Sustainable Packaging

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

A joint industry report finds that companies are reducing packaging weight through lightweighting, redesigns, and material shifts while balancing recyclability goals and product protection.

November 14, 2025

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW)

Digital Transformation

Chef Robotics and ILPRA Partner to Deliver Flexible Automation for Meal Assembly and Packaging

Chef and ILPRA's solution uses AI-enabled meal assembly robotics and advanced packaging systems to handle high-mix production, improve throughput, and reduce labor demands.

November 14, 2025

Digital Transformation

Global Shop Solutions

November 14, 2025

Sustainability

CPGs Experience Trade-offs in the Name of Sustainable Packaging

Higher production costs, diminished product quality, and lessened product production are some of the challenges CPGs say come with sustainable packaging shifts.

November 14, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

BoxonTech Appoints New CEO

BoxonTech

As part of its continued growth journey, BoxonTech Group names Niklas Rönnäng as its chief executive officer, succeeding Anders Yllfors, who becomes chairman.

November 14, 2025

Sustainability

BoxonTech

November 14, 2025

Recycling

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed with reduced materials from Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 14, 2025

Contract packaging

Paket Goes From Filling Shop
to Full-Service CDMO

Family firm cites QC lab, adaptability in growth supporting personal care brands.

November 13, 2025

Material handling

Duravant to Acquire Matthews Automation Solutions

Duravant

The acquisition of Matthews Automation Solutions aims to expand Duravant’s material handling capabilities with advanced WES/WCS technologies.

November 13, 2025

Coding & Marking

EPS and Tantec Partner to Deliver Innovative Integrated Single Pass Printing Solutions

EPS

The partnership aims to deliver solutions that combine Tantec’s advanced plasma and corona technologies with EPS’s high-speed inkjet systems.

November 13, 2025

Coding/marking

EPS

November 13, 2025

Recycling

Column: With Recycling at an Inflection Point, CPGs to Shape What Comes Next

The Recycling Partnership

The Recycling Partnership founder Keefe Harrison says that as new EPR laws reshape recycling, CPGs stand at a crossroads. By designing for recyclability, demanding recycled content, and investing in infrastructure, brands can transform a fragmented system into one that works, and one that lasts.

November 13, 2025

Workforce

Three Insights on Operator Training from CPG Leaders

Three CPG leaders shared about their efforts to upskill and empower operators, and how OEMs can better support that journey, at PMMI's Annual Meeting Tuesday.

November 13, 2025