Contract Packaging

CPA to host Sourcing Center at ProFood Tech

Center will provide brand owners with information on how to source contract-packaging service providers and will give them an opportunity to ask questions and interact with industry executives.

March 12, 2017

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Sustainable Packaging

Plastic film & non-bottle rigid package recycling rates released

Film up 3% in 2015, while the recycling rates for non-bottle rigid plastic packaging dips 4%. However, rigids still up nearly four times 2007 levels.

March 12, 2017

Contract Packaging

Clone 2 of A Philadelphia Story: Another Successful PACK EXPO East

The three-day event received rave reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike. clone

March 10, 2017

Contract Packaging

A Philadelphia Story: Another Successful PACK EXPO East

The three-day event received rave reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike.

March 9, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

AB BioTechnologies Selects Aseptic Filling Workcell and Lyophilizer Loader

The pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services company will reportedly be the first to operate a complete Vanrx system that includes the SA25 aseptic filling workcell, accumulator and lyophilizer loader.

March 9, 2017

Sustainability

Lotion for dogs in 60% PCR-content tube

Burt’s Bee’s for Dogs Paw & Nose Relieving Lotion uses a laminated tube that ups the post-consumer recycled material content to 60%, versus the traditional zero percent for such packaging.

March 8, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Closing the loop: an EU action plan for the circular economy

People read more packaging than they read books” was written in the stand of an Italian packaging trade magazine during interpack 2014.

March 6, 2017

Flexibles

PepsiCo collaborates on bio-based compostable film

PepsiCo collaborates with biotechnology company to develop biodegradable, compostable film resins for its flexible packaging.

March 5, 2017

Sustainability

Dell adds ocean plastics to its packaging

Dell plans to keep 16,000 pounds of plastic out of the oceans by developing the first commercial-scale global ocean plastics supply chain for its laptop packaging.

March 4, 2017

Flexibles

Breather Bag Earns FPA Recognition

For applications including hospital supplies, surgical packs and gowns, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, Amcor Flexibles’ Fortis™ breather bag offers strength, tear resistance and fiber-clean peels that benefit medical facility workers.

March 2, 2017

Contract Packaging

Duracell to bring co-packing on-site

Packaging supplier plans to invest $20 million in the development of a packaging center to support Duracell’s new North American battery packaging operation in Atlanta.

February 27, 2017

Sustainability

Libby’s labels vegetable cans as BPA-free

Seneca Foods adds a logo to its Libby’s brand canned vegetable packaging to alert consumers that the can uses BPA-free can-lining technology.

February 26, 2017

Contract Packaging

Co-packers adapt to meet changing consumer buying trends

Learn how co-packers are equipping their businesses to help customers address trends such as e-commerce and customization, and the consumer desire for ‘fresher, better, faster’ products.

February 25, 2017