Plastics/resins

Protective Packaging Demand Grows During Pandemic

Consumer demand for protective and hygienic packaging during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new innovations in the areas of sleeve, film, and cardboard coatings.

March 24, 2021

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Sustainability

Ranpak Paper Packaging Products Receive FSC Certification

Ranpak

Ranpak Holdings’ European manufacturing facilities obtained a Chain of Custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). All Ranpak packaging products produced for the European, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific markets will be FSC certified.

March 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Food Grade Recycled Plastics In Latin America

A digital event of Latin American experts recently organized by CMT (Centre for Management Technology) gave us an in-depth view into regional strides in regulating the use of recycled materials in food grade packaging.

March 23, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Craft Brew—Filling, Cartoning Beer in Iceland

When Bruggsmiðjan Kaldi Brewery was launched in 2006 in the small town of Árskógssandur in the north of Iceland, glass bottles were of course the format.

March 23, 2021

Sustainability

Take Two Foods’ Aseptic Packaging Gives “Upcycled” Barley New Life

Longer retail shelf life and the ability to sell online support this 21st-century company’s mission to extend spent barley’s value in a plant-based milk that fits today’s consumer health demands.

March 23, 2021

Operational Excellence

The Consumer Behavior of Plastics and Recycling in America

How consumers perceive a company may have a lot to do with its plastics and recycling initiatives. And enticing the consumer to fulfill their end of the recycling cycle may inevitably fall back on the brand.

March 22, 2021

Weighing/combination scales

Mettler-Toledo Offers Testing of Products Prior to Purchase

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection

Mettler’s application test center enables companies considering adding new inspection systems to their operations to test-run their own products on Mettler-Toledo systems to ensure they are choosing the correct systems to get the results they need.

March 22, 2021

Operational Excellence

ISTA Forum Focuses on Packaging for Transport, and Temp Controlled Packaging

International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)

The 2021 Virtual ISTA Forum, including TransPack and TempPack, will be held on Tuesday, March 30th and Wednesday, March 31st.

March 22, 2021

Converting equipment

PCMC Names President of Global Operations

Paper Converting Machine Co.

Stan Blakney was named President of Global Operations for Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC) — a division of Barry-Wehmiller. In addition to leading the company’s U.S. business, he now will assume leadership of operations in Italy and Serbia.

March 22, 2021

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

ActionPak, Inc. Completes Rooftop Solar Power Installation on New Jersey Facility

ActionPak

ActionPak, Inc. completed the196 kW rooftop solar installation on its new 175,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art packaging facility located in Camden, N.J.

March 22, 2021

Flexibles

Emirates Printing Press Wins Three Gold Awards from Flexible Packaging Association

Emirates Printing Press, Dubai

Of the 11 Gold Achievement Awards handed out in the 2021 FPA Awards Competition, three were won by Emirates Printing Press of the United Arab Emirates.

March 21, 2021

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Hartz Mountain liquid filling line upgrade features unscrambling through case packing

From unscrambling straight through to case packing, this versatile new line features filling and capping out of Italy and a small-footprint case packer from Germany for a variety of pet shampoo SKUs.

March 20, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Corona Launches Pilot Beer Pack Made from Surplus Barley

Using new technology, this circular process repurposes surplus barley into recyclable packaging material for six-packs.

March 20, 2021