Flexibles

Tyson Meal Kit Shines Through in Flexible, PE-Stream-Ready Carrier Pouch

The Tyson and Amcor meal kit pouch collaboration received a 2022 Gold Award from the FPA for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging.

March 24, 2022

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Flexibles

Monomaterial Refill Pouch is Easier to Recycle

Developed in concert between Zacros and P&G's haircare brand Pantene in Japan, this monomaterial polyethelyne refill pouch is more easily recycled than multi-layer laminated pouches.

March 22, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Waste Free Products Turn to Packaging To Cut Consumer Waste

As brands shift their focus to more sustainable packaging, people like Tangie by Waste Free Products are figuring out how to eliminate packaging waste entirely.

March 16, 2022

Flexible packaging

Emerald Packaging Announces Commitment to Reduce Plastic Use by 2025

Emerald Packaging

Emerald Packaging became a signatory to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. This requires the company to make firm commitments to reduce the use of plastic by embracing goals in line with creating a circular economy.

March 15, 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

Beverage

Industrial Arts Brewing: The Art of Scaling Up a Hazy IPA

A young craft brewer in New York’s Hudson Valley was maxing out the capacity of its 25-hL brewhouse. A second, larger brewhouse from Krones Steinecker was highly customized to handle its hoppy brew.

March 8, 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

Sustainable Packaging

Live from Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US: Paper Cap/Closures Soon to be a Reality?

It's unusual for PW to cover pre-commercialized projects. But at Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US event today in Chicago, we saw a paper-based beverage cap application that's closer to in-market than we'd have thought.

March 10, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Colgate Rolls Out Monomaterial Recyclable Tube, Tells People to ‘Recycle Me!’

New York-based Colgate-Palmolive is rolling out its breakthrough recyclable tube in the U.S. and using a bold message on its package to help get the word out.

March 10, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Dafiti Group Uses Bastian Solutions to Create Latin America's Largest AutoStore System

Bastian Solutions

Dafiti Group created a warehouse using Bastian Solutions’ automation solutions that can support an increasingly convenient shopping experience for customers across Latin America.

March 10, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New Blow/fill Line for Israel’s Tempo Beverages

A new one-way PET line for Israeli beverage producer Tempo Beverages combines a latest-generation stretch blow molding technology with a new filler.

March 9, 2022

Recycling

Black-Owned Brewing Co. Opens Up Underserved Market

In an era when subservient, racially charged mascots are being shown the door, Moor’s Brewing ushers in a royal depiction of the untold story of Africa’s massive contribution to current craft brew culture.

March 8, 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