Secondary Packaging

Bonded Pac touts steam tunnel over traditional heat methods

Why Bonded Logistics’ contract packaging operation chose steam for flexible film and multipack applications.

June 15, 2016

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Contract Packaging

Nulogy joins forces with digital manufacturing standards group DMDII

The leading provider of cloud-based solutions for the contract packaging industry joins forces with the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) to promote industry standards.

June 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

A simple recycling ‘fix’ with big potential for packaging

Referred to by The New York Times as ‘one of the most important environmental fixes taking root today,’ Recycle Across America’s standardized recycling label goes viral.

June 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability updated

The updated guide is now more user friendly, is aligned with APR test protocols, and provides a variety of additional resources for designing packaging for recycling.

June 11, 2016

Sustainability

New bottle squeezes out more mayo

Hellmann’s has introduced a new bottle with three custom features—a precision dispensing tip, a Clean-Lock cap, and a proprietary bottle technology—to help consumers squeeze out more mayo with less mess, less waste, and more control.

June 8, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Package sustainability now an expectation

Smithers Pira report indicates demand for packaging sustainability drives change in the way businesses will compete.

June 7, 2016

Sustainability

DuPont awards unique detergent bottles

Method uses packaging shape and clear PET bottles that allows consumers to see the colorful liquid cleaners inside. The 100% post-consumer recycled bottles use an oriented pour spout and ergonomic design that are consumer friendly.

June 7, 2016

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Finding the sweet spot in e-commerce packaging

Packaging machinery and materials suppliers introduce new technologies to help e-commerce retailers meet consumer requirements for product protection, sustainability, and cost.

June 1, 2016

Sustainability

Nestlé Waters' green schemes

Newly appointed Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Nestlé Waters North America Nelson Switzer talks about the company’s positions on greener packaging trends, including recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility, and bioplastics.

June 1, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

U.S. Glass Recycling Coalition formed

Nearly two-dozen beverage industry members across the supply chain form coalition to create an efficient system for glass recycling.

May 30, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable plastics a $3.5 billion savings opportunity

New paper outlines environmental and financial opportunities for those companies using sustainable plastics and provides recommendations on overcoming barriers to their use.

May 29, 2016

Contract Packaging

Vision system assists blind workers

Bosma Enterprises, an Indianapolis-based organization serving the blind and visually impaired with employment opportunities, has for many years employed blind workers to package and ship surgical gloves from manufacturers to Veterans Administration hospitals around the U.S.

May 26, 2016

Flexibles

Printpack wins Gold DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation

Printpack won innovation-minded awards for a pouch package that replaces a tradition aerosol can.

May 26, 2016