Contract Packaging

CPA Elects New Board Members

CPA, The Association for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers, announces the newly elected officers of the Board of Directors.

September 6, 2019

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Sustainable Packaging

Survey: 85% of consumers recycle

While a majority of respondents to a new survey report that they do recycle, 44% don’t believe that those materials are actually being recycled.

August 28, 2019

Contract Packaging

European Co-Packing Market is Growing

Market report from the European Co-Packers Association depicts a healthy industry, but new requirements from CPGs for quality management and turnkey services present challenges.

August 26, 2019

Sustainability

Dasani uncaps a record number of more-sustainable packaging options

Among them, a bottle using rPET with plant-based plastic, two new aluminum package formats, a lighter-weight PET bottle, and a package-less, customizable water dispensing system.

August 24, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Meat delivery service uses cornstarch-based insulated coolers

NIKU Farms uses bio-based, insulated coolers made from cornstarch that are backyard compostable and biodegradable to ship its farm-to-door meat subscription boxes in Canada.

August 9, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

​Recyclable toothpaste tube brings style to hygiene

Premium toothpaste manufacturer Twice’s signature product, called The Duo, uses the packaging itself to explicitly illustrate the importance of brushing teeth twice daily.

August 8, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Digital print on compostable barrier substrate

Digital printing news on the flexible film front comes from Ireland’s foxpak flexibles.

August 7, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Free software tool from Henkel evaluates the recyclability of packaging

Henkel shares with the industry its EasyD4R software, which provides an evaluation of how recyclable a package will be, given the various features of the design.

August 6, 2019

Flexibles

Justin’s new snack pouch contains 25% PCR plastic

Flexible package for new nut butter-covered nuts from Justin’s is one of the first commercial pouches to use such a high proportion of PCR plastic.

August 5, 2019

Sustainability

Natural Cosmetics Company Spruces up its Packaging

German company biana switches from a PE tube to one made from spruce wood and sugarcane for its line of four natural skin cream products made with grape seed oil.

August 3, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Kimberly-Clark, Huggies' diaper packs designed for omnichannel

These plant-based diapers, packed in strikingly decorated corrugated or paperboard, are equally SIOC- and shelf-ready.

August 1, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging strategies for an environmentally-attuned market

Pollution of our oceans and waterways is not a new problem.

August 1, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Optimize omnichannel

According to DHL Supply Chain, we’re well past the onset of package design for the omnichannel.

August 1, 2019