Tubes of the year awards

The Tube Council is making a call for entries for the annual Tubes of the Year Awards.

Dec 31, 2004

The competition honors the best tubes that were available in the marketplace during 2004. Tube of the Year Awards showcase the best tube innovations, technologies, components, processes, manufacturing, and designs of the year.

Tube submission deadline is February 14, 2005. Tubes of the Year Awards rules, submission guidelines, and official entry form are available online at www.tube.org/tubeawards.

Tube Council of North America

Are You Greenwashing?

List: Digitalization Companies From PACK EXPO

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

Machinery Basics

How Do Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines Work?

Liquid Filling Equipment Package This Pmmi

A Video Overview of Liquid Filling Machines

What Can You Package on a Vertical Form/Fill/Seal Machine?

A Look into the World of Cartoning Equipment

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

Through the Line Podcast: Nextloopp is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle

How can polypropylene, one of the most widely used plastics in consumer packaging, be diverted from landfills or incinerators? Packaging World Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek and Nextloopp. They discuss how the Nextloopp initiative is uniting stakeholders across the packaging supply chain to enable the closed-loop recycling of food-grade PP.

Lightweighting continues to drive measurable progress in packaging reduction. Coca-Cola’s redesigned bottles, shown here across several brands, lower PET weight from 21 g to 18.5 g for key sizes, a 12% reduction expected to cut PET use by 3 megatons by 2025.

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

Instead of shrink film, the bottles are held together using strategically placed adhesive dots, paired with a recyclable cardboard handle for carrying.

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

Sortation on a belt at a material recovery facility (MRF).

Column: With Recycling at an Inflection Point, CPGs to Shape What Comes Next

Innovative packaging solutions

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

Hiring remains a major challenge in packaging, with 78% struggling to fill unskilled roles and 84% lacking experienced workers. As automation grows, companies must rethink hiring and training. Download the full report for key insights.

Download Now

List: Digitalization Companies From PACK EXPO

Looking for CPG-focused digital transformation solutions? Download our editor-curated list from PACK EXPO featuring top companies offering warehouse management, ERP, digital twin, and MES software with supply chain visibility and analytics capabilities—all tailored specifically for CPG operations.

Download Now

Products

Tubes of the year awards

Tube Council of North America

Are You Greenwashing?

List: Digitalization Companies From PACK EXPO

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

How Do Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines Work?

A Video Overview of Liquid Filling Machines

What Can You Package on a Vertical Form/Fill/Seal Machine?

A Look into the World of Cartoning Equipment

Through the Line Podcast: Nextloopp is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

Column: With Recycling at an Inflection Point, CPGs to Shape What Comes Next

Innovative packaging solutions

Palletizing Kit

Customizable Barcode Labeling Service

Pet Food Packaging

Packaging World Resource Guide 2026

October 2025

PELV Showcase 2025

September 2025

Packaging Recycling Summit 2025: A Pivotal Moment in Circularity

How AI is Making Packaging Robots Smarter and More Adaptable

Humanoid Robots in Packaging and Processing: 2025 Status Report

Conveying, Feeding & Inserting e-book