Flexible packaging

BAR-U-EAT First to Offer BPI-Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers

The film structure is a lamination of a cellulosic-based film and a compostable sealant web with LLDPE properties. The commercially compostable plant-based materials come from a wood cellulose from FSC-certified, sustainably managed forests and corn.

February 9, 2023

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Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

KHS Offers Conversion of Its Shrink Tunnels to Alternative Sources of Energy

KHS USA

KHS provides individual solutions for its customers with flexible conversions to electricity, natural, or liquid gas.

February 10, 2023

Contract Packaging

Bush Brothers' Tiered Strategy for CM/CP Partnerships

Robby Martin from Bush Brothers uses a layered approach to contract packaging on a new multipack project. He explains the testing and scaling phases of commercialization with several different CM&P partners, and why up-front transparency is crucial.

February 9, 2023

Retail display packaging

James Kotek to Retire as Menasha President, CEO; Christopher Drees Appointed Successor

Menasha Packaging Company

Kotek will retire from his position in March. The Menasha Corp. Board of Directors appointed Christopher Drees to succeed Kotek effective March 13, 2023. Drees will join the Menasha Corp. board on that date.

February 9, 2023

Sustainability

Greif Announces Rebrand of Product Circularity Program

Greif, Inc.

Rebranded program demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to giving customers’ packaging new life, by helping to divert waste from landfills and reach zero waste, circularity, and emissions targets.

February 9, 2023

Contract Packaging

Teamvantage Launches New Parent Company: Velosity

Velosity unifies and represents the entire family of brands and full spectrum of end-to-end solutions.

February 8, 2023

Thermoform/fill/seal

Packaging Equipment for Pre-Made Trays, Cups, and Bowls

Discover if pre-made trays, cups, and bowls are right for your product line and what equipment is needed to to run these packaging types.

February 8, 2023

Sustainability

Kamps, Inc. Completes First Circular Green Loan for a U.S. Pallet Organization

Kamps, Inc.

Kamps amended its senior credit facility to introduce Green Loan provisions, executing the first Green Loan for a pallet company in the United States.

February 8, 2023

Sustainability

Metsä Board Announces Its Better with Less – Design Challenge Winners

Metsä Board

The winners of the international challenge presented simple, elegant, and circular packaging solutions.

February 8, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging’s Most Versatile, Sustainable Option

What would packaging look like if virgin plastics were made illegal?

February 7, 2023

Operational Excellence

Plastic Use Grows Slightly in 2024 Projections

Plastic packaging is here to stay across global categories and is even expected to increase in use by 2024.

February 7, 2023

Controls & machine components

New Service from Pilz Evaluates Machine Safety

Pilz Automation Safety, LP

Companies can obtain a simple, fast overview of the safety and conformity status of their machines via a dashboard with Pilz’s Machinery Safety Evaluation (MSE) service.

February 7, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Listerine Advances More Sustainable Oral Care Packaging

New Listerine Cool Mint Zero Alcohol Concentrate Refills in a 100-mL PET bottle use 60% less plastic when compared to a standard 500-mL bottle of Listerine while providing the same benefits.

January 24, 2023