Sustainability

Utz Group Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

Utz Group, a supplier of load and workpiece carriers made of recyclable plastic is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

April 13, 2022

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Sustainability

Tubes Answer the Call for More Sustainable Packaging Options

Packaging World’s Jim Chrzan and Packaging Digest’s Lisa McTigue Pierce met with Tube Council members to chart green milestones for paper tubes, mono-layer plastics, sugar cane, and recycled aluminum.

April 12, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Supply Chain’s Perfect Storm

In April of 2020, during the first wave COVID-19 shutdowns, I spoke with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO, Association for Supply Chain Management, about what to expect from the supply chain.

April 12, 2022

Contract Packaging

The Cost of Capital and Executional Risk and Exclusivity

While any joint endeavor between co-man/co-packs and brand owners involves some building blocks like transparency, honesty, and trust, the most complex pursuits require an added level of commitment to manage risks appropriately.

April 12, 2022

Flexible packaging

Boox Expands to the U.K., Launches New Product

Boox

In response to growing demand and increased partnerships with leading brands, Boox is expanding to the U.K. and launching Baag, a reusable, eco-conscious shipping alternative to single-use plastic bags for e-commerce brands.

April 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Materially Changed: It's All About the Bottle

ThePackHub

See examples of paper and pulp bottles, 100% PCR aluminum Bottles, and wine in aluminum bottles, from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

April 11, 2022

Flexible packaging

Colgate-Palmolive and Walmart Shake Up the Dish Soap Category

New Palmolive Shake & Clean Dish Soap features a reusable bottle and a concentrated gel packaged in a flexible pouch for 75% less plastic waste.

April 11, 2022

Contract Packaging

A Strong Start in 2022

We’ve come a long way since March 2020 when the world seemed to come to a standstill and continued that way through most of 2021.

April 7, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

UN Adopts Mandate for Global Plastics Treaty

The UN Environmental Assembly adopts a resolution aimed at ending plastic pollution through an international, legally binding agreement targeted at 2024.

April 7, 2022

PMMI News

Clearing Out the Notebook

After two years of all-virtual conferences and exceedingly rare travel, it seems (to me at least) like the dam has broken almost overnight.

April 7, 2022

Contract Packaging

Budelpack Develops Custom ‘Co-Packing On-Demand’ Line for Meal-Kit Company

Netherlands food co-packer Budelpack engineers a new packaging line driven by a custom software system that delivers pouched meal-kit ingredients on-demand, with no pause in production.

April 6, 2022

Sustainability

Aptar, PureCycle Achieve Testing Milestone with Ultra-Pure Recycled Plastic

Aptar

AptarGroup announced its progress in testing and transforming PureCycle Technologies’ Ultra-Pure recycled (UPR) plastic.

April 6, 2022

Flexible packaging

Marie Samuelsson Appointed CEO of Ecolean

Ecolean

Samuelsson will assume the CEO role on June 1, 2022 following Peter L Nilsson’s planned retirement after more than 15 years with the company.

April 5, 2022