Sustainable Packaging

Mars Faces Challenges of Flexible Packaging-based Portfolio

Allison Lin, Global VP of Packaging Sustainability at Mars shares how the company is exploring a range of alternatives to multilayer flexible packaging for greater circularity.

May 31, 2022

Petfood/Pet Care: Page 2

Plastics/resins

Milk-Bone Rebrand Affirms That ‘Life’s More Fun with a Dog’

Leading dog treats brand Milk-Bone refreshes its look, wrangling 80 dogs in a photo shoot to capture the most tail-wagging, smile-inducing images for its iconic red packaging.

May 19, 2022

Flexibles

Digital and Flexographic Printing Create Appealing Birdseed Package

Creating a fresh, pest-free seed product can be a challenge since insect eggs and larva can be hard to detect when seeds and grains are being harvested and then packaged. A window in this pouch lets a consumer know that the contents are indeed pest-free.

March 24, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Mars Petcare Retort Pouches use Certified Circular PP

For its Sheba brand wet cat food pouch, Mars Petcare uses polypropylene produced through advanced recycling; the film is both food-safe and retortable.

April 4, 2022

Operational Excellence

Doting Pet Parents Drive Innovation in Packaging Design, Technology

Pet food brands are embracing new packaging design strategies and technologies to meet pet parents’ desire for fresher, healthier pet food products and sustainable packaging. See four recent examples.

March 11, 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

E-commerce/D2C packaging

PetPlate Personalizes Unboxing Experience

New personalized marketing technology lets e-comm pet food company PetPlate directly engage with its customers through an insert with feeding instructions customized to their dog included in the customer’s first order.

February 14, 2022

Package Design

Walmart Brand Leans in to ‘Humanization’ of Pets

A redesign and line extension for Walmart’s own-brand super-premium pet food, Pure Balance, uses ingredients and packaging design cues that follow the trend of humanizing products for pets.

February 9, 2022

Form/fill/seal - vertical

Vtops Helps Junhao Obtain New Version of Veterinary Drug GMP Certification

Vtops

In 2021, Junhao Group obtained a new veterinary drug GMP certification version due to its choosing Vtops machinery for its new factory.

February 8, 2022

Flexible packaging

Volpak Offers Packaging Solutions for the Growing Pet Food Industry

Volpak

To help the pet food industry deal with growth challenges, Volpak offers packaging solutions both for pre-made pouch packaging and f/f/s machines.

February 2, 2022

Contract Packaging

Pet Food Co-packer is First with Retort Cartons

One of the engineers who developed Tetra Pak’s retort carton platform, Pawel Marciniak has built his co-pack/co-man business for premium pet food NaturPak Pet on the technology—with considerable success.

December 9, 2021

Contract Packaging

Giant X-ray Machine Inspects Pet Food Bags up to 25 kg

A new X-ray machine measuring nearly 22 ft in length—the largest ever of its kind from the machinery’s supplier—helps U.K. private-label pet food producer GA Pet Food Partners ensure the quality of its kibble.

December 6, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Adimax in Brazil integrates a minimum of 30% of post-consumer recycled PET

By incorporating Terphane films in the manufacturing of their packaging, Adimax —one of the largest petfood manufacturers in Brazil— integrates a minimum of 30% of post-consumer recycled PET, prioritizing high-barrier properties and food safety.

November 8, 2021