Beverage

Pandemic-Related Health and Hygiene Consumer Trends Affecting Beverage Market

Product safety demands and active health management are two areas that have increased since the start of the pandemic, and the results on the beverage industry will likely be long-term.

July 26, 2021

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Sustainability

Ball to Build Aluminum Beverage Packaging Plants in UK & Russia

Ball Corporation

Ball Corp. will significantly increase its beverage packaging manufacturing with plants in Western Russia and the East Midlands, UK, adding billions of cans per year.

July 26, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

Creative Packaging Co. to Open New Manufacturing Facility

Creative Packaging Co.

Creative Packaging Co. a manufacturing of refrigerant gel packs used for temperature-controlled cold chain shipping, will open a manufacturing facility in Chicago, Ill.

July 26, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Sugarcane Tubes Sweeten Sustainability Profile

The Face + Body natural sunscreen tube in sugarcane bio-resin replaces Raw Elements’ previous plastic tube, which was made with PCR.

July 26, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Names David Timm President, Blown Flm Operations

Pregis

Timm will be responsible for growing Pregis’ blown film and converting operations in the new Anderson, S.C. facility, as well as the Grand Rapids, Mich. location.

July 23, 2021

Plastics/resins

TricorBraun Acquires SGB Packaging Group

TricorBraun

TricorBraun acquired SGB Packaging Group, Inc., strengthening its presence in the cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care industries. Effective with the acquisition, SGB Packaging will operate as SGB Packaging, a TricorBraun company.

July 23, 2021

Home

FPA Partners with PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is participating in the Partner Program at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO, owned and produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI).

July 23, 2021

Plastics/resins

Chroma Color Appoints Shruti Singhal Chief Executive Officer

Chroma Corp.

Singhal replaces Tom Bolger, Chroma Color’s CEO for the past 16 years, who had decided to work on a transition from the position in early 2020.

July 21, 2021

Flexible packaging

AlliedFlex Technologies and Aranow Form North American Sales, Marketing Alliance

ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc.

Aranow, Barcelona, Spain partnered with AlliedFlex Technologies, Sarasota, Fla., as its exclusive North American sales and marketing partner to handle its stick pack packaging systems product line.

July 21, 2021

Plastics/resins

TricorBraun Appoints Susan Bergethon Senior Vice President and General Counsel

TricorBraun

Bergethon will report to President and CEO Court Carruthers and lead TricorBraun’s legal function as well as oversee the company’s ESG practice.

July 20, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Establishing Operations in Anderson County

Pregis

Pregis is investing $80 million in a new, state-of-the-art blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, SC.

July 20, 2021

Cartoning

Somic to Showcase Secondary Packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Somic America will demonstrate its newest version of the SOMIC ReadyPack for retail-ready packaging applications at PACK Expo Las Vegas, Booth SL 6460.

July 14, 2021

Closures

Ryan Huether Promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Independent Can

Independent Can Co.

Independent Can, a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated company, in business for more than 90 years, announced the promotion of Ryan Huether to Chief Operating Officer.

July 14, 2021