E-commerce/D2C packaging

PetPlate Personalizes Unboxing Experience

New personalized marketing technology lets e-comm pet food company PetPlate directly engage with its customers through an insert with feeding instructions customized to their dog included in the customer’s first order.

February 14, 2022

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Overnight Labels Installs New Digital Flexible Packaging Press

Overnight Labels, Inc.

New digital flexible packaging options poised to shakeup the packaged goods industry.

February 14, 2022

Package Design

Walmart Brand Leans in to ‘Humanization’ of Pets

A redesign and line extension for Walmart’s own-brand super-premium pet food, Pure Balance, uses ingredients and packaging design cues that follow the trend of humanizing products for pets.

February 9, 2022

Flexible packaging

BW Flexible Systems Reduces Carbon Emissions in its Italy Facilities

BW Flexible Systems

BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, reduced carbon emissions at its Italian facilities by 92% via a partnership with E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks.

February 9, 2022

Flexible packaging

Smurfit Kappa Makes a Sustainable Change to its Vitop Taps

Smurfit Kappa Group

The Vitop® taps used on its bag-in-box products are now free from carbon black pigment, making them easier to recycle.

February 5, 2022

Flexible packaging

Pregis’ EverTec Mailer Receives Recyclability Certification

Pregis

Pregis EverTec™ lightweight, paper cushioned mailer, developed for increasing e-commerce fulfillment demands, received independent certification of recyclability.

February 3, 2022

Flexible packaging

Scholle IPN to be Acquired by SIG

Scholle Corporation

Scholle IPN, a supplier of flexible packaging solutions, has agreed to be acquired by SIG, an aseptic carton packaging company.

February 3, 2022

Flexible packaging

Volpak Offers Packaging Solutions for the Growing Pet Food Industry

Volpak

To help the pet food industry deal with growth challenges, Volpak offers packaging solutions both for pre-made pouch packaging and f/f/s machines.

February 2, 2022

Flexible packaging

Brian Hodek Named Director of Food and Beverage for Glenroy Inc.

Glenroy, Inc.

As the Director of Food and Beverage, Hodek will lead the company to grow and expand its reach in the food and beverage industries.

February 1, 2022

Flexible packaging

Daren Roberts Named Plant Manager for Kendall Packaging

Kendall Packaging Corp.

Roberts is responsible for overseeing plant activities to meet business objectives and is accountable for all aspects of Kendall's Pittsburgh, Kan. plant performance.

January 21, 2022

Flexible packaging

Printpack and Sirane Announce Strategic Partnership

Printpack

Printpack, a manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging announces a strategic partnership with Sirane, a UK-based manufacturer of paper coating and paper-based packaging.

January 20, 2022

Flexible packaging

Bartelt Packaging Becomes North American Master Distributor for FLtècnics

Bartelt Packaging

Bartelt Packaging is now the North American master distributor for FLtècnics, a Spanish-based manufacturer of hf/f/s, rollstock, pre-made, and forming pouch machinery.

January 14, 2022

Flexible packaging

Printpack Invests in Nexus Circular

Printpack

Printpack's investment, part of a larger round of private funding, supports the commercial scale up of Nexus Circular's proprietary advanced recycling process.

January 12, 2022