Contract Packaging

New management brings new opportunities

The new partnership with PMMI for management support of the Contract Packaging Association is going well, with the group already realizing several member benefits.

November 14, 2018

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Contract Packaging

A passion for packaging

There are some people in the packaging industry who make an indelible impression due to their passion for packaging.

November 14, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

London supermarket introduces Plastic Free Zones

Supermarket creates a plastic-free aisle where more than 1,700 products—including meat, cheese, and fresh fruits and vegetables—are packaged in materials other than plastic.

November 14, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

An e-comm first from P&G

The Tide Eco-Box is the first product launch from P&G Fabric Care’s eCommerce Innovation Group. ‘We have designed a package eComm-back.’

November 14, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

CPGs tell all: Adapting to industry trends with OEM partners

During PMMI’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Conagra Brands, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Nestlé USA shared their top marketplace challenges and drivers.

November 14, 2018

Flexibles

Now Plastics: Recycled PET films

Now Plastics offers post-consumer recycled (PCR) PET films made from 60 to 90% PCR PET resin. They are designed with a high content of recycled PET materials that have been sanitized and reconfigured into film grade resin, making them environmentally sensitive and 100% compliant with sustainability requirements.

November 14, 2018

Operational Excellence

ProFood Tech 2019 poised to exceed expectations

New additions include Knowledge Hub and Cold Pressure Council Annual Conference

November 9, 2018

Flexibles

FlexPack Recovery Challenge open for submissions

The competition invites innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups to submit new ideas for reprocessing technologies capable of beneficially recovering multi-material flexible packaging waste.

November 7, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Tackling supply chain complexities

The September 12 Evolution of Excellence conference was organized as a way of exploring supply chain collaboration in a disruptive retail and e-commerce environment. Here are two highlights.

November 5, 2018

Contract Packaging

From concept to store floor: ‘Whatever it takes’

All women-led Canadian design firm and contract packager/3PL Repack Canada does ‘whatever it takes’ to help its clients build stronger, better brands.

November 5, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Using packaging to meet expectations of online health and beauty shoppers

Consumer packaging preferences were a key factor in online shopping of health and beauty products in 2000. That still rings true in 2018.

October 31, 2018

Flexibles

A holistic view of flexible packaging in a sustainable world

Alison Keane, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Assn. describes the sustainability benefits of flexible packaging.

October 29, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment draws ‘a line in the sand’

Signatories representing 290 organizations sign the Ellen MacArthur Foundation-led initiative to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at the source.

October 29, 2018