Flexibles

Bagger, Combination Weigher Improve BBQ Wood Chip Production by 118%

With labor being tight and unreliable, improved automation was the answer for this popular BBQ wood chip brand. But it took a special combination of bagger and weigher to withstand the hot Texas heat, and stand up to a less-than-free-flowing product.

June 22, 2021

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 449

Sustainability

PakTech Named One of the Top Innovative Food Companies to Watch in 2021

PakTech

PakTech Named One of the Top Innovative Food Companies to Watch in 2021 by CIOCoverage magazine.

June 21, 2021

Sustainability

Diaper Balm Tube Enables Mess-Free Application, Inspires Children’s Creativity

A fully recyclable push-up paperboard tube not only allows both parent and toddler to easily apply product, but also encourages play and can be reused in clever ways.

June 21, 2021

Flow wrapping

BW Flexible Systems to Open Technical Center in EMEA

BW Flexible Systems

BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, will open a new Technical Centre of Excellence in Nottingham by the end of June to expand its presence across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

June 18, 2021

Robotics

New Era of High-Performance Actuation to Enable Simpler, Safer, and More Productive Robots and Machines

This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.

June 18, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Kellogg Says Embracing E-Commerce Helped it Weather the Pandemic

Digital Commerce 360

Kellogg says its ecommerce investments over the past two years helped it respond quickly and seize opportunities when lockdowns related to COVID-19 sent online grocery sales to record levels.

June 18, 2021

Contract Packaging

CPA Releases Their 2021 State of the Industry Report Amid Industry Growth

Association for Contract Packagers & Manufacturers (CPA)

Contract Packaging Growth, Insights, Research, and Perspectives

June 17, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

Care Kits Supplement Telehealth for Medicare Patients and More

57% of Americans with chronic conditions delayed healthcare and experienced a gap in care due to COVID-19, per a recent study. Aetna and other companies are shipping kits with specially curated products to offer self-care or supplement telehealth visits.

June 17, 2021

Plastics/resins

P&G Designs Packaging for the Visually Impaired

Tactile notching on PET bottles of Procter & Gamble’s bio:renew shampoos and conditioners goes a long way toward helping consumers with impaired vision differentiate one product from another.

June 17, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Beverage Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Trends on Plastic Packaging

Plastic has become an issue for consumers, particularly related to plastic waste in the environment. This directly impacts the beverage industry, which is made up of 45% rigid plastic packaging, only 25% of which ends up being recycled in the US.

June 17, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Wisconsin-based beverage co-packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.

June 17, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Expands Frustration-Free Packaging Programs to Include Smaller Eligible Product Sizes

The Frustration-Free Packaging Programs Incentive Expansion, announced June 1, 2021 for North America and following later this year in Europe, has expanded its product size range downward, to include ASINs starting as small as 6 x 4 x 0.375 ins.

June 16, 2021

Cartoning

IMA Group’s Virtual Event Recap

IMA Group

IMA Group’s Make the Most in the Choco & Confectionery Market virtual meeting held May 27-28 featured live sessions about stand-alone machines and complete lines for gums, candies, coated sweets, chocolate & bars, from processing to palletizing.

June 16, 2021