Expert analysis

Jan 8, 2010

Tom Szaky
CEO, TerraCycle
Recycler

Breaking upcycling boundaries with personal care product packs
Szaky and his team find new uses for discarded packaging from personal care products by meshing the brand with the end-use product. Think Huggies packs upcycled into diaper bags, bibs, and other infant- and parenting-related products. greenerpackage.com/node/2012

Greener Corporation

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Tetra Pak® test packs with plastic caps glued on.

Linear Transport System Syncs 120 Axes for Ultra-Fast Capping

A new cap applicator from Tetra Pak uses the Beckhoff XTS linear servo transport system to deliver 25,000 precisely sealed cartons per hour, tripling output over conventional portion-package cappers that run at 9,000/hour, while combining digital control with flexible, high-speed motion.

Wada Farms’ new 30% post-consumer recycled potato bag for Walmart is the first known food-contact PCR film in the retail potato market. The bag maintains performance and print quality comparable to virgin polyethylene while reducing virgin plastic use by more than 100,000 pounds annually.

Wada Farms, Walmart Roll Out 30% PCR Potato Bag

The 2025 On the Rise Award Winners and Krista DeBrosse, Director, Trade Show Operations, PMMI

PMMI Honors Emerging Industry Leaders with 2025 On the Rise Awards

As Chemical & Engineering News details, declining demand and fragile markets are threatening the economics of plastic recycling.

Recycling Falters as Companies Retreat from Plastic-Waste Pledges

Innovative packaging solutions

Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond? Packaging World editors explore the survey responses from 118 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers for its new Annual Outlook Report.

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Products

X-ray Inspection System

Eagle Product Inspection’s Tall PRO XSDV provides dual-view imaging for improved contaminant detection and precise inline measurements of mass, fill level, and package integrity, enabling high-speed, data-driven quality inspection of rigid containers.

Expert analysis

Greener Corporation

Easy Seal™️ QUICK-CHANGE Jaws: Fast, Accurate Changeovers on Flow Wrappers

Sustainable Packaging Materials 1: Types & Considerations for Flow Wrappers & Vertical Baggers

Annual Outlook Report: Workforce

Annual Outlook Report: Automation & Robotics

Our List of Cobot Palletizing Solutions

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

Linear Transport System Syncs 120 Axes for Ultra-Fast Capping

Wada Farms, Walmart Roll Out 30% PCR Potato Bag

PMMI Honors Emerging Industry Leaders with 2025 On the Rise Awards

Recycling Falters as Companies Retreat from Plastic-Waste Pledges

Innovative packaging solutions

X-ray Inspection System

Modular Inkjet Platform

Recyclable Cup Coating for Hot Beverages

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PELV Showcase 2025

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How AI is Making Packaging Robots Smarter and More Adaptable

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