Contract packaging

Serialization established for European pharmaceutical CMO

Company implements serialization/aggregation on seven packaging lines at four sites in France to address requirements in multiple countries.

June 20, 2017

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Sustainable Packaging

Dell does it again: Building a supply chain for ocean plastic

Computer giant Dell is renowned for its adoption of cutting-edge sustainable packaging technology. Here, Oliver Campbell, Dell’s Director of Procurement & Packaging Innovation, shares news on Dell’s progress toward its environmental goals and its latest packaging project: ocean plastics.

June 18, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

As You Sow puts pressure on McDonald’s to eliminate EPS

A third of McDonald’s Corp.’s shareholders support a proposal from As You Sow urging the fast-food franchise to phase out EPS in foreign markets.

June 15, 2017

Sustainability

PET-coated case for fish wins WorldStar Award

The EcoFishBox replaces polystyrene with PET, making it completely recyclable.

June 14, 2017

Material handling

Apace accelerates track-and-trace operations

New solid-dose bottling line increases capacity, reduces labor costs and achieves Level 4 serialization and Level 3 aggregation.

June 13, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

World Wildlife Fund organizes around reuse of materials

WWF convenes industry stakeholders to develop strategies to help businesses and industry source secondary materials. Coca-Cola, Nestlé, McCormick, and Target among members.

June 13, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Promising news in bioplastics?

Development of materials to help CPGs meet their sustainability goals is well underway, but major barriers to widespread adoption still exist.

June 12, 2017

Flexibles

OptiDure Abuse Bag addresses meat and cheese processing needs

Reduces food waste, provides durability, aesthetics, and sustainable benefits by enabling 25% downgauging with no loss in film performance or functionality.

June 8, 2017

Contract packaging

Cook Pharmica named Facility of the Year

ISPE awards company for a Flexible Filling Line that can process different containers on the same pharmaceutical line.

June 6, 2017

Operational Excellence

The Industrial Internet of Things driving pharma line integration

Changes come slow to pharmaceutical packagers, but the push is on to integrate lines. A study released last Fall from PMMI Business Intelligence says serialization is driving the change.

June 6, 2017

Sustainability

Ardagh Group wins Energy Star plant certifications

The glass container manufacturer was awarded three awards from the Environmental Protection Agency.

May 30, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Plastics-to-fuel technology proven to have sustainable advantages

Pyrolysis is shown to reduce gas emissions, water consumption, and energy use in a new life-cycle analysis performed by Argonne National Laboratory.

May 27, 2017

Sustainability

Locked4Kids carton earns AmeriStar ‘Best of Show’ Award

IoPP reveals the winners of the 2017 AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, with the top award going to a child-resistant, senior-friendly reclosable pharmaceutical package.

May 26, 2017