Flexible packaging

Scholle IPN to be Acquired by SIG

Scholle IPN, a supplier of flexible packaging solutions, has agreed to be acquired by SIG, an aseptic carton packaging company.

February 3, 2022

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Sustainable Packaging

The Risks to Brands of Not Doing Enough

A new scorecard from As You Sow details where brands are with their 2025 commitments around reducing plastic packaging and the risks associated with not meeting their goals.

February 3, 2022

Cartoning

Schubert-Consulting’s Michael Graf Discusses Processes Relating to Product Packaging

Schubert North America

In an interview with Michael Graf, Director Consulting, Schubert Consulting, a division of Schubert Packaging Systems, he discusses how the company supports customers in meeting current and future market requirements.

February 3, 2022

Cartons and boxes

Amcor Launches Paper-based Packaging Products

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor launches the AmFiber platform of paper-based packaging products designed to help redefine the capabilities of traditional paper packaging by providing a wider range of features and functional benefits to meet the changing needs of consumers.

February 2, 2022

Flexible packaging

Volpak Offers Packaging Solutions for the Growing Pet Food Industry

Volpak

To help the pet food industry deal with growth challenges, Volpak offers packaging solutions both for pre-made pouch packaging and f/f/s machines.

February 2, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Chobani Dips Toes into Paper Packaging Trend

Chobani says its new paper cup marks a milestone in its efforts to reduce plastic use and put more sustainable packaging on shelves across America.

February 2, 2022

Shrink wrapping

Texwrap Joins the Contract Packaging Association to Further its Connections with Contract Packagers

Texwrap Packaging Systems

Joining the CPA organization positions Texwrap to better communicate information, disseminate ideas, and share application expertise with its contract packaging customers.

February 1, 2022

Flexible packaging

Brian Hodek Named Director of Food and Beverage for Glenroy Inc.

Glenroy, Inc.

As the Director of Food and Beverage, Hodek will lead the company to grow and expand its reach in the food and beverage industries.

February 1, 2022

Plastics/resins

Xampla Opens New Lab, Expands Key Teams

Xampla

Xampla, manufacturer of natural alternatives to single-use plastic, expanded its commercial and technical teams with the addition of seven new hires and opened a new Cambridge laboratory.

February 1, 2022

Capping

Cannabis Weighing System Accounts for Variable Container Weights

Container weight variability for the painted glass jars in this application made precision dosing of the expensive product difficult. Find out how a unique filling and weighing system overcame the problem.

January 31, 2022

Sustainability

Veritiv, Shinola Join NextWave Plastics to Scale Use of Ocean-Bound Plastics

Veritiv

Veritiv Corp.and Shinola join NextWave, a consortium of worldwide businesses committed to scaling the use of ocean-bound plastics by developing the first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains.

January 31, 2022

Workforce

Patrick Krieger Promoted to Vice President for Sustainability for PLASTICS

Plastics Industry Association

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) promoted Patrick Krieger to the newly created role of Vice President for Sustainability.

January 31, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Piab’s Food, Pharma Conveyors Focus on EU and U.S. Food Grade Compliance

Piab Group

Piab’s range of piFLOW® conveyors for the food and pharmaceutical industries—piFLOW®f, piFLOW®p, and piFLOW®t—all comply with the latest and most stringent standards regulating materials that come into contact with food.

January 31, 2022