Sustainability

Matthew Glaser Named Senior Director, Industry Engagement for Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)

He will serve as director for PLASTICS’ Processors Council, managing all activities of the council, enhancing member benefits, and integrating broader association strategy regarding advocacy, communication, engagement, and sustainability.

November 30, 2022

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Workforce

Students Explore Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO International

Students offered advice to attract future professionals like them as they got hands-on with packaging and processing at PACK EXPO International.

November 30, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Are Plastic Neutrality and Carbon Offsets Effective?

In an exclusive interview, Tru Earth CEO Brad Liski explains why these programs are not the right strategies for solving the plastic waste crisis.

November 30, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Pivoting Wire Belt Conveyor for Rejected Bakery Product

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built a 9 ft x 42 in. sanitary food-grade stainless steel wire belt conveyor with a pivoting discharge end. The pivot is used to dump batches of rejected bakery product from proceeding down the line.

November 29, 2022

Home

Ultra-Versatile, Modular Cup Filling System

The modular design of Synerlink’s Versatech cup-filling system enables it to handle a potentially ‘infinite’ range of cup sizes, styles, and materials, while its automatic slat changing technology allows for format changes in just 20 min.

November 29, 2022

Robotics

Delta ModTech Unveils Innovations at 2022 Technology Showcase

Delta ModTech

Delta ModTech and Frontier recently hosted the 2022 Technology Showcase, unveiling several new innovations and demonstrating them on-site in their Ramsey facility.

November 29, 2022

Sustainability

Honeywell and Environ to Advance Plastics Circularity in Egypt

Honeywell

Honeywell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries with the aim of advancing plastics recycling in the country.

November 29, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Collaborations Focus on Plastic’s Sustainability Progress

I considered making this column a call for the establishment of a new sustainability collaborative. But so many apparently capable ones exist, I've changed my mind. Here are some important ones to keep an eye on.

November 29, 2022

Thermoform/fill/seal

Advice About Vacuum Thermoformed Packaging

Don’t get caught in a knowledge vacuum about this major way of producing plastic packaging.

November 29, 2022

Sustainability

Coalition of Steel Canned Food Companies Donates Food to Floridians Affected by Hurricane

Canned Good

The Canned Good Coalition, developed by steel food manufacturers and canned food companies, donated near 80,480 pounds of fruits, vegetables, and beans in steel cans to those that were affected by Hurricane Ian.

November 29, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Blond and Dizzie, Olive, EcoEnclose Develop Sustainable E-Commerce Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of e-commerce packaging innovations from Blond and Dizzie, Olive, and EcoEnclose from ThePackHub’s October Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 28, 2022

Operational Excellence

Will Digitalization Replace Sustainability as a Focus for Packagers?

As CPGs’ future growth increasingly depends on their ability to mitigate the effects of inflation on the supply chain, digitalization may overtake sustainability as a key driver.

November 28, 2022

Labels

Joseph Weber Jr., Past President and CEO of Weber Packaging, Passes Away

Weber Packaging Solutions

Weber saw the potential of the company founded by his father and spent his life building one of the premier labeling companies in the world. He passed away on October 17, 2022.

November 28, 2022