Sustainability

New Hand Soap and Sanitizer Clean Up with Aluminum Bottle

Hand soap company Hand in Hand packs its ‘sustainable suds’ in colorful, modern aluminum bottles, a move it says helped propel a growth in sales of 1,000% YOY.

April 26, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

Nature Valley is First in Snack Bar Category with 100% Recyclable Film

General Mills’ new polyethylene-based film wrap for Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars is certified to carry the How2Recycle label for Store Drop-Off systems.

April 23, 2021

Robotics

Video: Robotic Palletizers Boost Production Efficiencies at Soda Producer Radnor Hills

Award-winning UK soft drinks producer Radnor Hills installed three ABB end-of-line robotic palletizers from robotics integrator RMGroup. The move has enabled the manufacturer to benefit from process efficiencies throughout their production.

April 22, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé Achieves ‘Paperization’ of Confectionery Packaging

Transitioning from plastic to paper for 419 SKUs of its Smarties brand chocolate candies requires extensive R&D in new materials, new package designs, equipment compatibility, and recycling potential for Nestlé.

April 21, 2021

Beverage

AB InBev and Circular Packaging

In this exclusive interview with Mundo PMMI, AB InBev's Global Director of Packaging Innovation, Keenan Thompson, explains their recent development of a truly circular packaging for its beer six-pack using barley straw as a raw material.

April 20, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Organic Baby Shampoo & Conditioner Brand is Latest of its Ilk to Go All-In for Aluminum

Nature’s Baby Organics is another recent entry in the shift away from plastic, and toward aluminum, for packaging of personal care and bath products, particularly specialty products with elements like vegan, organic, or cruelty-free.

April 13, 2021

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Craft Brew—Using Digital Printing to Build Brand Loyalty and Drive Sales

Seasonal flavors in craft brewing are a key strategy for building brand loyalty and driving sales.

April 12, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

Flopak’s Shipping System Revolutionizes Floral Industry

Flopak USA

Full-service floral packaging provider Flopak USA developed Paklite Shipping System to improve the way flowers and plants get from growers to market.

April 12, 2021

Digital Printing

As Digitally Printed Cans Develop, Craft Brewers Still Love Labels

The pandemic made craft brewers focus on retail packaging as kegs for foodservice, restaurants, and taprooms were diminished, and cans keep gaining momentum. In this "Take Five with Packaging World" video, we’ll look at how those cans are decorated.

April 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Transparent PP Yogurt Cup with Reverse-Printed Paperboard Exterior is Fully Recyclable

Trimona Bulgarian Yogurt chose a yogurt container with an outer paperboard wrapper, easily removed for recycling, and an inner transparent PP cup. Paperboard is reverse printed for an impactful consumer communication experience inside the pack.

April 7, 2021

Plastics/resins

Primitive Beer's Flat Lambic Launches Bag-In-Box Format Once Reserved for Wine

Primitive Beer, a small blending facility and taproom in Longmont, Colo., is putting its lambic-style ales in 1.5- and 5-L bag-in-box formats.

April 5, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

A Nestle First in Recycled Content

Nestle and a coalition of companies have collaborated to produce what they are calling Australia’s first flexible film food wrapper made with recycled content.

April 5, 2021

Flexibles

Maxwell House Says Compostable Coffee Pods: ‘Good to the Last Drop. And Long After.’

Bringing circularity to a traditionally wasteful package, TC Transcontinental Packaging took a Gold Award in Sustainability for its 100% industrially compostable single-serve coffee pod.

April 4, 2021