Sustainability

Campbell Soup commits to zero BPA in cans by 2017

After testing hundreds of alternatives to BPA for its can linings, Campbell Soup Company finds safe alternatives that will allow it to complete the transition to zero BPA by mid-2017.

March 31, 2016

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Flexibles

Pharmaceuticals comprise largest market for aseptic packaging demand

New Freedonia study forecasts U.S. aseptic packaging demand to rise 6.8% annually to $6.4 billion by 2020.

March 29, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Toolkit offers resources for foodservice packaging recovery

The Foodservice Packaging Institute introduces a free toolkit that offers step-by-step guidance for implementing an in-store recycling and/or composting program.

March 28, 2016

Operational Excellence

First FDA-Approved Med Using 3D Printing Now Available

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals’ SPRITAM® tablets to treat seizures maintain integrity within unit-dose packaging.

March 24, 2016

Sustainability

Dow’s sustainability policies recognized with award

UPM Raflatac honors Dow with the 2016 Label Life Award for initiatives such as The Dow Sustainability Footprint Tool.

March 24, 2016

Additives, coatings & inks

Could Plant-Based DNA Tags be a Game-Changer?

Technology could help detect counterfeit meds at the ingredient level, and be used in packaging inks, but regulatory and cost issues could slow industry adoption.

March 22, 2016

Sustainability

Rigid plastics recycling surges 27%

A new report shows post-consumer rigid plastics recycling reached a new high of 1.28 billion pounds in 2014, with the greatest increase in volume from pre-picked bales.

March 20, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner Efficiencies Help Contract Packager Satisfy Customers

Servo-driven unit reaches speeds of up to 400 cartons/min in a small footprint, helping QPSI put its supply chain discipline to work.

March 17, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Japanese scientists discover a PET-eating bacteria

A new paper in the journal Science relates how a team of research scientists from Japan has isolated a bacterium capable of using PET as its major energy and carbon source.

March 15, 2016

Sustainability

Le green, c’est chic!

French company Bo.Ho Cosmetics makes being green chic with natural eyeshadow and nail polish products packaged with laser-engraved, ash-tree wood.

March 13, 2016

Contract Packaging

Follow the money

The big are getting bigger as co-packers rise and converge on an infusion of investment dollars.

March 10, 2016

Sustainability

Breakthrough multipack concept makes its debut

First to commercialize a novel multi packing concept based on nothing more than small dots of glue and a carry handle is Danone with four-packs of 1.25-L PET bottles of Evian Prestige water.

March 10, 2016

Sustainability

PLA wine bottle debuts

Bodega Matarromera of Spain has successfully completed the development of a new sustainable bottle for their wines that is made from the bioplastic PLA.

March 9, 2016