Flexible packaging

Ingredient ‘Explosion’ Puts Muesli Taste Front and Center

A blast of fruit, nut, and oat photography splashes across the packaging for a new muesli offering from U.K. brand Lizi’s to highlight flavor and taste.

July 10, 2020

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Protective/transport packaging

Mold-Rite Plastics to Expand Ohio Facility

MRP Solutions

Mold-Rite Plastics recently broke ground to begin construction on an addition to its manufacturing facility in Twinsburg, Ohio.

July 9, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

TC Transcontinental Introduces Sustainability Web Section

TC Transcontinental Inc.

TC Transcontinental Packaging’s website now features a section on sustainability. It offers steps that brands and CPGs need to know to achieve their sustainability objectives.

July 8, 2020

Containers

Kombucha Calls on Champagne Bottle for Sophistication

Kombucha maker L.A Brewery launches a new variety that is ‘reminiscent of a wildflower champagne’ in taste and in its packaging aesthetic.

July 8, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nanographic Press Arrives in California

It appears that Landa Digital Printing is making good on its promise that this will be a year for multiple installations of its innovative S10 Nanographic press.

July 8, 2020

Labels

Jones Soda Labels Convey ‘Messages of Hope’ Amidst COVID-19

Six limited-edition label designs for the U.S. and six for Canada convey the spirit of resilience that has emerged during the coronavirus crisis.

July 7, 2020

Flexibles

CP Flexible Packaging Acquires Genpak Flexible

CP Flexible Packaging Solutions

CP Flexible Packaging acquired Genpak Flexible from The Jim Pattison Group.

July 7, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Reduced Material E-comm Play for N.A.E., Henkel's Organic Beauty Brand

Henkel’s organic-certified beauty brand N.A.E. (Naturale Antica Erboristeria) is piloting an Amazon-backed e-commerce project that features reduced packaging material and optimized supply chain methods.

July 7, 2020

Sustainability

WestRock Hires Senior Vice President of Science and Innovation

Smurfit Westrock

Rajiv Banavali was appointed Senior Vice President of Science and Innovation at WestRock Co. He will focus on building materials science capabilities that can be used as the basis for creating new products, processes, and services across the company.

July 6, 2020

Additives, coatings & inks

Chroma Color Corp. Acquires Epolin Chemicals LLC

Chroma Corp.

Chroma Color Corp.’s acquisition of Epolin Chemicals LLC, a manufacturer of near-infrared absorbing dyes and thermoplastic compounds, will help expands its product offerings in targeted growth markets.

July 6, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Five U.S. Packaging Bills Under Consideration

While each one of the five proposed bills taps into elements valuable to advancing a circular economy for packaging, none provides a complete strategy across the entire recycling system.

July 6, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Placon Launches New Website

Placon

Placon launched its new company website on July 1, 2020. It was designed to incorporate a new shopping cart designated for customer sample requests, making it easier for customers to search, sort, and find stock products.

July 6, 2020

Flexible packaging

COVID-19 Might Forever Change the Service Provider/End-User Relationship

Through the years, I have seen a variety of events and situations cause changes in the packaging industry.

July 6, 2020