Package Design

Tropicana Weathers Blowback from ‘Shrinkquivelence,’ Pack Redesign

Infamous in pack design circles for a similar occurrence in 2008, Tropicana once again redesigned packaging in such a way that cost the company 19% in sales. We spoke to expert Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo, designer of legacy pack that's being replaced.

January 21, 2025

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Bagging & Pouching

David Spratt Appointed as CEO of Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles appoints David Spratt as its new CEO; the succeeding interim CEO Uwe Röhrhoff will return to the Supervisory Board.

January 17, 2025

Bio-based

Celanese and Henkel Collaborate to Offer Adhesives Made from Captured CO2 Emissions

Celanese Corporation

Henkel and Celanese partner to develop water-based adhesives made from carbon capture-based materials, enabling customers to increase the renewable content of their products.

January 17, 2025

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Pharmaworks Names Jim Hahn Director of Sales

Pharmaworks, a ProMach product brand

Hahn brings 25 years of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sales experience to drive growth for Pharmaworks' blister machines and other packaging systems.

January 17, 2025

Bio-based

Dissolvable Skin Care Wipes Pick Compostable Sachets

For sachet packaging of its new dissolvable cleansing wipes, Australian-based Conserving Beauty tapped compostable NatureFlex films by Futamura Compostable Packaging, as converted by New Zealand's Convex.

January 15, 2025

Sustainability

UPM Raflatac's Progress Towards Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

UPM Adhesive Materials

UPM Raflatac advanced its sustainability goals in 2023 by developing recyclable label solutions, as outlined in the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment 2024 Progress Report.

January 15, 2025

Bio-based

Brown is the New Green: Lamb Weston’s Recyclable Paper Fry Bag

Lamb Weston develops a paper bag for its frozen French fries that offers a grease and moisture barrier as well as durability and machinability, while still being recyclable.

January 14, 2025

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel, Returns to Retail

Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle.

January 8, 2025

Adhesives/tape

New CEO Takes Helm at Robatech Group

Robatech AG

Yves Ottiger assumes operational leadership at Robatech Group, succeeding Martin Meier, who led the company since 2018 and is going to continue to serve in an advisory role.

January 6, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #1: Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project

The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react?

January 5, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #3: Sprite Gets Naked, for Now

The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.

January 3, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made

The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.

December 29, 2024

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #9: McDonald's Drops Plastic for Four-Flap McFlurry Cup

The #9 most clicked article of 2024: Paper flaps around the paper-based cup's neck will serve as a closure, replacing the plastic lid and reducing single-use plastic to advance McDonald's sustainability goals.

December 27, 2024