Contract Packaging

Snack Food Packaging System enables contract packager to fulfill orders quickly

A contract packager needed a versatile, ultra-fast packaging solution to package snack crackers for their client, a multi-national food and beverage manufacturer. An integrated, turnkey solution was required. The ultimate goal was to run a wide variety of bag sizes, as their future plans were to run a multitude of SKUs on a single machine.

October 17, 2016

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Sustainable Packaging

PET recycling numbers drop slightly in 2015

Annual report on PET container recycling activity shows decrease in collection, but called a ‘positive report,’ given the global economic challenges in 2015.

October 17, 2016

Sustainability

Skincare packaging puts the environment first

Bottles, caps, and pumps for a new line of natural, organic skincare products are selected with their environmental impact one of the top considerations.

October 15, 2016

Sustainability

Loblaw launches compostable coffee pods

New launch said to have the potential to divert 100 million pods from landfill annually.

October 10, 2016

Sustainability

Esse pumped about airless packaging system for probiotic skincare line

Recyclable glass bottle and plastic dispensing closure components help the South African company launch its probiotic skincare brand.

October 7, 2016

Contract Packaging

Analyzing sterile medical device packaging systems

Experts Curt Larsen and John Spitzley of the Spartan Design Group consultancy address issues in the globally regulated medical device industry.

October 6, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Cardinal Health earns recognition for plant-based phase-change materials

Healthcare company earns honors from the Reusable Packaging Assn. for its efforts with Sonoco ThermoSafe that deliver multiple benefits in shipments of refrigerated pharmaceuticals.

October 4, 2016

Flow wrapping

Fin-seal flow wrapper upgrade

Microwave popcorn packer pumps up packaging efficiencies, while deflating maintenance costs and packaging material waste.

October 3, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Natural pet products ship green

Pet products company demonstrates that e-commerce shipping can be green, using materials that include 100% recycled-content, custom-sized boxes and corrugated void-fill.

October 2, 2016

Contract Packaging

Frozen seafood packer upscales weighing operations

Semi-automatic combination weighers reduce labor requirements and product giveaway.

September 30, 2016

Contract Packaging

New order-management system for Saddle Creek Logistics Services

The new order management system (OMS) integrates data from multiple sources into a single, integrated 'omnichannel' platform for greater efficiency.

September 27, 2016

Flexibles

Existing MRF technologies can be used to sort flexible packaging

Industry collaborative completes research on the flow of flexible packaging materials through single-stream MRFs, determining their feasibility for film recovery.

September 26, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Non-profits join to improve American recycling industry

A new initiative aims to analyze the entire recycling system and identify the most effective areas for improvement and intervention to deliver more recyclables to the supply chain.

September 24, 2016