Robotics

Popular Pies Call for Robotic Packaging Upgrade

Faced with growing demand for its delicious hand-held snack pies, JTM Foods, LLC brought in a new line where secondary packaging is fast and versatile yet occupies a very small footprint.

May 15, 2023

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Flexible packaging

Live at interpack: Fiber-based Materials and Automation Advance

Whether in the form of rigid paperboard for beverage multipacks with automated applicators, or flexible paper barrier films in flow-wrapping or pouching operations, highly recyclable fiber-based packaging is on the rise in the name of sustainability.

May 10, 2023

Cartons and boxes

Live at interpack: Unilever's New Child-resistant Paperboard Detergent Pack

This new pack format in the UK and France keeps tantalizing laundry pods inaccessible to children via an entirely plastic-free paperboard carton with barrier properties.

May 6, 2023

Sustainability

Tetra Pak UK Report Outlines Importance of Decarbonizing Food Systems in Reaching Net Zero

Tetra Pak Inc.

New research reveals businesses and consumers are determined not to lose sight of net zero ambitions, particularly those that can be achieved through the decarbonization of food systems.

April 14, 2023

Cartons and boxes

Ska Brewing's Paperboard Can Handles Use Automated Applicator

Ska Brewing out of Durango, Colo. installed a CanCollar Corsair provided by WestRock.

April 12, 2023

Sustainability

Tetra Pak Unveils Recycling Collaborations, Investments

Tetra Pak Inc.

Prior to Earth Day 2023, Tetra Pak unveiled some of its recent recycling initiatives that are helping to turn all components of a used carton package into quality materials and goods.

April 5, 2023

Containers

Beyond Boxes: Paper’s New Looks, Functionality

Advancing machinery and materials technologies are pushing paper beyond the boundaries of traditional boxes, bags, and low-barrier paper packs into the expansive and expanding realm of barrier packaging.

March 27, 2023

Containers

Kevin Kuznicki Appointed President for Billerud North America

Billerud

Kuznicki has been with Billerud since 2021 and is already a member of the company's group management team.

March 27, 2023

Flexible packaging

interpack Returns After Six Year Hiatus

An estimated 2,700 exhibitors from around the world are expected to attend interpack to present technologies and packaging trends along the entire value chain, demonstrate opportunities for growth, and respond to the challenges of the industry.

March 24, 2023

Sustainability

Pentel Reimagines Blister Packs as Plastic-Free

This leading maker of writing utensils has worked steadily for the past three years to develop a plastic-free alternative to the blister pack format that is ubiquitous in the category.

March 24, 2023

Cartons and boxes

Smurfit Kappa Co-Creates Opportunities Alongside Communities Across the Americas

Smurfit Kappa Group

The company's social programs aim to support the communities in which they operate and co-create opportunities with them to help improve people's quality of life.

March 21, 2023

Sustainability

Maui Brewing Ditches Plastic Rings for Paperboard Cartons

Maui Brewing switches from plastic ring carriers to paperboard cartons for its multipacks, but CEO Garrett Marrero warns that the sustainability of different packaging materials is complex.

March 15, 2023

Operational Excellence

Popularity Shifts Expected for Glass Bottles, Folding Cartons

Folding cartons and glass bottles are the predicted underdogs of packaging popularity by 2025, after a dismal outlook in years prior.

March 9, 2023