Package design

SOPO Dispenser Granted Utility Patent

SOPO Dispenser was granted a Utility Patent on November 19th, 2019. It will begin marketing its patented dispenser in March. SOPO is an acronym for Stick On Pull Off Dispensers.

January 7, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 560

Package design

TricorBraun Acquires Packaging Solutions, Inc.

TricorBraun

Packaging manufacturer TricorBraun acquired Minneapolis-based Packaging Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a rigid packaging distributor serving several markets, including pharmaceutical, pet food, and personal care.

January 7, 2020

Sustainability

Column: Colgate-Palmolive Competes on Toothpaste, not Tube

Colgate-Palmolive’s breakthrough toothpaste tube, on pace to be fully rolled out by 2025, is certified as recyclable by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR).

January 7, 2020

Protective/transport packaging

Dover to Acquire Systech International, a Leading Provider of Serialization, Traceability and Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

Systech

Enhances Dover's Product Identification and Traceability Solutions Portfolio

January 7, 2020

Operational Excellence

Clean Label Impacting Food Packaging and Formulation

The “clean label” consumer trend is heavily influencing food processing, with nearly half of participants interviewed for a new PMMI Business Intelligence report being impacted.

January 6, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Evolution of Digital Inkjet Labels

Variable data and personalization are just the tip of the digital print iceberg, as new developments alter purchasing, production and supply chain in the market.

January 6, 2020

Operational Excellence

Robotics Industry to Shift from Fixed Automation to Mobile Systems

New market report forecasts that of the 8 million robots that will be shipped in 2030, nearly 6 million will be mobile.

January 4, 2020

Cartoning

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2019 - #1: Robotic Lines Clear Peeps’ Automation Hurdles

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. In the year's top article, we cover the popular Peeps brand on its journey from manual packing of a difficult product to an ultra-automated robotic line.

December 31, 2019

Digital Printing

New Global Association of HP PageWide Presses Formed

Nine corrugated converters with HP PageWide presses formed a new cooperative association called Digital Pack in 2019, with a global digital capacity of 650 million colored boxes a year.

December 30, 2019

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #2: Walmart's Waste Reduction Plan

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Anne Marie Mohan's report on Walmart's waste reduction plan checks in at #2.

December 30, 2019

Flexible packaging

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #3: Biopolymer Materials Hit Their Stride

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Anne Marie Mohan's report on bioplastics and biopolymer adoption checks in at #3.

December 29, 2019

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #4: Five Megatrends Affecting Packaging

Based on our online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Checking in at #4, Anne Marie Mohan reports on the Big Five packaging Megatrends.

December 28, 2019

Labels

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #5: Coke Explores Printed Electronics

Based on our online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Checking in at #5, Pat Reynolds reports on a regional Coca Cola printed electronics rollout.

December 27, 2019