Capping

Marchesini Group Acquires Rejves Machinery Srl

Mantua-based Rejves Machinery Srl will join the team of the Pianoro (Bologna) multinational, a manufacturer of technologies for packaging drugs, vaccines, and beauty products.

December 7, 2022

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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

Sustainable Packaging

Tru Earth’s Detergent Strips Eliminate the Weight of Water

Tru Earth’s Eco-Strips dissolvable laundry detergent strips eliminate plastic detergent containers, reduce transportation emissions and costs, and ensure consumers use the right amount of product.

December 7, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Refillable and Reusable Packaging Innovations by Walmart, Ball, and Bravo Sierra

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Walmart, Ball, and Bravo Sierra from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

December 6, 2022

Robotics

Robotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s Pretzels

With no perceivable impediment to its growth other than capacity, Dot’s Pretzels, now a Hershey Co. brand, opened a new facility with a special focus on robotic packaging automation.

December 2, 2022

Cartons and boxes

Pair Eyewear Grows Up, But Retains its Joyful Energy

Customizable eyewear company Pair sheds its child-centric branding for a more universal audience, while still leaning into the joyfulness and fun that’s always been a part of the brand.

December 2, 2022

Operational Excellence

Packaging and Processing Seen As Ideal for Automation

Most consumer packaged goods companies see packaging and processing as ideal for automation, but automated warehousing also holds significant benefits.

December 1, 2022

Workforce

Students Explore Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO International

Students offered advice to attract future professionals like them as they got hands-on with packaging and processing at PACK EXPO International.

November 30, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Are Plastic Neutrality and Carbon Offsets Effective?

In an exclusive interview, Tru Earth CEO Brad Liski explains why these programs are not the right strategies for solving the plastic waste crisis.

November 30, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Pivoting Wire Belt Conveyor for Rejected Bakery Product

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built a 9 ft x 42 in. sanitary food-grade stainless steel wire belt conveyor with a pivoting discharge end. The pivot is used to dump batches of rejected bakery product from proceeding down the line.

November 29, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Blond and Dizzie, Olive, EcoEnclose Develop Sustainable E-Commerce Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging innovations from Blond and Dizzie, Olive, and EcoEnclose from ThePackHub’s October Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 28, 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

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