Controls & machine components

RS Group Acquires Risoul

Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc, entered into an agreement to acquire Risoul y Cia, S.A. de C.V., a family-owned distributor of industrial and automation product and service solutions in Mexico.

August 11, 2022

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Sustainable Packaging

Single-use Plastics are Public Enemy #1 in California (Canada, too)

California bonked plastics and packaging on the head with a new law in late June.

August 11, 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

Weighing/combination scales

Automating Cannabis Pre-Rolls Supercharges Production

Cannabis producers are becoming more sophisticated just to keep up with demand. Nature’s Grace and Wellness took the pre-roll automation route to vault from 5,000 to 100,000 pre-rolls per week, and saved a lot of labor in the process.

August 11, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Award Finalists Reduce Waste, Increase Recyclability

These innovative packaging solutions bring uncanny and never-before-seen solutions to food and beverage, health and hygiene, agriculture, and other industries.

August 10, 2022

Sustainability

P&G, Coca-Cola, and McCormick Develop Innovative Recycling Practices

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recycling innovations by major brands including P&G, McCormick, and Coca-Cola from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

August 10, 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

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Examining the Intricacies of Containerized Cargo

After the disruptions brought on by COVID-19, forward-thinking companies are asking whether they know enough about containerized cargo.

August 9, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Bottler Unveils ‘U.S. First’ Paperboard Multipack

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages today unveiled a paperboard packaging system that replaces the plastic ring holders on can multipacks, the first of its kind in the United States according to the company.

August 9, 2022

Cartoning

Schubert to Expand North American Headquarters

Schubert North America

To enhance customer support, Schubert North America is expanding its North American headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

August 9, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Barry-Wehmiller Launches CARR Biosystems

Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc

To meet the demand of rapidly accelerating growth in the bioprocessing space, Barry-Wehmiller launched a new business, CARR Biosystems, that will focus on its long-standing centrifugal separation systems capabilities.

August 8, 2022