Sustainability

Primex Design & Fabrication Employees Step Up for Pandemic Response

Primex Design & Fabrication has continued operating since April in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been producing its PrimexProtect line of PPE and social distancing products for medical personnel, first responders, and more.

September 18, 2020

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Protective/transport packaging

Gertex Solutions Acquires Impak Packaging Systems

Gertex Solutions Inc.

Gertex Solutions Inc. announced the acquisition of Toronto-based Impak Packaging Systems Inc.

September 11, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Pact, LLC Joins COSTHA

PACT

Pact, LLC joined the Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA), an industry association devoted to promoting dangerous goods transportation compliance both domestically and abroad.

September 10, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

What Do PFAS Actions Tell Us About Food Contact Substances Industry?

The PFAS story keeps developing, and isn’t over yet.

August 25, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Hartmann North America Announces Second Phase of Plant Expansion

Hartmann North America

August 21, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Klӧckner Pentaplast Invests in Expanding Its Recycled PET Capacity in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast Food Packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast announced its commitment to expand its post-consumer recycled PET extrusion capacity by 17,500 metric tons, which significantly increases its capacity for thermoformed recyclable protein trays in North America.

August 19, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

ISTA Pharma Committee Virtual Roundtable Discussions: Aug. 11 and 25

International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)

As a follow up to the open meeting held in June, the ISTA Pharma Committee will host two roundtable discussions in August to discuss in-depth the top two topics of interest from the industry survey.

August 5, 2020

Flexible packaging

Dow Signs Carbon Project Agreement with AEON

Dow

Dow and Japan-based AEON Co., Ltd. signed a Carbon Project Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and food loss by utilizing Dow technologies in food packaging solutions and practices.

July 31, 2020

Sustainability

Climate Change Interest Isn’t Ideology, It’s Economics

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA)

Economics is the new driver of climate change initiatives, according to Reusable Packaging Association. Attention to packaging selection and management can not only help reduce negative sustainability impacts, but also create new value streams.

July 20, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Mold-Rite Plastics to Expand Ohio Facility

MRP Solutions

Mold-Rite Plastics recently broke ground to begin construction on an addition to its manufacturing facility in Twinsburg, Ohio.

July 9, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Placon Launches New Website

Placon

Placon launched its new company website on July 1, 2020. It was designed to incorporate a new shopping cart designated for customer sample requests, making it easier for customers to search, sort, and find stock products.

July 6, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Innovative, Sustainable Strapping Band

TEUFELBERGER Fiber Rope Co.

TEUFELBERGER developed a new strapping solution especially for the printing and packaging industry, as well as the mailing and logistics industry. It is not only easy to operate, easy on the environment but also easy to handle.

July 1, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Beer Cans' Premium Foil Lidding Adds Billboard Space While Appealing to Post-COVID Consumer

Romanian lager Albacher doesn't mention the pandemic specifically, but the timing of its new foil lidding, which adds billboard space and ensures a clean beer can surface, is fortuitous considering an increasingly safety-conscious consumer base.

June 29, 2020