E-commerce/D2C packaging

Fit-to-size automated packing machine saves on shipping costs

E-tailer Mason Companies alleviates DIM weight costs, reduces labor, and optimizes shipping processes with a new box-making system that produces cases on-demand sized to fit each order.

April 29, 2017

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Controls & Machine Components

LSI produces labels in-house, saving costs and maintenance

ERP system integration with TEKLYNX enterprise barcode labeling software reduces label process time from days to minutes.

April 28, 2017

Consumer packaged goods

Household cleaner packages pop with effervescence

New packaging graphics across the full line of Lemi Shine’s cleaning products include vibrant colors, retro typography, and an effervescent bubble pattern to convey a powerful and safe solution.

April 9, 2017

PMMI News

PMMI Announces Jim Pittas as the next President and CEO

Senior Vice President to succeed Charles D. Yuska in May 2018.

April 5, 2017

Cartoning

Integrated line makes Howell’s ammo packaging bulletproof

Bulk feeder, vision inspection system, cartoner and laser printer speed throughput and address labor shortages in the company’s hometown.

April 4, 2017

Packaging line integration

Tool up for an effective inaugural show

Making the most of a quickly approaching ProFood Tech 2017

March 23, 2017

Detergents/cleaners

A full load of laundry detergent packaging innovation

Flexible pouch packaging with a child-resistant zipper for pods, a shaped stand-up pouch with carry handle and integrated tap dispenser for liquid detergent, and a shapely rigid bottle with measuring cap for water-activated bleach crystals are among the innovations spotted recently in the household cleaning products aisle.

March 20, 2017

Contract Packaging

Clone 2 of A Philadelphia Story: Another Successful PACK EXPO East

The three-day event received rave reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike. clone

March 10, 2017

Contract Packaging

A Philadelphia Story: Another Successful PACK EXPO East

The three-day event received rave reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike.

March 9, 2017

Sustainability

Lotion for dogs in 60% PCR-content tube

Burt’s Bee’s for Dogs Paw & Nose Relieving Lotion uses a laminated tube that ups the post-consumer recycled material content to 60%, versus the traditional zero percent for such packaging.

March 8, 2017

Flexibles

Keeping kids safe from single-dose detergent packets

U.S. single-dose detergent pack sales are growing at 15% per year, and with them, accidental ingestion by children. New CR pouch packaging from P&G and Boulder Clean reduces that risk.

March 6, 2017

Sustainability

Dell adds ocean plastics to its packaging

Dell plans to keep 16,000 pounds of plastic out of the oceans by developing the first commercial-scale global ocean plastics supply chain for its laptop packaging.

March 4, 2017

Flexible packaging

New cat litter pack spotted at PACK EXPO East

Clorox brand Scoop Away cat litter now comes in a convenient new format: four flexible-film brick packs in a shrink-wrapped corrugated tray holding a total of 38 lb of cat litter.

February 27, 2017