Sustainable Packaging

Online forum on sustainability and design

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers has announced that it will host a global online Packaging Exchange focused on addressing sustainable packaging issues and package design considerations to improve sustainability and reduce waste.

June 7, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1012

Protective/transport packaging

Absorbent pad for soft fruit

Elliott Absorbents’ Berry-Sorb fruit absorbent pad, designed specifically to aid the long term freshness and appeal of soft fruits, such as raspberries and blackberries, combines cushioning, with a 150 gsm dual ply absorbent cellulose applied to a totally absorbent, yet sealed, topcoat.

June 7, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tom Schneider elected WPO president

During its first board meeting of 2011 at Interpack in Dusseldorf, Germany, the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) unanimously elected Thomas L. Schneider, CPP, as WPO's new President for 2012-2014.

June 6, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Dow pilots recycled plastic-to-energy system

Scrap film is incinerated to recover 96% of available energy, equivalent to 11.1 million BTUs of natural gas.

June 6, 2011

Flexibles

CCL Industries announces organization change

CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in the development of labeling solutions and specialty packaging for the consumer products and healthcare industries, announced today that Gaston Tano, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has tendered his resignation to accept a new position, in a similar capacity, at a consumer products company in the private sector and will be leaving CCL at the beginning of August following the release of the Company's second quarter earnings.

June 6, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability initiatives exceed expectations, businesses say

New survey shows that sustainability is becoming an integrated part of the majority of business operations today, providing benefits such as lower costs and an improved brand.

June 3, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability is toughest packaging challenge today, survey reveals

An online survey conducted by DuPont finds that worldwide, one of the biggest goals of CPGs and packaging converters to reduce their package’s environmental footprint.

June 2, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nutrilite rides 'K-Line Express' to big benefits

Rotary labeler and employee input help California facility reap major gains in line productivity.

June 1, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Induction sealing requires coordination

There are too many variables to keep a lid on, unless all parties are kept in the loop.

June 1, 2011

Sustainability

Coke-backed program in Latin America integrates informal waste recyclers

Program integrates informal waste collectors into the formal recycling market to improve their economic and social situation.

June 1, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Frito-Lay facility receives LEED Gold existing building certification

PepsiCo’s Modesto, CA, snack plant becomes the first food manufacturing plant in the state to achieve LEED Gold certification for an existing building.

June 1, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Morrison Container Handling Solutions added as a title sponsor for Colin Powell talk at PACK EXPO

Tickets are on sale now for Gen. Colin Powell’s address at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011, “Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust & Values.” Morrison Container Handling Solutions has signed on as a title sponsor.

June 1, 2011

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Tabletop bagging machines demonstrate flexibility in healthcare packaging

Video from Automated Packaging Systems shows a side-by-side comparison of two low- to mid-volume tabletop bagging machines.

May 31, 2011