PACK EXPO

Designing Packaging for Regulations That Keep Moving

A growing patchwork of state packaging laws is forcing material changes that ripple onto the line, often before anyone knows whether those laws will survive.

October 29, 2026

Business Drivers/Specialty

Containers & Closures

Arthritis Foundation and Tilt Beauty Announce Ease of Use Lab

New state-of-the-art facility in Atlanta will provide in-house lab and human factors evaluation as part of products and packaging certification program.

October 29, 2026

Workforce

Boxon Strengthens Swedish Leadership Team

Boxon

Björn Westberg joins as sales manager and Elin Torshed as customer fulfillment manager to improve collaboration across Boxon's sales, customer support and supply planning.

October 28, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Icy Hot Puts Scent in the Varnish, Not on a Sticker

How do you put a fragrance on a carton when the embossing die applies exactly the kind of pressure designed to release it?

October 27, 2026

Digital Transformation

End of the Line Video Series: PACK EXPO Show Recap

Highlights from the show include the AI progression, EPR vs ERP, cold chain logistics and GLP-1s, and more.

October 26, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: PACK EXPO Recap—AI Puts Data to Work and GLP-1s Ripple Through Packaging

What happens when all that plant-floor data finally becomes useful?

October 26, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Wild, Aptar Beauty, and Plain B Design Refillable Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging from Wild, Aptar Beauty for L’Occitane En Provence, and Plain B from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

October 26, 2026

Sustainability

rePurpose

October 23, 2026

Flexibles

Mars Building a ‘New Muscle’ with Chemistry to Address EPR, PPWR

Now that Mars files its own EPR reports as the obligated producer, its packaging specs ask suppliers what is in and not in, detailing every ink, coating, and adhesive. Mondi says mono-material swaps cost more at first, and Plug and Play says buyers won’t pay a sustainability premium for a less functional pack.

October 23, 2026

Digital Transformation

Plug and Play

October 23, 2026

Digital Transformation

Live at PACK EXPO: Private Label Brand 3Fish Weighs Cobots, AI, and Club Packs

Ben McCafferty, vice president at the Charlotte-area maker of crab cakes, empanadas, and USDA products, explains that cobots, once pricey, now pay back in a year to 18 months on multi-shift operations, and how AI can turn machine data into improvements on the floor.

October 23, 2026

Conveying & accumulation

Live at PACK EXPO: Molson Coors Swaps Side Transfers for Linear Conveying

By eliminating the parallel transfers and dead plates of conventional mass handling, Intralox micropitch conveying lets Molson Coors use every inch of belt to move containers, keeping packaging lines at rate with fewer downed containers. Ajoy Kapila of Molson Coors calls it a 'game-changer.'

October 22, 2026

Flexible packaging

100% Bio-based, Dissolvable Flexible Packaging Substrate Replaces Plastic

SmartSolve water-soluble paper is an eco-friendly, bio-based material that looks and feels like standard paper, but completely dissolves and disperses when exposed to water.

October 21, 2026