Sustainability

BoxMaker University Summer Camp Returns on July 11-15

The 2nd Annual BoxMaker University Summer Camp virtual event will feature several free webinars and five days of curated digital resource bundles, each focused on a different topic of packaging.

June 17, 2022

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Sustainability

Hiperbaric to Host Virtual HPP Innovation Week June 21-23

Among the topics to be discussed include the latest innovations in plant-based foods, HPP, and CBD, and how HPP contributes to sustainability.

June 16, 2022

Sustainability

Sabic, UPM Raflatac Launch Label Materials Made from Certified Circular Ocean Bound Plastic

SABIC

Sabic joined an innovative project with value chain partners to help UPM Raflatac launch a packaging label material made from SABIC®certified circular PP based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP).

June 16, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Planning Your E-Comm Package’s Funeral: Considerations for Designing for End of Life

Fuseneo’s Brent Lindberg advises E-Pack Europe attendees on how to design packaging for composting, reuse, and especially recycling, rather than for burial in a landfill.

June 15, 2022

Flexible packaging

2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards Open for Entries

World Packaging Organisation

WPO (World Packaging Organisation) announces that submitting entries for WorldStar 2023 is now open and closes on October 20, 2022.

June 15, 2022

Digital Transformation

Emerson Announces Net Zero Targets

Emerson

Company plans to achieve net zero operations by 2030, net zero value chain by 2045.

June 15, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Reusable & Refillable E-Commerce Packaging Solutions

Companies are searching for sustainable e-commerce innovations to meet growing demand. Packaging World's Matt Reynolds and U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of ThePackHub discuss a trend known as 're-commerce.'

June 15, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Amazon: Transformational Change in E-comm Packaging Begins Upstream

At E-Pack Europe 2022, Amazon’s Jeremy Long explains how true innovation around e-commerce packaging requires an upstream strategy that involves both the product and the packaging.

June 14, 2022

Flexible packaging

Michelman Collaborates with Bobst, UPM on Sustainable Packaging Innovation

Michelman Inc.

On June 15th, Bobst will host a webinar to discuss an innovative new solution for the creation of high-barrier, sustainable, fiber-based food packaging, developed in conjunction with Michelman and UPM Specialty Papers.

June 14, 2022

Sustainability

Aliplast Helps France’s Wine and Champagne Industries Become Sustainable

Aliplast, a Hera group company

Aliplast, a Hera group company, that specializes in plastic recovery and recycling, offers a specific service portfolio to the champagne and wine markets in France.

June 14, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

EPS-Free Packaging Passes the Test for Heavy, Fragile VELUX Windows

The shift to paper-based packaging from EPS for sustainability purposes is common these days, but it’s noteworthy in this case since the products are notoriously heavy, unwieldy, and highly breakable glass windows and frames.

June 13, 2022

Operational Excellence

How SaaS and MaaS Impact Industry

From lowering barriers to entry to changing capex and opex strategies, software and machines as-a-service are changing the business of technology and manufacturing.

June 10, 2022

Retail display packaging

Zeus Packaging Acquires Swanline Group and BoxMart

Zeus Packaging

Zeus Packaging, a global packaging solutions company acquired Swanline Group and its sister company, BoxMart.

June 10, 2022