Operational Excellence

Ease of Use, Recyclability Push Growth of Flexible Plastic and PET Bottles in Western Europe

In 2018, food packaging accounted for a 55% share of the market in the region, followed by 37% for beverage packaging. Both the food and beverage categories saw the demand for smaller, lighter, and easy to store and handle pack sizes.

December 16, 2019

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Plastics/resins

‘Haircare for Foodies’ Gets Equally Appetizing Packaging

A clever custom bottle in a vintage milk-bottle style speaks to the fresh food ingredients found in the Sauce Beauty line of haircare products.

December 6, 2019

Plastics/resins

Candle Sleeving Solution

Yankee Candle recently installed a high-speed shrink sleeving system for its votive candles that protects the candles in several key ways.

December 13, 2019

Plastics/resins

Vacuum Skin Packaging

Point Five Packaging, LLC

Point Five Packaging offers vacuum skin packaging for ready meal solutions. The CPET tray and the film used to the seal product are microwave and oven safe, and the trays are 100% recyclable.

December 13, 2019

Labels

Clear Linerless Label for Fish Pack is One of Many Firsts

A new VSP package for fresh fish entrée brand Rebel Fish is decorated with a vibrantly printed linerless label from a new flexo converter committed to redefining the U.S. print market.

December 2, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Metal Finisher Saves Labor, Eliminates Product Damage

Oregon Powder Coating proactively boosts worker safety and product integrity with an orbital stretch wrapper.

December 4, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Sweden Moves to 100% rPET for All its Bottles

The move is set to eliminate the use of 3,500 tons of virgin plastic each year in Sweden, with a 25% reduction in CO2 emissions over pre-transition levels.

November 26, 2019

Plastics/resins

Alliedflex, Surdry Retort Systems form North American Sales And Marketing Alliance

Surdry, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative retort processing systems, proudly announces the launch of an exclusive North American, including Canada Sales and Marketing agreement with Alliedflex Technologies.

November 26, 2019

Operational Excellence

Global Outlook for Flexible Packaging

A presentation at the FPA 2019 Annual Fall Conference presents an optimistic forecast for the global growth of flexible packaging, with Asia Pacific in the lead.

November 7, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Chlorophyll Water’s Bottle Designed to be 100% Landfill Biodegradable

A proprietary organic additive integrated into the bottle mold accelerates the natural biodegradation of the bottle in biologically active landfills and anaerobic digesters

November 6, 2019

Operational Excellence

PET Leads Beverage Pack Type, but Sustainable Options Still a Growing North American Trend

Though bottled water’s continued growth in the North American beverage market boosts PET dominance in the region, manufacturers are looking at other, more sustainable pack types too.

November 20, 2019

Contract Packaging

Plastic Bans: A Threat or an Opportunity for Contract Packagers?

As the war on single-use plastics heats up, are you ready to help your contract packaging customers find new and innovative options?

November 6, 2019

Plastics/resins

PET Bottle for Beer

Amcor has adapted its technology to develop the first PET bottles for pasteurized beer in Brazil.

November 17, 2019