Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Irish Spring Rebrands, Emphasizing Products’ ‘Smell from a Nice-Smelling Place’

Looking to appeal to a younger male consumer, Irish Spring updates its look, with a sleek new bottle shape that provides a canvas for travel poster-like images highlighting the refreshing destinations of Irish Spring.

April 19, 2022

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 387

Coding/marking

Domino North America Named One of 2022’s Best Places to Work in Illinois

Domino North America

This is Domino’s seventh acknowledgement, in the Medium employer category (100-399 U.S. employees). This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best places of employment in Illinois.

April 19, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart to Connect Suppliers with Brands for Sustainable Packaging Innovation

Walmart’s new Circular Connector platform allows suppliers to submit their sustainable packaging innovations for review and potential online publication for brands to consider.

April 19, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Sustainably Minded E-Commerce at Your Front Door

U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of the PackHub and Packaging World’s Matt Reynolds discuss real-world applications of e-commerce packaging focused on sustainability available today.

April 18, 2022

Flexible packaging

Live at PACK EXPO East: Flexible Packaging Machinery & Materials on the Brain

There was lots of interesting news on both the materials and machinery sides of the PACK EXPO East coin. We’ll look at a couple of pouchers and baggers and check out a commercialized monomaterial pouch for P&G’s Pantene Japan, done by Zacros.

April 15, 2022

Protective/transport packaging

10 Temperature Monitor Qualification Considerations

From the 2022 ISTA Forum TempPack: Panelists discussed the latest on temperature recording device (TRD) qualification, including dry ice and LCD screens, probes that disconnect, and what to consider before selecting a shipper integrated with a TRD.

April 15, 2022

Sustainability

Co-packer Deploys Packaging Innovations for Brita Premium Purified Water

B Water & Beverages works with Brita to design sustainable packaging for its first retail bottled water product that includes a sturdy, striking, refillable, recyclable aluminum bottle and a plastic-free paperboard carrier that is also fully recyclable.

April 13, 2022

Sustainability

Utz Group Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

Utz Group

Utz Group, a supplier of load and workpiece carriers made of recyclable plastic is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

April 13, 2022

Cartoning

Ralph Hernandez Retires from Triangle Package Machinery

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Ralph Hernandez, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will retire after 7 years with the company.

April 13, 2022

Protective/transport packaging

2022 ISTA Forum: Sustainability Highlights from Day 1

Live from ISTA Forum’s TempPack & TransPack: Transport packaging leaders offered tips and trends ranging from smart packaging to digitizing specification data to the need for educating consumers and regulators on the ramifications of packaging changes.

April 12, 2022

Sustainability

Tubes Answer the Call for More Sustainable Packaging Options

Packaging World’s Jim Chrzan and Packaging Digest’s Lisa McTigue Pierce met with Tube Council members to chart green milestones for paper tubes, mono-layer plastics, sugar cane, and recycled aluminum.

April 12, 2022

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Supply Chain’s Perfect Storm

In April of 2020, during the first wave COVID-19 shutdowns, I spoke with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO, Association for Supply Chain Management, about what to expect from the supply chain.

April 12, 2022

Flexible packaging

Jason Santamaria Named CEO of ABX

ABX

Effective immediately, Santamaria will replace Larry Goldstein who will be retiring.

April 12, 2022