E-commerce

Packaging Machine for E-commerce

Sitma’s e-Wrap 2.0 is designed specifically for the e-commerce sector. It is able to pack packages and envelopes of varying sizes with different types of wrapping materials, including bio film and paper.

January 23, 2020

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Containers

Broken Glass Makes a Comeback in Limited Edition Absolut Bottle

Made from pieces of broken, recycled glass, the Absolut Comeback bottle is created to encourage recycling and a more circular lifestyle among the vodka producer’s consumers.

January 22, 2020

Flexibles

ePac Flexible Packaging’s Boston Plant Receives SQF Certification

ePac Flexible Packaging

ePac Flexible Packaging announced that its Boston-based manufacturing facility received the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program Certification.

January 22, 2020

Digital Printing

Digital Ink-Jet First in Japan

Following a successful on-site acceptance test, Tokyo-based Japanese packaging printer Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd. has started production on their newly installed UTECO Sapphire EVO Press.

January 22, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Less Packaging, Greater Protection with new Amazon-Certified Shipper

Construction tool company redesigns its packaging with Amazon-approved vendor to provide more protection for its cutting tool while meeting the Amazon’s sustainable packaging guidelines.

January 21, 2020

Converting equipment

Zim’s Bagging Co. Invests in W&H Technology

Windmoller & Holscher

Zim’s Bagging Co. a manufacturer of printed PE rollstock, bags, and foam and bubble pouches, invested in a W&H press.

January 21, 2020

Retail display packaging

The Power of Iconic Package Design

Warhol retrospective at Chicago’s Art Institute recalls how iconic brands and their alluring package design inspired the pop art movement and catapulted the artist into history.

January 18, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Static Bottle Recycling Rate is Insufficient to Meet CPG Demands for rPET

A new report shows a U.S. recycling rate for PET and HDPE bottles of 28.9% in 2018, far below the volume needed to meet CPG’s upcoming goals around the use of recycled content.

January 17, 2020

Flexibles

Bagger, Weigher Lead to 100% Production Improvement

This California poultry producer had been experiencing bad seals, incorrect package weights, and low speeds, but it realized a 100% improvement in production with a new bagging and weighing system.

January 17, 2020

Flexibles

FPA Publishes Annual Report to the Members

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) published its latest Report to the Members that provides an overview of the many initiatives and activities FPA conducts on behalf of its members.

January 17, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

Report: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

January 17, 2020

Robotics

Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

January 17, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ink-Jet Printer

Squid Ink

Squid Ink introduces the CoPilot Max ink-jet printer now available with solvent capability to print on non-porous surfaces.

January 16, 2020