Flexible packaging

Alliance Rubber Co. Named Best Large Company to Work For

Alliance Rubber Co., a global supplier of rubber bands, office, and packaging supplies, was chosen as The Best Large Company to Work for by The Sentinel-Record’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

May 23, 2022

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 381

E-commerce/D2C packaging

D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement

Micah Heftman hadn’t heard the acronym SIOC (ships in own container) when he designed a shoebox for his footwear. He just wanted to avoid a ‘box within a box’ experience. Only when he heard about SIOC did he realize there was a name for his pack design.

May 23, 2022

Robotics

Precision Automation Celebrates 75 Years of Business

Precision Automation Company, Inc.

2021 marked a milestone anniversary for the Precision Automation® organization as it celebrated 75 years of business. Fred Rexon Sr. began the business by putting a lathe and a drill press in his garage, making parts for local companies.

May 23, 2022

Robotics

Soft Robotics Expands Commercial Focus for its Artificial Intelligence Technology

Oxipital AI

Soft Robotics Inc. expanded commercial focus for its mGripAI™ artificial intelligence-enabled picking solutions to target the consumer goods, E-commerce, and logistics industries.

May 20, 2022

Plastics/resins

Milk-Bone Rebrand Affirms That ‘Life’s More Fun with a Dog’

Leading dog treats brand Milk-Bone refreshes its look, wrangling 80 dogs in a photo shoot to capture the most tail-wagging, smile-inducing images for its iconic red packaging.

May 19, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live from Circularity 22: Grove Collaborative Continues to Push ‘Beyond Plastic’

Danielle Jezienicki, Senior Director of Sustainability for Grove, shares how the company’s ambition to be plastic-free is the first step toward a circular economy.

May 18, 2022

Controls & machine components

CoreTigo Launches its North America Operations

CoreTigo

Following its success in international industrial markets, CoreTigo expanded into the North America market with the opening of a USA-based entity and office, CoreTigo Inc., in Grand Rapids, Mich.

May 18, 2022

Cup/tray filling/depositing/sealing

Rob Mogren Joins UltraSource LLC as Chief Financial Officer

UltraSource

Mogren comes to UltraSource with significant meat and food industry experience and financial expertise.

May 18, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Dutch Bakery’s E-Comm Pack Keeps Cakes Cool

E-commerce is hard enough for durable, shelf-stable products. It's even trickier for cakes, etc., that need to maintain a temperature of less than 7°C (45°F) while out for delivery. Here's how a popular Dutch bakery and e-tailer sustainably made it work.

May 18, 2022

Sustainability

Graphic Packaging’s Award-winning Hybrid Packaging Delivers on Sustainability

Graphic Packaging International

Since its launch in 2020, the PaperSeal® range of trays from Graphic Packaging International has proven it can satisfy the growing imperative for packaging to have greater circularity and be more sustainable.

May 17, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Sacmi Group Posts Record Revenues

SACMI

Consolidated revenues of more than 1.53 billion euros, up almost 40% on 2020, with sales and orders returning to pre-COVID levels.

May 17, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Slideways Names R.C. Turk its Florida Representative

Slideways, Inc.

Slideways, manufacturer of custom and standard plastic components for packaging machines and conveyor systems, named R. C. Turk its representative for Florida.

May 16, 2022

Robotics

RōBEX’s Robotic Automation Expo a Success

RōBEX

Cal Bowers, VP of Growth for RōBEX, estimated that 270 manufacturing customers, potential clients, industry partners, educators, and students attended the 3rd annual 2-day technology demonstration at RōBEX headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio.

May 16, 2022