Capping

Arol North America Names Vice President and General Manager

Benedito Pinto has assumed the role of General Manager and Vice President for Arol North America after Steve Locker retired at the beginning of 2021.

February 9, 2021

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Digital Printing

Colordyne Technologies and Neenah Performance Materials Form Partnership

Colordyne Technologies

Colordyne Technologies and Neenah Performance Materials are joining efforts to offer customers the latest advancements in digital print.

February 8, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

D2C Proteins' Thermal Insulation Sits at the Intersection of E-Comm and Sustainability

This e-comm startup hit the big time only a couple of months ago. A big step in getting there was bolstering its package sustainability profile to better align with its brand positioning.

February 8, 2021

Case erect/seal

WestRock Earns Top Marks in HRC’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Smurfit Westrock

WestRock earned 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual assessment of LGBTQ workplace equality.

February 8, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

RLC Releases Report on Fixing Recycling in the U.S.

Consumer Brands Association

The Recycling Leadership Council (RLC), a broad coalition of stakeholders brought together to identify the federal government’s role in fixing the U.S. recycling system, released the Blueprint for America’s Recycling System.

February 5, 2021

Sustainability

Jones Family of Companies Hires Senior Vice President of Operations

Jones Family of Companies

Mike Jewell was hired as Senior Vice President of Operations for the Jones Family of Companies.

February 5, 2021

Sustainability

Krones Joins the EU’s Circular Economy Initiative

Krones, Inc.

The Krones Group joined the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.

February 4, 2021

Thermoform/fill/seal

Multivac Appoints Vice President of Subsidiary Operations

MULTIVAC Inc.

Philipp Losinger was appointed Vice President of Subsidiary Operations in the Corporate Sales & Marketing division at Multivac. He is responsible for the management and strategic development of the subsidiaries in Africa, the Arab Emirates, and Oceania.

February 4, 2021

Converting equipment

Stretch Blow Molding Machine Lne Increases Product Range

PET Technologies offers wide range of blow molding machines for PET market producers to blow PET bottles formats from 0.1 to 6.0 liters.

February 3, 2021

Cartoning

ProMach Acquires Serpa Packaging Solutions

ProMach

The acquisition of Serpa Packaging Solutions expands ProMach’s secondary packaging solutions for pharmaceutical applications and enhances its turnkey line integration capabilities.

February 2, 2021

Sustainability

Packadore Collective Rethinks Packaging Closures

Packadore Collective

SGK Anthem, Vrijdag Premium Printing, Generous Minds, Neurensics, Kurz, Merck, and Haval joined forces under the name Packadore Collective to design a reusable packaging closure—Cap Off.

February 2, 2021

Coding/marking

Domino North America Appoints Director of Marketing

Domino North America

Nikki Johnson was appointed Director of Marketing for Domino North America.

February 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Annie's Organics and Post-Consumer Recycled Content

General Mills Inc.

Pat Keenan, organic snack producer, talks with Matt Reynolds about his brand, Annie's, and the journey to achieve sustainable cereal bag liner using post-consumer recycled content.

February 2, 2021