Sustainability

Revolution Launches Updated Brand Identity

Revolution moves to a single brand identity to better serve markets with sustainable manufacturing and recycling solutions.

January 27, 2022

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Sustainability

Smart Plastic Technologies, Munchkin, Inc. Announce Partnership

Smart Plastic Technologies

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

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

Containers

Paper Tube Differentiates a Unique Brand of Cannabis

Live-rosin cannabis maker äkta, one of only two in the space that is single-source, selects a paper tube package for its vape cartridges and concentrates for its sustainability and approachable design.

January 26, 2022

Digital Printing

The BoxMaker’s Arkansas Plant Begins Production

The BoxMaker, Inc.

The Lowell, Ark. state-of-the-art facility features all digital print and finishing equipment for the manufacture of custom corrugated boxes and retail displays.

January 24, 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

Flexible packaging

Daren Roberts Named Plant Manager for Kendall Packaging

Kendall Packaging Corp.

Roberts is responsible for overseeing plant activities to meet business objectives and is accountable for all aspects of Kendall's Pittsburgh, Kan. plant performance.

January 21, 2022

Flexible packaging

Printpack and Sirane Announce Strategic Partnership

Printpack

Printpack, a manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging announces a strategic partnership with Sirane, a UK-based manufacturer of paper coating and paper-based packaging.

January 20, 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

Sustainability

Robatech to Offer Events on Adhesive Application Solutions in E-commerce

Robatech AG

From March 15-17, 2022, Robatech will focus on sustainable adhesive application solutions for e-commerce packaging at two events: Live at CCE International in Munich and virtually in the Robatech Solutions Showcase.

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

Flexible packaging

Bartelt Packaging Becomes North American Master Distributor for FLtècnics

Bartelt Packaging

Bartelt Packaging is now the North American master distributor for FLtècnics, a Spanish-based manufacturer of hf/f/s, rollstock, pre-made, and forming pouch machinery.

January 14, 2022