Flexible packaging

LasX, Karlville Launch Configure-to-order Equipment for Flexible Packaging Converters

To help flexible packaging converters respond quickly to changing consumer demands and customer requirements, LasX developed FreshFocus, a configure-to-order, laser-based system for creating easy-open and breathable features in packaging films.

May 10, 2022

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Sustainable Packaging

Bill Nye the Science Guy and Coca-Cola Teach Recycling in Fun, Accessible Video Short

Coca-Cola and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) team up to create a stop-motion video that aims to demystify recycling. In a unique twist, the actual materials used to model Nye and the set in the stop-motion animation are recycled or recyclable.

May 10, 2022

Containers

TricorBraun Acquires UK-Based Continental Bottle Co. and Dibro

TricorBraun

TricorBraun acquired Continental Bottle Co., Ltd., a UK glass packaging provider, and its affiliate, UK glass decorator DiBro Ltd. The acquisitions will expand TricorBraun’s European presence.

May 9, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN: ‘New Recycled Content Mandates Doomed To Fail’

An examination of legislation meant to boost demand for PCR reveals lawmakers are not considering the full implications of these requirements and the other industries that compete for demand.

May 9, 2022

Flexible packaging

Mespack to Host Exhibit of Flexible Packaging Innovations

Mespack-Cloud

On May 10th, Mespack will host an event at its facilities in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda to welcome those attending the Plastic Pouches event organized by AMI and sponsored by Mespack, which will be held May 10-12.

May 6, 2022

Retail display packaging

SOMIC Packaging Completes First U.S. Factory Acceptance Test

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

SOMIC Packaging representatives conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test of a retail-ready packaging machine in North America at GOYA Foods.

May 6, 2022

Protective/transport packaging

Atlantic Packaging Leads Sustainable Packaging Coalition, A New Earth Project

The initiative, which includes an online catalog of sustainable packaging, connects the surf and outdoor community with the global supply chain to create solutions for a healthy planet.

May 5, 2022

Containers

Reducing Risk for Slack-fill Packaging Lawsuits: Part One

Here are some fundamentals regarding lawsuits alleging that the packaging contains slack-fill that misleads and deceives the consumer.

May 5, 2022

Workforce

Mars’ Allison Lin Champions Women in Packaging

Mars, Inc. Global VP of Packaging Sustainability Allison Lin shares her journey in the packaging industry, providing advice to other women seeking a career in the field, and shares Mars’ efforts to enhance inclusiveness in the workforce.

May 4, 2022

Retail display packaging

Smurfit Kappa UK Acquires Atlas Packaging

Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit Kappa UK Limited, a manufacturer of paper-based packaging products acquired Atlas Packaging, an independent corrugated packaging provider.

May 3, 2022

Shrink wrapping

Tripack LLC to Open Manufacturing Facility in Florida

Tripack

In response to the growing demand for decorated aluminum cans in the beverage industry, Tripack announces plans to open a third manufacturing facility in Lakeland, Fla., that will have over 30,000 sq ft and space for multiple packaging lines.

May 3, 2022

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ardagh Invests in Digital Can Printing

Commercially viable since 2019 and operating more or less under the radar at first, Canada’s Hart Print is now ready for what Co-CEO and Co-Founder JP Paradis calls “our coming out party.”

May 2, 2022

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digital Continues to Transform Printing and Finishing

With digital’s share of the printed label and packaging market showing impressive gains, a number of new players are entering the game—especially in the direct-to-shape space.

May 2, 2022