Sustainable Packaging

Edible-Oil Bottle is 22% Lighter Than Competition

Brazilian company launches a new PET bottle for its edible oil that weighs four grams less than standard bottles while providing greater productivity and sustainability benefits.

December 17, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 487

Sustainability

Protein Juice Hits Shelves in Custom PET Bottle

This protein-infused juice application uses a custom PET bottle that the company says is both sustainable and able to withstand the rigors of a hot-fill process.

December 16, 2020

Thermoform/fill/seal

Harpak-ULMA Launches Bakery and Confectionery Market Initiative

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

Harpak-ULMA launched a North American initiative to help the bakery and confectionery market improve flexibility and operational performance in response to COVID-19 business disruptions.

December 16, 2020

Flexible packaging

Sustainable Packaging Innovation Workshop White Paper

RCD Packaging Innovation

RCD Packaging Innovation hosted the Redefining Flexible Films Innovation Workshop and offers the results of the workshop in a white paper.

December 16, 2020

Cartoning

Universal Robots Reaches Milestone with 50,000 Collaborative Robots Sold

Universal Robots, part of Teradyne Robotics

Universal Robots reaches an industry milestone with the delivery of its 50,000th unit to German company VEMA GmbH.

December 16, 2020

Sustainability

WestRock Appoints Chief Sustainability Officer

Smurfit Westrock

Brandi Colander was appointed Chief Sustainability Officer for WestRock.

December 15, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Spartan Parts Filling Valve Conversion from Vacuum to Gravity

Spartan Parts

Spartan Parts, a subsidiary of Fogg Filler Co., designed a vacuum filler valve to retrofit to a vacuum filler allowing the user to simply turn the vacuum off and increase quality of life.

December 15, 2020

Sustainability

Paper Bottles Gaining Momentum for New Liquid Product Rollouts

Paper bottles as a practical, commercialized reality, by Packaging World’s Editor Emeritus, Pat Reynolds.

December 14, 2020

Flexible packaging

Eco Flexibles Appoints Business Unit Manager

Eco Flexibles

Paul Edwards was appointed Business Unit Manager of Eco Flexibles.

December 14, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Nercon Invests in Its Community and Nurtures the Future Workforce

Nercon Conveyor Systems

When Nercon updated it Oconto facility it donated its CNC machine to Oconto High School’s Tech Ed programs to help students get access to equipment used in industrial settings.

December 14, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

First NSF Approved Edible Ink Printer

Baking Betty’s, located in Minnesota’s Mall of America, utilized Primera Technology’s Eddie,™ The Edible Ink Printer to meet high demand for personalized cookies.

December 12, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner Appoints Regional Sales Director

Dorner

Matthew Kelley was appointed Regional Sales Director for Dorner. He will lead a team of regional managers to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business.

December 11, 2020

Flexibles

Mars Food is First to Launch Recyclable, Microwavable Rice Pouch

Offering the same functionality as multilayer flexible packaging, the monolayer PP stand-up pouch will be introduced in limited European markets in 2021 for brands that include Ben’s Original and Seeds of Change.

December 11, 2020