Sustainable Packaging

P&G Fabric Care makes plastics reduction commitment

If successful, the reduction in plastic packaging by P&G Fabric Care in Europe by 2025 will be equivalent to one line of detergent bottles around the earth.

April 25, 2019

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 484

Sustainable Packaging

Creating sustainable aluminum

In case you missed it: catch up on the sixth in a series from the 2018 Sustainability in Packaging Europe conference.

April 25, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Mattel knows how to create a memorable unboxing experience

With 32% of toys in Europe bought on the internet, Elisa Pogliano, Mattel’s Digital and Omnichannel Director (EMEA), makes new rules for on-line marketing, packaging and shipping.

April 24, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Turnkey line loads pharma stick packs into flip-top boxes

As single-serve sachets continue to grow in healthcare, an equipment supplier develops a robotic packaging line designed for efficiency, precise handling/closing, and ergonomic line access.

April 23, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

'Gift worthiness' through packaging personalization

Mondelez succeeds at e-commerce by creating unique and highly profitable gifting moments.

April 22, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Albertsons pledges to reduce the use of plastics in its 2,300 stores

Goals around 100% recyclable, reusable, or industrially compostable packaging, the use of recycled content, and a decrease in plastic usage, among others, will begin with its own brands packaging.

April 22, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

FlexPack Recovery Challenge winner announced

Winner selected from among a number of start-ups from across the globe presenting recovery technologies for a fast-growing category of hard-to-recycle flexible plastic packaging.

April 21, 2019

Cartons and boxes

WW package redesign ‘Full of life’

Weight Watchers rebrands as WW, redesigning the packaging for its consumer products to reflect its focus on food as part of a rich, energetic, vibrant, and deeply satisfying life.

April 20, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Emerson: Programmable logic controllers

Emerson offers programmable logic controllers (PLCs) designed to expand control capability for hybrid and discrete users. Units can enable more comprehensive manufacturing control and production optimization.

April 19, 2019

Operational Excellence

Fundamentals of packaging for intermodalism

As a supply chain grows from regional to national to international to global, it better reflect the fundamentals of intermodalism and what it implies for packaging.

April 18, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Is a universal industrial network coming soon?

A new paper from ARC Advisory Group explores the potential of creating a universal industrial network through the combination of OPC UA and time-sensitive networking.

April 18, 2019

Sustainability

Seventh Generation’s ultra-concentrated detergent uses 60% less plastic

At the American Packaging Summit, Seventh Generation’s Kelly Murosky shares how the company went beyond a 100% rPET bottle for even greater sustainability with an ultra-concentrated product.

April 17, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric: Variable frequency drives

Mitsubishi Electric Automation launches the FR-A800-R2R Series of variable frequency drives suitable for continuous roll-to-roll processing. Drives are equipped with dedicated functions, such as tension sensorless torque control and tension sensor feedback speed control.

April 16, 2019