Flexible packaging

Entries Open for 2022 Packaging Innovation Awards

The entry period for the 2022 Packaging Innovation Awards is now open.

June 28, 2022

Materials: Page 99

Sustainability

World’s First Tequila in Paperboard ‘Bag-in-Bottle’ Design

Distilled in Jalisco, Mexico, and launching in Sweden, Buen Vato is the world’s first tequila in a bottle-shaped paperboard container and 750-mL metalized PET pouch, made from 84% recycled material.

June 28, 2022

Secondary Packaging

New Stretch Wrapper for Closet Works Shuts the Door on Freight Damage

A new portable stretch wrapper with roping device helps custom closet company Closet Works reduce damaged shipments from one per week to one or less a month.

June 27, 2022

Retail display packaging

Point-of-Purchase Displays: A Guide to Increasing Sales

POP displays are increasingly popping up in brand-owners’ strategic planning

June 27, 2022

Sustainability

Documentary Showcases Graphic Packaging’s Commitment to Sustainability

Graphic Packaging International

The short film reflects on Graphic Packaging International’s participation in an initiative called Vision 2045.

June 20, 2022

Sustainability

Jeffrey Prosinski Appointed to Michelman Board of Directors

Michelman Inc.

Prosinski is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at J.M. Huber Corp.

June 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Companies Innovate With Compostable and Bio-Based Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of naturally sourced and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s June Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

June 20, 2022

Flexibles

FPA Announces 2022 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge Winners

Flexible Packaging Association

This year’s first and second place winners were teams of students from the University of Wisconsin – Stout under the direction of Gary Borges, Lecturer. There was also one honorable mention awarded for the 2022 competition.

June 17, 2022

Sustainability

BoxMaker University Summer Camp Returns on July 11-15

The BoxMaker, Inc.

The 2nd Annual BoxMaker University Summer Camp virtual event will feature several free webinars and five days of curated digital resource bundles, each focused on a different topic of packaging.

June 17, 2022

Sustainability

Sabic, UPM Raflatac Launch Label Materials Made from Certified Circular Ocean Bound Plastic

SABIC

Sabic joined an innovative project with value chain partners to help UPM Raflatac launch a packaging label material made from SABIC®certified circular PP based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP).

June 16, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Planning Your E-Comm Package’s Funeral: Considerations for Designing for End of Life

Fuseneo’s Brent Lindberg advises E-Pack Europe attendees on how to design packaging for composting, reuse, and especially recycling, rather than for burial in a landfill.

June 15, 2022

Flexible packaging

2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards Open for Entries

World Packaging Organisation

WPO (World Packaging Organisation) announces that submitting entries for WorldStar 2023 is now open and closes on October 20, 2022.

June 15, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Amazon: Transformational Change in E-comm Packaging Begins Upstream

At E-Pack Europe 2022, Amazon’s Jeremy Long explains how true innovation around e-commerce packaging requires an upstream strategy that involves both the product and the packaging.

June 14, 2022