Sustainability

Tellus Products' Plant Fiber Products Earns BPI Certification

Tellus Products’ sustainable plant fiber tableware products are now certified by BPI, confirming that the products contain no added PFAS.

June 16, 2023

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Sustainability

Sabic Receives 2023 ACC Sustainable Leadership Award for Circularity Achievements

SABIC

The American Chemical Council’s award recognizes Sabic’s collaborations to bring ocean bound plastic (OBP) back into a circular material.

June 15, 2023

Sustainability

SAYSO Unveils New Sustainable Packaging And New Cocktails

SAYSO, the world’s first craft cocktail tea bags creating a new category in the ready-to-drink space, is unveiling new product packaging and two new flavors just in time for the brand’s 1-year anniversary.

June 15, 2023

Flexible packaging

Eco Flexibles Wins Solutions Award

Eco Flexibles

For the second consecutive year, Eco Flexibles, a UK-based sustainable flexible packaging company, won the Solutions Award at the Whitworths Supplier Conference.

June 14, 2023

Sustainability

Avery Dennison’s Metallized Films Recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for HDPE, PET Recycling

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison and APR are working together to drive recycling education and promote circularity.

June 14, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé, Leaf Shave, and Alnatura Introduce Refillable and Reusable Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Nestlé, Leaf Shave, and Alnatura from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

June 13, 2023

Sustainability

Absolut Commercializes First-ever Single-mold Paper Bottles at Tesco

Absolut Vodka says it’s the first global spirits brand to sell single-mold paper-based bottles commercially in the UK, part of its journey to create a fully bio-based bottle.

June 13, 2023

Robotics

Hai Robotics, Hy-Tek Intralogistics Design New ASRS

Hai Robotics

The system was designed for a manufacturing and engineering company in Ohio for a GTP buffer system application. It features Hai Robotics’ autonomous case-handling robots and Hy-Tek’s IntraOne software.

June 13, 2023

Sustainability

Gloss Reduction Additive for PE

Ampacet Corp.

Ampacet’s Muted Matte PE colorless additive is a cost-effective and sustainable solution for gloss reduction in HDPE and PP multi-layer applications.

June 12, 2023

Sustainability

Theegarten-Pactec Certified as a Climate-Neutral Company

Theegarten-Pactec

Theegarten-Pactec received the "Climate neutral through compensation with climate protection certificates" seal from sustainability company Fokus Zukunft. It has been CO2-neutral since the beginning of 2023.

June 12, 2023

Operational Excellence

Priorities in Packaging and Processing Operations Include Cost, Quality

Almost three-quarters of industry representatives focus their decisions on cost above any other factor in packaging and processing operations.

June 9, 2023

Contract Packaging

PartnerSlate – “Digital Hub and Spoke” of Food and Beverage Manufacturing–Raises $4 Million

The round, led by Supply Change Capital, will fuel development of PartnerSlate's Marketplace to streamline collaboration in the $200-billion contract manufacturing industry for food and beverage brands.

June 9, 2023

Contract Packaging

Contract Packager Increases Line Efficiency With Pre-Owned Automated Line

Remanufacturing machinery gives contract packagers a chance to customize equipment to their needs while reducing material waste and keeping costs in check.

June 8, 2023