Sustainability

Smart Plastic Technologies, Munchkin, Inc. Announce Partnership

Smart Plastic Technologies and Munchkin, Inc. signed an exclusive joint development agreement to create baby lifestyle products using Smart Plastic’s patent-pending ECLIPSE™ technology.

January 27, 2022

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Sustainable Packaging

PLASTICS Issues Statement on Plastics Pact

Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)

Tony Radoszewski, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), weights in on Plastics Pact.

January 27, 2022

Sustainability

Evanesce Makes Key Appointments to Management Team

Evanesce

Sustainable packaging technology company, Evanesce, added Angela Rodenburgh as Global Vice President of Marketing and promoted David Chaplin to Director of Operations for Manufacturing, overseeing its South Carolina and Nevada facilities.

January 24, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Report: Innovative New Sustainable Packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the sustainable packaging category.

January 23, 2022

Sustainability

Cortec Corp.’s EcoWrap® Stretch Film Receives Industrial Compostability Certification

Cortec Corporation

Cortec received the OK compost INDUSTRIAL certificate from TÜV Austria that certifies its Eco Wrap® conforms to the criteria for industrial compostability under EN 13432 (European equivalent of ASTM D6400).

January 21, 2022

Flexible packaging

Printpack and Sirane Announce Strategic Partnership

Printpack

Printpack, a manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging announces a strategic partnership with Sirane, a UK-based manufacturer of paper coating and paper-based packaging.

January 20, 2022

Sustainability

Robatech to Offer Events on Adhesive Application Solutions in E-commerce

Robatech

From March 15-17, 2022, Robatech will focus on sustainable adhesive application solutions for e-commerce packaging at two events: Live at CCE International in Munich and virtually in the Robatech Solutions Showcase.

January 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Naturally Done: Plant-Based Take Out Containers and Compostable Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of plant-based and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Pack Green Coalition Launches

Pack Green Coalition

The new sustainable packaging initiative will seek to replace unnecessary plastic from the food and beverage and packaging supply chains.

January 19, 2022

Sustainability

TIPA, Printpack, Digimarc Create Digital Watermark for Compostable Packaging

TIPA Compostable Packaging

TIPA partnered with Printpack and Digimarc Corp. to create the first digital watermark for compostable packaging.

January 18, 2022

Robotics

Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the robotics category.

January 16, 2022

Sustainability

Michelle Bryson Appointed Global Sustainable Packaging Leader for BW Packaging Systems

BW Packaging (a Barry-Wehmiller Company)

Bryson will lead the development of sustainable solutions for BW Packaging and collaborate with team members and customers on the usage of responsible materials, recyclability, packaging design, waste, carbon footprint reduction, and more.

January 14, 2022

Package Design

P&G’s Dawn EZ-Squeeze Inverted Bottle Flips Dishwashing on its Head

New inverted bottle with no-flip cap, self-sealing valve, and one-handed dispensing for Dawn liquid dish soap means no more shaking, flipping, or banging to get out the last drop.

January 13, 2022