Contract Packaging

Doing Its Part for the Environment

CTI runs on solar, focuses on recycling, and offers complete program management, which can further a brand or CPG’s sustainability goals, services such as compostable packaging.

November 21, 2022

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Mars and Berry Team Up On Lightweighting PET

Later this month, three popular Mars brands will appear in an ISBM PET jar that is lighter and has 15% PCR resin.

October 23, 2022

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Sacmi Packaging & Chocolate to Debut Chocolate Wrapping Machine at PACK EXPO International

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth S-2122! Sacmi Packaging & Chocolate will debut its servo driven HTB chocolate bar wrapping machine.

October 20, 2022

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Bradman Lake to Showcase Top Load Cartoning Line at PACK EXPO International

Bradman Lake Inc.

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth S-2058! Bradman Lake will showcase its top load and end load cartoning equipment.

September 21, 2022

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ACMA to Showcase Sustainable Packaging, Machinery Designed for Confectionery Applications at PACK EXPO International

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth 2501! ACMA, a Coesia company will exhibit its CW 800 wrapper for spherical chocolates equipped with OptiMate Premium (Coesia proprietary PLC) and Ecoshell sustainable packaging designed for confectionery markets.

September 6, 2022

Workforce

Mars’ Allison Lin Champions Women in Packaging

Mars, Inc. Global VP of Packaging Sustainability Allison Lin shares her journey in the packaging industry, providing advice to other women seeking a career in the field, and shares Mars’ efforts to enhance inclusiveness in the workforce.

May 4, 2022

Flexibles

Nestlé Canada’s Smarties Pouch Moves from Plastic to Paper

The bag material converted into premade pouches for Nestlé Canada comprises Forest Stewardship Council-certified, surface-printed paper, a heat-resistant overlacquer, and a water-based dispersion coating.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

KitKat Mini Moments Make a Big Shelf Impact

To make the lamination recyclable, OPP non-heat sealable film and metalized biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) are used on both sides of the treated material instead of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and metalized PET.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Digitally Printed Hershey’s Wrappers Celebrate Women

The Celebrate SHE Campaign was undertaken as a form of unique media and a vehicle to celebrate acts of courage and determination by women.

March 24, 2022

Operational Excellence

Innovation Overload at Natural Products Expo West 2022

A small sampling of the many innovative products seen at Natural Products Expo West, some of which were launched at the show.

March 10, 2022

Cartons and boxes

Chocolatier Radically Transforms Products & Packaging

A change in its product ingredients to become fully plant-based prompts craft chocolate maker TCHO to reinvent its packaging for consumer ease of use and greater storytelling.

March 7, 2022

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #3: Nestlé Achieves ‘Paperization’ of Confectionery Packaging

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, #3 on our countdown, on Nestlé's transition from plastic to paper on 419 SKUs of candy.

December 31, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé and Mars Wrigley Roll Out Paper-Based Confectionery Packs Replacing Plastic Predecessors

Discover 2021's Top Video from Packaging World: Transitioning from plastic to paper for Nestlé’s Smarties brand candies required extensive R&D in new materials, new package designs, equipment compatibility, and recycling potential.

June 18, 2021