Recycling

Metsä Board's QR Code with Recycling Information for its Delivery Packaging Materials

Metsä Board utilizes QR codes to provide customers with easy access to recycling information for each component.

January 24, 2025

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Adhesives/tape

Robatech USA Enhances West Coast Sales & Service

Robatech AG

Robatech USA, Inc. strengthens customer support by establishing direct sales and service operations on the West Coast, ending a long-standing distribution partnership.

January 23, 2025

Recycling

U.S. PET Bottle Recycling Rate Reaches 30-Year High

According to NAPCOR’s ‘2023 PET Recycling Report,’ the U.S. PET bottle recycling rate increased 4% from 2022 and is the highest rate since 1996.

January 22, 2025

Recycling

Plastics Liability Paradigm Shift

California sues Exxon Mobil, alleging it misled the public about the recyclability of plastics and contributed to the plastic pollution crisis, echoing past tobacco litigation.

January 22, 2025

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

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