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

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 226

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Durable, Reusable Sampling Packs Reduce Waste, Improve Brand Experience

New Balance Team Sports made the leap from traditional corrugated in D2C sampling and sizing returns to a durable, reusable PET fabric pack. It’s branding makes a nice impression and distinguishes it from other shippers, while being more sustainable.

January 12, 2022

Flexible packaging

Printpack Invests in Nexus Circular

Printpack

Printpack's investment, part of a larger round of private funding, supports the commercial scale up of Nexus Circular's proprietary advanced recycling process.

January 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability Success Must Address the Entire Storybook

Over the past few years, the topic of sustainability as it relates to packaging has been expanding, developing, and becoming increasingly important.

January 11, 2022

Sustainability

Global Minute: Packaging and Machinery Updates from the UK, Iraq, Spain, and Mexico

Packaging updates from around the globe; retailer-led sustainable packaging material directives, high-speed automated solutions, and paper can package design.

January 7, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Kellogg's Tests Paper Cereal Liner, and Other Fiber-Based Plastic Replacements

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper or fiber-based packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 8, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics Brands to Benefit from Molecularly Recycled Material

January 7, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

What Post-COVID-19 Supply Chains Portend for Packaging

The relationship between supply chains and packaging will change in some respects but remain unchanged in others.

January 7, 2022

Retail display packaging

Oliver Inc. Acquires Professional Image

Oliver Inc.

Oliver Inc. acquired Professional Image and aspecialtybox.com (Collectively, "Professional Image") a manufacturer of custom folding carton packaging and e-commerce provider of innovative stock and packaging accessories.

January 6, 2022

Flexible packaging

Lee Ralph Appointed Commercial & Supply Chain Manager for Eco Flexibles

Eco Flexibles

Ralph’s appointment will galvanize Eco Flexibles’ commercial team and enable the business to keep pace with surging demand for its lightweight recyclable packaging solutions.

January 6, 2022

Sustainability

Catching Up with Grove Collaborative as it Goes Public

Jon Silverman, Grove’s Senior Vice President, Physical Products, catches Packaging World up on the once emerging, now fully emerged brand owner, including the most recent big news that it plans to go public.

January 4, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN: Packaging Policy Update & 2022 Outlook

Packaging World speaks with AMERIPEN Executive Director Dan Felton and the association’s Principal Lobbyist, Andy Hackman, of Serlin Haley, about current and future U.S. federal and state packaging policy.

January 3, 2022

Protective/transport packaging

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #1: Ulta Unveils First-of-its-Kind Circular Beauty Packaging Platform

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, topping our countdown, on a durable, reusable packaging that can be returned for refill and reuse.

January 2, 2022