E-commerce/D2C packaging

Shipper Plays a Starring Role In Progressive Unboxing Experience

A corrugated shipper’s primary job in e-comm is to get its contents to a consumer’s doorstep intact. But this one is able to do so with a bit of theater and flair.

May 13, 2021

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Protective/transport packaging

Pinnacle Packaging Announces Its Certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise

Pinnacle Packaging

Pinnacle Packaging, a Chicago-based distributor of packaging, shipping, and industrial supplies, was certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) with the Veterans Business Program in the state of Illinois.

April 29, 2021

Labels

Oliver Inc. Acquires Boutwell Packaging

Oliver Inc.

Oliver Inc. acquired Boutwell Packaging a manufacturer of folding carton and blister card packaging serving personal care, healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer products markets.

April 21, 2021

Containers

BillerudKorsnäs Appoints Executive Vice President Commercial

Billerud

Matthew Hirst was appointed Executive Vice President Commercial for BillerudKorsnäs. He will take office on August16th and will be a member of the Executive Management Team.

April 16, 2021

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Liquibox Upgrades Safety, Efficiency Features on Its Rotary Bag-in-Box Fller

Liquibox

Liquibox upgraded the safety and efficiency features of its Liquibox Orbiter six-head rotary bag-in-box filler.

April 7, 2021

Plastics/resins

Primitive Beer's Flat Lambic Launches Bag-In-Box Format Once Reserved for Wine

Primitive Beer, a small blending facility and taproom in Longmont, Colo., is putting its lambic-style ales in 1.5- and 5-L bag-in-box formats.

April 5, 2021

Sustainability

Steven Voorhees Receives Paperboard Packaging Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Paperboard Packaging Council

The Paperboard Packaging Council selected Steven C. Voorhees, former CEO of WestRock, as the recipient of its 2021 Robert T. Gair Award.

April 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Schick Disposable Razors Take Sustainable Turn, Packaging Shifts to Match

Packaging for the Schick Xtreme 3 Disposable Razor is a thermoformed BOPP tray with film lidding. Now, consumers can choose the same razor design but now with a recycled (and recyclable) PP handle in a recyclable kraft-style paperboard PCR carton.

April 1, 2021

Digital Printing

BoxMaker Breaks Ground for a New Production Plant

The BoxMaker, Inc.

The BoxMaker broke ground on a new production plant in Lowell, Ark., as part of a multi-million-dollar investment to effectively address growing demand across the country for digitally produced packaging and displays.

March 18, 2021

Retail display packaging

Wellspring Capital Acquires Rohrer Corp.

Rohrer Corporation

Wellspring Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, acquired Rohrer Corp., a retail-packaging designer and manufacturer.

March 16, 2021

Flexible packaging

Amcor’s Carmen Becker Appointed to IDFA’s Fluid Milk Board

Amcor Flexibles North America

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) appointed Carmen Becker, Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Containers at Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP), to its Fluid Milk Board.

February 26, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Lenox Optimizes Wine Glass Packaging for Amazon Shipping

A packaging redesign for tableware brand Lenox for its red wine glasses hits the sweet spot, providing both enhanced sustainability and greater product protection for Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging requirements.

February 26, 2021

Cartons and boxes

Dog Food Carton is ‘Easy Like a Sunday Morning’

D2C company Sundays Dog Food chooses cereal carton-style box for its air-dried pet food, leaning in to the nostalgia of the format with its graphics and brand strategy.

February 25, 2021