Dairy

New Tillamook Ice Cream Plant Features Packaging Line Built to Scale

With a two-floor layout and plans for further automation, the Decatur, Ill., facility’s packaging line is built to support production growth ahead.

July 3, 2025

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW)

Recycling

Community Poll: Extended Producer Responsibility

Learn how your peers feel EPR regulations will impact their company.

July 3, 2025

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

A Look at Feeding and Inserting Equipment on the Packaging Line

In this episode of Package This, we explore the world of feeding and inserting equipment on packaging lines, crucial machines that ensure products, components, and containers are staged and ready for the packaging process.

July 2, 2025

Sustainability

Pregis Shares 2024 Sustainability Report Highlighting Progress

Pregis

The report showcases its progress towards 2K30 goals, including a 92% operational waste diversion, 52% revenue from sustainable products, and renewable energy matching at six facilities.

July 2, 2025

Recycling

PureCycle Announces $300 Million Capital Raise Fueling Global Expansion in Asia, Europe and U.S.

PureCycle Technologies

The money will expand its plastic recycling capacity to one billion pounds by 2030, with new facilities planned in Thailand and Belgium, and an expansion in Augusta, Georgia.

July 2, 2025

Workforce

CJ Biomaterials Appoints Allan Chung as CEO

CJ Biomaterials

Chung will lead the company as it seeks to advance the innovation and commercialization of its sustainable PHACT PHA technology.

July 2, 2025

Controls & machine components

Schneider Electric Opens Robotics and Motion Center of Excellence in Raleigh

Schneider Electric

Housed within its existing Raleigh Hub facility in North Carolina, Schneider Electric's center focuses on innovations in AI, digitalization, and automation technologies.

July 2, 2025

Cartons and boxes

Colbert Packaging Receives SQF Certification

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Globally recognized Safe Quality Food certification encourages continuous improvement in food safety and quality in processing operations.

July 2, 2025

Flexible packaging

Packaging Personified Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation, Service, and Reliability

Packaging Personified, Inc.

PPI, a family-owned and operated company specializing in flexible packaging solutions, marks five decades of innovation, collaboration, and delivery of high-quality products.

July 2, 2025

Recycling

Packaging Recycling Professionals Gathered in Person and Remotely for this Year's Packaging Recycling Summit

The 2025 educational program—featuring comprehensive sessions on circularity and innovation—is now available in the PRS Video Library for on-demand viewing.

July 2, 2025

Bio-based

Avantium & Hordijk Team Up to Bring Plant-Based Plastic to Market

Avantium

Avantium N.V. has secured a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, allowing Hordijk to use Avantium's plant-based and recyclable PEF polymer in various packaging applications.

July 1, 2025

Digital Transformation

BW Converting’s Machine Learning Project Selected for Microsot AI Co- Innovation Lab in Milwaukee

BW Converting

W Converting's Accelerate digital services initiative, focused on fault anomalies, has been chosen as a project for the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, strengthening the company's digital transformation efforts.

July 1, 2025

Digital Transformation

Futurist's Column: Automation, Smart Packaging Shape Efficiency, Engagement

The packaging industry is undergoing a transformation in 2025, working to redefine efficiency, quality, and consumer engagement through high-speed systems, AI-driven tools, and smart, eco-friendly designs.

July 1, 2025