Sustainability

Green Bay Packaging Acquires Interstate Packaging Corp.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP), acquired Interstate Packaging Corp. located in Albert Lea, Minn. The acquisition is effective June 30, 2022.

July 5, 2022

Cartons and boxes: Page 16

Sustainability

World’s First Tequila in Paperboard ‘Bag-in-Bottle’ Design

Distilled in Jalisco, Mexico, and launching in Sweden, Buen Vato is the world’s first tequila in a bottle-shaped paperboard container and 750-mL metalized PET pouch, made from 84% recycled material.

June 28, 2022

Secondary Packaging

New Stretch Wrapper for Closet Works Shuts the Door on Freight Damage

A new portable stretch wrapper with roping device helps custom closet company Closet Works reduce damaged shipments from one per week to one or less a month.

June 27, 2022

Sustainability

Documentary Showcases Graphic Packaging’s Commitment to Sustainability

Graphic Packaging International

The short film reflects on Graphic Packaging International’s participation in an initiative called Vision 2045.

June 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Planning Your E-Comm Package’s Funeral: Considerations for Designing for End of Life

Fuseneo’s Brent Lindberg advises E-Pack Europe attendees on how to design packaging for composting, reuse, and especially recycling, rather than for burial in a landfill.

June 15, 2022

Flexible packaging

2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards Open for Entries

World Packaging Organisation

WPO (World Packaging Organisation) announces that submitting entries for WorldStar 2023 is now open and closes on October 20, 2022.

June 15, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Amazon: Transformational Change in E-comm Packaging Begins Upstream

At E-Pack Europe 2022, Amazon’s Jeremy Long explains how true innovation around e-commerce packaging requires an upstream strategy that involves both the product and the packaging.

June 14, 2022

Retail display packaging

Zeus Packaging Acquires Swanline Group and BoxMart

Zeus Packaging

Zeus Packaging, a global packaging solutions company acquired Swanline Group and its sister company, BoxMart.

June 10, 2022

Workforce

Philipp Lenz Promoted to Technical Service Coordinator for SOMIC Packaging

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

A 15-year industry veteran, Lenz will serve as the technical advisor to customers with 24/7 online response for all troubleshooting and technical related questions.

June 8, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Levain Bakery Builds a Better E-commerce Box

A 200% increase in online orders driven by the pandemic impels NYC-based bakery to design a new shipper that better protects its famed but fragile chocolate-chip cookies, reduces the complexity of the packaging, and brings the brand to life.

June 6, 2022

Digital Printing

The BoxMaker Launches Redesigned Website

The BoxMaker, Inc.

The redesigned website delivers an improved user experience including interface design, site speed performance, and an educational content library.

June 2, 2022

Sustainability

Tetra Pak Announces Collaborations to Accelerate Innovations for the Future of the Food Industry

Tetra Pak Inc.

Ahead of United Nations World Food Safety Day, Tetra Pak announced its new set of research collaborations and programs to further accelerate efforts to address challenges facing food systems worldwide.

June 2, 2022

Workforce

Pactiv Evergreen Adds Personnel to its Filling Equipment Div.

Pactiv Evergreen

Pactiv Evergreen named Tom Fahrenkrug Manager of Training & Support and Tim Barnett Southern U.S. Sales Representative.

June 2, 2022