Recycling

Digimarc and Wipak Partner to Create Sustainable Smart Packaging with Digital Watermarks

New packaging combines Digimarc's digital watermarks and Wipak’s printed film technology to enhance plastic recycling, improve efficiency, and unlock valuable data for brands.

June 28, 2024

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Adhesives/tape

Shurtape Blasts Off with Science Center's Exhibit

Shurtape Technologies

Tape manufacturer Shurtape supplies over 3,200 rolls for immersive space station climber made entirely of tape at Great Lakes Science Center's "TapeScape" exhibit in Cleveland.

June 28, 2024

Package Design

Neopac Wins Tube of the Year Award for World’s Smallest Child-Resistant Tube

Hoffmann Neopac AG

Noepac’s 10mm Polyfoil tube with child-resistant nozzle cap wins European Tube Manufacturers Association’s “Prototype” category.

June 27, 2024

Recycling

INEOS Becomes First Polymer Producer with Technology for Developing Recyclable Flexible Films

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe's multilayer, blown film line set to replace hard-to-recycle, multi-material packaging films and prevent a million tons of waste in landfills each year.

June 27, 2024

Containers & Closures

MRP Solutions Names Mark Shafer as CEO

MRP Solutions

Appointment of the industry veteran ushers in new phase of growth and innovation for MRP.

June 26, 2024

Cartoning

Rounded-Corner Carlsberg Multipack Reduces CO2 by 224 Tons

Carlsberg in Poland trials a new multipack format that uses rounded corners to reduce the use of shrink film on a pallet and offers 360-deg branding.

June 25, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

FPA Announces President & CEO Departure

Flexible Packaging Association

Keane steps down from her position after eight years as head of the Flexible Packaging Association, and the organization initiates a search for her replacement.

June 25, 2024

Containers & Closures

Sonoco Strengthens Metal Packaging Presence with $3.9 Billion Eviosys Acquisition

Sonoco

Sustainable packaging provider Sonoco Products Company expands its reach in the global metal packaging market by acquiring Eviosys, Europe's leading food can manufacturer.

June 25, 2024

Sustainability

Formerra and AFC Ecoplastics Forge New Path in Compostable Materials

Formerra

Certified compostable materials will help packaging meet growing eco-demands.

June 20, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Amazon Close to Eliminating All Plastic Air Pillows From Packaging

Amazon has replaced 95% of plastic air pillows in North American delivery packaging with 100% recycled paper filler, aiming to remove them completely by year-end.

June 20, 2024

Bio-based

2M Group of Companies, Huhtamaki, and Xampla Join Forces to Produce Plastic-Free Takeaway Boxes

2M Group of Companies

2M Group of Companies signs first commercial agreement to supply Xampla's plant-based Morro coating to Huhtamaki for its corrugate board foodservice containers.

June 19, 2024

Recycling

PureCycle's Ultra-Pure Recycled Resin Now Approved by FDA for All Food Packaging

PureCycle Technologies

FDA confirms PureCycle Technologies' PureFive™ Ultra-Pure Recycled resin is suitable for use in food containers, paving way for broader adoption of recycled plastic in food packaging.

June 18, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Live at drupa: Recycle-ready Barrier Paper, Mono-OPE Flexible Packs Await Infrastructure

Recyclable, mono-material, high-barrier substrates result from supply chain partnerships, from raw materials suppliers to converters and packaging machinery OEMs to brands. But the real barrier to recycling is a lack of curbside recycling infrastructure.

June 14, 2024