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Automated Application of Fiber-based Ring Carrier

The fiber-based ring carrier from E6PR has been a hit in multiple markets, and now from Tecma Aries there is machinery to apply it automatically. Three models are available, and the high-end model can 1,200 cans/min.

September 29, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

New Formats for Pet Food Sector

Sustainable packaging initiatives were front and center at the booth of Mondi Consumer Flexibles in North America as the firm highlighted three new sustainability-driven packaging innovations aimed specifically at the pet food market.

September 29, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Case Packer Enables Flexibility and Case Reuse

Heat and Control adds new features to its Ishida case packer for snack foods.

September 29, 2021

Operational Excellence

Wicked Good Cupcakes' Tracey Noonan Keynotes PPWLN Breakfast

The Shark Tank entrepreneur offers advice on building a business from scratch.

September 28, 2021

Flexibles

Time To Try Trayless Meat in the U.S.?

At the Harpak-ULMA PACK EXPO Las Vegas booth, a key emphasis was on trayless ground meat backflushed with a mix of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

September 28, 2021

Sustainability

Silgan Manufacturing Sites Receive ISCC PLUS Certification

Silgan Dispensing

Silgan Dispensing announced that two of its plants in Connecticut, Thomaston and Watertown, attained ISCC PLUS Certification.

September 22, 2021

Petfood/Pet Care

Stock America to Preview Retort Sterilization Process at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Stock America

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C-3431! Stock American will preview a new concept in retort sterilization.

September 20, 2021

Sustainability

Pelee’s Aluminum Wine Bottles Blossom

Pelee Island Winery expands its packaging options with a 250-mL aluminum bottle for its Lola series that mimics the grace and beauty of its glass bottle counterpart.

September 20, 2021

Beverage

Conference Report: Maturing Craft Brew Industry Faces Channel & Generational Shifts

Take Five Video: In a maturing market, craft brewers are dealing with change on two fronts: the drastic, immediate impacts of pandemic-related channel shocks; and the slow, imperceptible tectonic landscape shift of generational, demographic change.

September 17, 2021

Controls & Machine Components

Allpax to Debut Digital Chart Recorder at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Allpax Products

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C-3429! Allpax will debut its solid-state digital chart recorder that offers data recording and data integrity benefits and eliminates deviations common to paper charts.

September 17, 2021

Podcasts

unPACKed with Packaging World: Is Paper the New Plastic

Listen as Packaging and Processing Hall of Fame member Pat Reynolds breaks down the increased use of paper-based bottles on the latest unPACKed with Packaging World podcast.

September 16, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Spotlight on Sugarcane-Based Toothpaste Tube

Free-from oral care company Spotlight meets its goal of providing 100% recyclable packaging for its line of toothpaste, using biopolymer tubes made from sugarcane-based polyethylene.

September 16, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Circular Label System Assists Baker with Zero-Waste Goals

As a way to help meet its ambitious zero-waste commitments, FGF Brands joins a label liner recycling program that collects and recycles waste liner for incorporation into new label facestock.

September 16, 2021