Robotics

Six-Axis Robots Gently Depalletize, Clean Cosmetics Bottles

Italian contract manufacturer Cosmint installs a new robotic depalletizing cell designed to clean and manipulate high-end, preprinted cosmetic bottles without leaving a scratch.

August 15, 2022

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Digital Printing

Colordyne’s Open House Focuses on Hybrid Printing Technology

Colordyne Technologies

Colordyne Technologies welcomed visitors to its new Inkjet Innovation Center at its corporate headquarters in Brookfield, Wis.

August 12, 2022

Sustainability

WestRock to Acquire Remaining Interest in Grupo Gondi

Smurfit Westrock

WestRock entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining interest in Grupo Gondi. Upon completion of the transaction, Westrock will enhance its growth in Latin American containerboard, paperboard, and consumer and corrugated packaging markets.

August 11, 2022

Sustainability

Avery Dennison’s Next Generation AD CleanFlake Technology Enables Rigid Plastic Recycling

Avery Dennison

It will provide brands and converters solutions that support recycling processes without compromising performance to meet sustainability goals.

August 10, 2022

Robotics

Ease-of-Use, Programming are Table Stakes for Palletizing Robots

Seventy-five percent of CPGs are now using robotics for end-of-line packaging operations. A new palletizer from Iris Factory Automation using a Kawasaki robot meets the growing need for robotics that are flexible and simple to operate.

August 10, 2022

Flexible packaging

Atlapac, TIPA Partner to Produce Fully Compostable Packaging for Retail

TIPA Compostable Packaging

TIPA, a compostable packaging supplier, and Atlapac, a packaging manufacturer and distributor, announced their partnership to manufacture fully compostable, flexible packaging mailers for Atlapac’s premium fashion and retail customers.

August 10, 2022

Protective/transport packaging

Predictive Technology Is the Future of Cold Chain

Insights provided at the ISTA Forum 2022 indicate that predictive technology for cold chain is becoming available, though challenges with the new process must be remediated.

August 8, 2022

Robotics

Case-Packing Robots Boast Flexibility, Efficiency, and Speed

Nearly half of CPGs in a new study report using robots for secondary packaging processes. New robot technology for club-store packaging and for case packing of containers and lids gives them new options.

August 8, 2022

Sustainability

Landa Opens European Ink Facility

Landa Digital Printing

Landa Digital Printing opened a consumables manufacturing facility in Sittard, The Netherlands, enabling it to double consumables production and support the rapid growth in demand for ink due to soaring customer print volumes.

August 4, 2022

Plastics/resins

Southwest Sixth Beverages Opens Co-packing Facility in Nebraska

Southwest Sixth Beverages, LLC

Southwest Sixth Beverages, LLC opened a co-packing facility in Lincoln, Neb.

August 2, 2022

Sustainability

Honeywell Technology to be Used in Plastics Recycling Plant in China

Honeywell

China Tianying Inc. (CNTY) will apply Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in its planned plastics recycling factory in Jiangsu Province.

August 1, 2022

Sustainability

Max Solutions Opens Manufacturing Facility in Pennsylvania

Max Solutions, Inc.

Max Solutions, Inc., a differentiated specialty packaging platform founded in 2021, announces the opening of its first facility in Bristol, Pa.

August 1, 2022

Sustainability

Procter & Gamble, Kraft, and Nestlé Improve Recycling Practices

ThePackHub

See a few examples of major companies' recycling improvements from ThePackHub’s July Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

July 31, 2022