Sustainable Packaging

EPS-Free Packaging Passes the Test for Heavy, Fragile VELUX Windows

The shift to paper-based packaging from EPS for sustainability purposes is common these days, but it’s noteworthy in this case since the products are notoriously heavy, unwieldy, and highly breakable glass windows and frames.

June 13, 2022

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Shrink wrapping

Garrido Printing Equipment Opens Factory Training Center

Garrido USA

Garrido Printing Equipment, Inc. converted one of its warehouses into a FAT center where distributors and clients could send their technicians to get trained on the Garrido line of equipment as well as perform machinery testing prior to shipment.

June 14, 2022

Flow wrapping

ProMach Acquires Reepack

ProMach

The addition of Reepack helps ProMach continue expansion in the food packaging space and solidifies its status as a single-source supplier for protein-packaging automation.

June 14, 2022

Operational Excellence

How SaaS and MaaS Impact Industry

From lowering barriers to entry to changing capex and opex strategies, software and machines as-a-service are changing the business of technology and manufacturing.

June 10, 2022

Retail display packaging

Zeus Packaging Acquires Swanline Group and BoxMart

Zeus Packaging

Zeus Packaging, a global packaging solutions company acquired Swanline Group and its sister company, BoxMart.

June 10, 2022

Sustainability

Ranpak Holdings Corp. Announces Progress Towards Key ESG Targets

Ranpak

Ranpak, a manufacturer of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, released its 2021 ESG Impact Report showing it made significant progress in 2021 towards achieving its 2030 ESG targets.

June 10, 2022

Thermoform/fill/seal

Sinclair & Rush Acquires Indepak Corp.

Indepak

The acquisition will benefit customers from both companies, expanding opportunities in product lines, resources, and technical expertise.

June 9, 2022

Cartoning

N’Gai Merrill, Triangle COO, Selected as Crain’s Notable Executive of Color in Manufacturing

Triangle Package Machinery Company

As COO of Triangle, Merrill is responsible for driving operational excellence and increasing customer value by identifying and solving critical issues across the organization.

June 8, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Absolut Vodka Restages its Flavors Line in Bold Strokes

New packaging design aligns with the refresh of Absolut’s original vodka bottle, but adds a brushstroke of color to differentiate varieties as well as continue the company’s history of using the bottle as a canvas.

June 8, 2022

Workforce

Philipp Lenz Promoted to Technical Service Coordinator for SOMIC Packaging

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

A 15-year industry veteran, Lenz will serve as the technical advisor to customers with 24/7 online response for all troubleshooting and technical related questions.

June 8, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Produce Packaging Ripe for Innovation

From European plastic bans to consumers pushing for what they perceive to be more sustainable packaging, produce companies are finding ways to maintain or improve shelf life while contributing to a circular economy.

June 7, 2022

Flexible packaging

Volpak Announces Partnerships with Aranow and Cariba

Volpak

Volpak’s partnership with Aranow will expan its Enflex portfolio in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Its partnership with Cariba will strengthen their combined technological portfolios and packaging solutions.

June 7, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Levain Bakery Builds a Better E-commerce Box

A 200% increase in online orders driven by the pandemic impels NYC-based bakery to design a new shipper that better protects its famed but fragile chocolate-chip cookies, reduces the complexity of the packaging, and brings the brand to life.

June 6, 2022