bakery, and deli, introducing digital labels that boost inventory accuracy, reduce food waste, and streamline operations.
October 28, 2025
Walmart associate scans fresh meat products tagged with RFID-enabled labels.
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Top Stories
Changeover on the cartoner from 4-count to 12-count takes about 40 minutes.
Filling, Capping & Closing
Top 15 of 2025, #13: New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer
The #13 most clicked article of 2025: The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.
Shrink sleeves being 'shot' onto awaiting bright cans, pictured here traveling into the steam tunnel.
Beer
Top 15 of 2025, #14: Brewery Builds Runway for Growth into Tight Space
The product is designed to break down without leaving microplastics and is free from plastic, polylactic acid (PLA), and PFAS.
Bio-based
SayHay, My Sweet Salad, and Incredible Eats Design Bio-based Packaging
According to Sabic, the lighter weight of the bag coupled with the bio-based polymer results in a 30% lower carbon footprint when calculated against Lamb Weston’s previous retail packaging made from 100% fossil-based film.
Bio-based
Top 15 of 2025, #15: Used Cooking Oil Powers Lamb Weston’s Potato Bag
Side-entry Liquid Mixer Improves Solids Suspension in Large Tanks
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Side-entry Liquid Mixer Improves Solids Suspension in Large Tanks
The AI revolution in packaging robotics is here
Robots that see variations, adjust grip pressure automatically, accept plain-English commands, and predict their own maintenance. Discover how AI is transforming packaging operations.
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The AI revolution in packaging robotics is here
Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics
What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond? Packaging World editors explore the survey responses from 118 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers for its new Annual Outlook Report.
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Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics
Products
EcoSonic VpCI-125 HP Permanent ESD Stretch Film
Stretch Film
Cortec’s EcoSonic VpCI-125 HP Permanent ESD Stretch Film combines permanent static dissipation and vapor-phase corrosion protection to safeguard sensitive electronics and metal components during storage and transport.
OCC Recycling Solution
Easy-Access Reject Device for Gravity Inspection
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Sustainable Packaging
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Robotics
How AI is Making Packaging Robots Smarter and More Adaptable
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Trends
Humanoid Robots in Packaging and Processing: 2025 Status Report
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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
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