Plastics/resins

Danimer Scientific, Chevron Phillips Expand Collaboration to Include Application Developments for Polymers

The collaboration will explore several high-volume polymer applications, taking advantage of cost and performance of Danimer’s Rinnovo materials.

September 21, 2023

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Sustainability

Coca-Cola HBC Austria Replacing Plastic Handles with Corrugated

Coca-Cola HBC Austria and sustainable fiber-based packaging company DS Smith PLC are collaborating to replace plastic handles for 1.5-liter PET soft drink multipacks with corrugated-based outer packaging.

September 21, 2023

Robotics

ABB Expands Education Offering With Launch of Industrial Education Robot

ABB Robotics

ABB Robotics’ IRB 1090 industrial education robot, authenticated by STEM.org, is designed to upskill students and provide them with a competitive advantage in securing employment.

September 20, 2023

Conveying & accumulation

Morrison Container Handling, Tronics Forge Transcontinental Partnership to Expand Container Handling Product Lines

Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Morrison Container Handling Solutions announces the expansion of its brand into Australia, through a new partnership with Tronics, an Aldus brand.

September 20, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Sainsbury's, Quilted Northern, and Flawsome Swap for Sustainable Packaging Materials

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging material changes for sustainability by Sainsbury's, Quilted Northern, and Flawsome from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

September 19, 2023

Operational Excellence

Every Body Eat Awarded $50,000 Grant at the Emerging Brands Summit

The Emerging Brands Alliance awarded a $50,000 grant to Whole & Free Foods LLC (Every Body Eat®) at the 2023 Emerging Brands Summit on September 10 in Las Vegas. The juried grant award will assist with the purchase of packaging or processing machinery.

September 18, 2023

Sustainability

Recyclable Thermoform Selected for Sliced, Cured Meats

St. Louis-based Volpi foods switches to a fully recyclable fiber-based thermoform tray with a removable film layer for its dry, cured meats.

September 18, 2023

Home

Digital Press Expands R.R. Donnelley’s Capabilities Into Corrugated Packaging

The installation of the single-pass digital inkjet printer will reduce RRD’s time to market by 25%, maximize the color spectrum, and prioritize sustainability on large-format runs.

September 16, 2023

Plastics/resins

Sabic and Partners Introduce First In-Mold Labeling Solution

SABIC

Sabic partnered with Taghleff and Karydakis to demonstrate the use of certified renewable PP resins in high quality mono-PP thin-wall container packaging without compromising quality, processability, safety, or convenience.

September 15, 2023

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Middleby Food Processing Opens a New Facility in Florida

Middleby Food Processing Group

Middleby Food Processing’s 68,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art facility will house two of its filling and depositing brands as well as an Innovation Center.

September 15, 2023

Converting equipment

R&D Leverage Europe Expands to Add Injection Blow Molding Services

R&D/Leverage

September 15, 2023

Flexibles

Tyson Launches Recycle-Ready Pack for Egg Products

This ‘first-to-market’ package for Jimmy Dean egg bites and frittatas uses a mono-material flexible film construction that is store drop-off recyclable.

September 15, 2023

Home

E-commerce Baggers Run Both Poly and Paper

PAC Machinery’s order fulfillment baggers emphasize flexible bag sizes and sustainability.

September 14, 2023