Contract Packaging

New Co-Packer Recurve Serves Booming Startup Market

New boutique co-packer Recurve helps startup brands, including those formed during the pandemic by individuals re-evaluating their work situation, to navigate the world of packaging.

October 3, 2022

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Cartoning

Ammunition Automation Overshoots Today’s Needs to Future-Proof Growing Business

Underwood Ammo skipped a few steps in its packaging equipment journey, opting to avoid a stepwise, incremental ramp up to full automation. Instead, it dove into the deep end with an advanced monobloc system for cartoning, case packaging, and palletizing.

September 30, 2022

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SOMIC Packaging to Showcase Retail-Ready Automation at PACK EXPO International

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth LU-8135! SOMIC Packaging will demonstrate a 424 W3 wraparound case packer.

September 29, 2022

Cartons and boxes

Smurfit Kappa Signs Agreement to Acquire PaperBox

Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit’s purchase of Rio de Janeiro-based PaperBox packaging plant will expand both the its presence in Brazil and its product portfolio.

September 16, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Nivea Pursues Sustainable Packaging from Every Angle

Beiersdorf uses the 4R approach of Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, and Replace to develop industry-first sustainable packaging for its personal care products.

September 16, 2022

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RRD to Showcase Sustainable Packaging Solutions at PACK EXPO International

RRD (R.R. Donnelley & Sons)

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth W-22000! R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.(RRD) will showcase its end-to-end, single-source sustainable paperboard packaging services.

September 9, 2022

Sustainability

Keith Tornes Appointed Managing Director for DS Smith

DS Smith Packaging Systems

DS Smith appointed Keith Tornes as Managing Director, paper, forestry, and recycling for North America.

September 6, 2022

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ACMA to Showcase Sustainable Packaging, Machinery Designed for Confectionery Applications at PACK EXPO International

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth 2501! ACMA, a Coesia company will exhibit its CW 800 wrapper for spherical chocolates equipped with OptiMate Premium (Coesia proprietary PLC) and Ecoshell sustainable packaging designed for confectionery markets.

September 6, 2022

Sustainability

Cartoner Ushers Bumble Bee Out of Plastic Shrink, Into Paperboard Multipacks

An enterprise-wide focus on sustainability pushed Bumble Bee Seafood to reinvent multipacking in a more readily recyclable, paperboard format. A 'Rolls Royce' of a cartoner certainly helped.

September 2, 2022

Sustainability

DS Smith’s Research Progresses in Testing Boxes Made of Straw, Seaweed, and Flowers

DS Smith Packaging Systems

It is working to give new life to alternative fibers for paper and cardboard, including daisies, straw, grass, cocoa shells, and seaweed as part of its $140 million investment in research and development to accelerate its work in the circular economy.

August 25, 2022

Robotics

OEMs Bring the Benefits of Cobots to Palletizing

Higher payloads, an extended reach, ease of programming and operation, and greater security features allow new cobots to be used for palletizing operations.

August 23, 2022

Sustainability

WestRock to Acquire Remaining Interest in Grupo Gondi

Smurfit Westrock

WestRock entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining interest in Grupo Gondi. Upon completion of the transaction, Westrock will enhance its growth in Latin American containerboard, paperboard, and consumer and corrugated packaging markets.

August 11, 2022

Robotics

Ease-of-Use, Programming are Table Stakes for Palletizing Robots

Seventy-five percent of CPGs are now using robotics for end-of-line packaging operations. A new palletizer from Iris Factory Automation using a Kawasaki robot meets the growing need for robotics that are flexible and simple to operate.

August 10, 2022