Sustainability

Smart Plastic Technologies, Munchkin, Inc. Announce Partnership

Smart Plastic Technologies and Munchkin, Inc. signed an exclusive joint development agreement to create baby lifestyle products using Smart Plastic’s patent-pending ECLIPSE™ technology.

January 27, 2022

Plastics/resins: Page 37

Sustainable Packaging

PLASTICS Issues Statement on Plastics Pact

Plastics Industry Association

Tony Radoszewski, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), weights in on Plastics Pact.

January 27, 2022

Labels

Multi-component Pack Checks All the Boxes for DIY Berry Yogurt Parfaits

With an existing 4-oz Chobani PP yogurt pack format as a starting point, berry parfait product collaborator Naturipe worked backward and reverse-engineered an optimized PET cup and closure that nests components and seals them into a single package.

January 26, 2022

Cartoning

Pentawards Shares Top 10 Packaging Design Trends for 2021/2022

After evaluating 2,000 entries in its annual packaging design competition, Pentawards pulls out 10 prominent trends drawn from the winning work, compiling its first trends report.

January 24, 2022

Plastics/resins

Ring Container Technologies Invests in MSU School of Packaging Building Renovation

Ring Container Technologies

Ring Container made a $1.5 million gift to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging to support renovations to the School of Packaging building.

January 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Naturally Done: Plant-Based Take Out Containers and Compostable Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of plant-based and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 20, 2022

Plastics/resins

Sun Chemical Acquires SAPICI

Sun Chemical

With the acquisition of SAPICI, a manufacturer of high-performance polyurethanes for coatings, flexible packaging, and industrial adhesives, Sun Chemical will add to it capabilities to develop and produce polymers for its portfolio.

January 10, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics Brands to Benefit from Molecularly Recycled Material

January 7, 2022

Cartoning

Top 2021 Video: Trend Toward Paperboard Can Handles Leaps From Craft Brew to Major Food/Bev Multipacks

What started as a craft brew trend toward paperboard replacing its plastic can handle multipacks is now being seen in brands like Coca-Cola and Heinz UK. Watch this "Take Five with Packaging World" video to learn more.

May 7, 2021

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #3: Nestlé Achieves ‘Paperization’ of Confectionery Packaging

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, #3 on our countdown, on Nestlé's transition from plastic to paper on 419 SKUs of candy.

December 31, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-Commerce Packaging Innovations: Amazon Insulative Paper Packs, Leak-Proof Lids, and Returnable Trial

ThePackHub

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s December Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

December 28, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2021 - #9: Coca-Cola Unveils 100% Plant-Based PET Bottle, Ready to Scale

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Anne Marie Mohan's report on Coca-Cola's 100% plant-based bottle checks in at #9.

December 25, 2021

Sustainability

Borealis Acquires Minority Share in Bockatech

Borealis

The partnership will drive development of circular packaging solutions based on Borealis polymer and recycling expertise in tandem with Bockatech’s patented EcoCore ® technology platform.

December 24, 2021