Secondary Packaging

Flow Wrapper Retrofit for Cold Seal Paper

See it at interpack 2020. Syntegon Technology will showcase the paper-ON-form retrofit kit for horizontal flow wrapping machines to form cold-sealable barrier paper.

February 11, 2020

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Conveying & accumulation

Duravant To Acquire WECO

Duravant

Duravant LLC, an equipment and automation solutions provider, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Woodside Electronics Corp., a manufacturer of optical color and defect sorting equipment.

February 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Weather Stresses Logistics

Reusable Packaging Association (RPA)

Responding to consumer demands to “get it to my doorstep in a day,” the nation’s supply chain leaders now have to adjust to crazy climate events around the globe. Reusable transport packaging could hold one key to a more sustainable future.

February 10, 2020

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

AlliedFlex and Bossar Announce Sales and Marketing Alliance

ALLIEDFLEX® Technologies, Inc.

Bossar Packaging, SA, Barcelona, has partnered with AlliedFlex Technologies as its exclusive North American Sales and Marketing Partner to handle its complete Pouch Packaging Systems Program.

February 10, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Integrated Labeling Strategy Helps Cannabis Company Grow

Medical marijuana startup Grow Ohio employs a combination of label software, printing systems, and label materials to meet compliance regulations and branding for six different packaging formats.

February 10, 2020

Labels

Embossed Labels for Wine and Spirits

Great Lakes Label

Great Lakes Label offers embossed labels for wine and spirits using digital and flexographic presses. It uses UV and/or water based inks with up to 14 color printing capability to create the labels.

February 10, 2020

Containers

Ingredient Illustrations for Salad Dressing Evoke Fresh-Market Experience

Marie’s Salad Dressing uses a small-batch, freshly-crafted identity for its new sub-brand, Marie’s Market Reserve, a product made with ‘carefully selected gourmet ingredients.’

February 7, 2020

Containers

From Dark to Light: Hope in a Jar

Packaging for a line of Ayurvedic-ingredient hair-repair products strikes a serious yet hopeful tone, mirroring the brand’s larger social mission to support suicide prevention.

February 7, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Plastic Chain Conveyors

QC Conveyors

QC Conveyors introduces the Flextrac Series of modular plastic chain conveyors designed for packaging, automation, and part handling applications. They can handle loads up to 850 lb with speeds up to 160 fpm.

February 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Regional Coke Labels Sacrifice Branding for Recycling Education

With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET in Sweden, the beverage giant is unveiling new labels that sacrifice its iconic red and white-cursive branding for a powerful recycling message.

February 6, 2020

Sustainability

Sustainable Packaging for Beverages

Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit Kappa launches GreenClip, TopClip, and Nor-Grip, a portfolio of 100% recyclable, renewable, and biodegradable corrugated can holders that can be used as an alternative for plastic rings to bundle canned and bottled beverages.

February 6, 2020

Sustainability

Recycled Blister Packaging

Rohrer Corporation

Rohrer launches ecoCombo, a sustainable blister package that uses 50% PCR content in the thermoformed blisters and a minimum of 65% PCR content in the blister boards.

February 6, 2020

Cartons and boxes

A Touchdown for Mars Wrigley’s Connected M&M’S NFL Pack

At the AIPIA World Congress, Mars Wrigley and WestRock detail a pilot that used digital printing and Augmented Reality for a collectible, connected M&M’S pack in Green Bay, WI.

December 6, 2019