Flexibles

Colorful Seal Assurance Supports EU MDR for Device Packaging

The FPA awarded PAXXUS a Gold Award in Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging for its Chameleon for Tyvek.

April 3, 2021

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Sustainability

The Estée Lauder Companies Signs Global MOU With Eastman

Eastman Chemical Co.

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and specialty materials provider Eastman announced a global MOU that will enable ELC to reach its 2025 sustainable packaging goals.

April 2, 2021

Sustainability

Steven Voorhees Receives Paperboard Packaging Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Paperboard Packaging Council

The Paperboard Packaging Council selected Steven C. Voorhees, former CEO of WestRock, as the recipient of its 2021 Robert T. Gair Award.

April 2, 2021

Sustainability

Brands Look to Bio-Plastics to Replace Some Fossil-Based Plastic

Cucina Fresca and Lamb Weston are both replacing portions of their existing plastic packaging to bio-based materials. Watch our "Take Five with Packaging World" video to learn more about this industry shift to more sustainable materials.

April 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Schick Disposable Razors Take Sustainable Turn, Packaging Shifts to Match

Packaging for the Schick Xtreme 3 Disposable Razor is a thermoformed BOPP tray with film lidding. Now, consumers can choose the same razor design but now with a recycled (and recyclable) PP handle in a recyclable kraft-style paperboard PCR carton.

April 1, 2021

Sustainability

TricorBraun Flex Partners with How2Recycle

TricorBraun

TricorBraun Flex, the flexible packaging division of TricorBraun, partnered with standardized recycling labeling system How2Recycle, enabling TricorBraun Flex to offer additional recyclable packaging options for customers.

April 1, 2021

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

EDL Packaging Ships Shrink Bundler to Food Packaging Supplier

EDL Packaging, a Massman Company

EDL Packaging shipped a Double Tight Wrap shrink bundler for molded pulp fiber beverage carriers and food trays to a supplier of food packaging materials.

April 1, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

A Chain of Changes

In this column, we will check in with several topics, and as it happens, the topics flow from one to the next like a chain of crucial information for packagers.

March 31, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Bio-based Potato Starches Replace Bag’s LLDPE Sealant Layer

In the new lamination, 16% of the complete structure, a sealant layer formerly composed of LLDPE, has been replaced with plant-based material that in fact is a byproduct of the French fries the company produces.

March 30, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Monolayer Materials Help Bring Plastics Full Circle

Brand announcements about packaging material usage shifts are coming in faster than we can post them on our website or write about them in our print pages.

March 29, 2021

Flexibles

Partnership Creates Infused Face Mask to Counter Dreaded “Maskne”

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the most important personal protective equipment are masks, but not all are created equal.

March 28, 2021

Flexibles

IBC Bag Brings Clarity and Barrier

Winning a Gold Award for Technical Innovation was the Shield Pack Clear High Barrier Aseptic IBC Bag from Amcor Flexibles.

March 27, 2021

Sustainability

Amped-up Paper, Other Materials Make Inroads on Rigid Plastics

It’s too soon to say if all the anti-virgin plastic rhetoric from environmental critics will have a lasting impact on the packaging materials mix.

March 26, 2021