Workforce

BluePrint Automation Hires Nick Szczechowski as North Central Regional Sales Manager

Szczechowski joins BPA to drive growth in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, while Hunter Schultheis takes over the northwest region.

May 6, 2025

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Digital Transformation

Survey: CPGs Digitally Transform for Efficiency, Repeatability, and Reporting

Editors break down survey results from the Annual Outlook Report on Digitalization. Only 25% of respondents say they have a digitalization strategy. Those that do have leveraged ERP systems and record-keeping, track and trace, packaging automation, and AI.

May 5, 2025

Recycling

SWANA Partners with U.S. Plastics Pact

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

In an effort to foster connections among stakeholders, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the U.S. Plastics Pact have announced a new partnership.

May 5, 2025

PMMI News

PMMI Unveils Aftermarket Parts & Service Report: Essential Insights for 2025 and Beyond

New report reveals growing aftermarket opportunities, setting the stage for PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

May 5, 2025

Recycling

Mondelez International, Nestlé Dessert, and Blue Heron Botanicals Utilize Paper-based Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper-based packaging innovations from Mondelez International, Nestlé Dessert, and Blue Heron Botanicals from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

May 5, 2025

Plastics/resins

Amcor Completes Combination with Berry Global

Amcor

Amcor's all-stock combination with Berry Global expands its capabilities in consumer and healthcare packaging to advance product development and sustainability efforts.

May 2, 2025

Labeling

UPM Raflatac Offers Product Footprints in Customer Quotes

UPM Adhesive Materials

The company is providing label converters with transparent environmental data, including Scope 3 emissions information, directly within customer quotes through their product passport prototypes.

May 2, 2025

Contract Packaging

Korpack “Disrupts” the Industry with Rapid Growth as a Single Source Supplier for CPG Brands

Korpack, Inc.

Korpack—which is SQF, USDA, FDA-certified—now offers over 200K square feet of space to its partners and has opened its third location in the Chicago Area in under 10 years.

May 1, 2025

Digital Printing

SupplyOne Bolsters Northwest Region, Adds Digital Printing with Acquisition of The BoxMaker

SupplyOne

The newest addition to the SupplyOne portfolio is a national expert in digital packaging production and distribution, including custom boxes, retail displays, and product labels.

May 1, 2025

Wrapping

Mars' Kind is Next in Line with Curbside Recyclable Paper Wrapper

The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film supplied by Printpack. The move is more evidence of a growing global, now national trend toward paper films able to run on existing equipment.

May 1, 2025

Sustainability

Amazon and Microsoft Redesign Packaging for a Circular Future

At SPC Impact 2025, Amazon and Microsoft share how they’re transforming packaging systems through curbside-friendly materials, automation, and cross-functional design.

April 30, 2025

Conveying & accumulation

NCC Automated Systems is Now Part of the Paxiom Group Family

Paxiom Group

Paxiom Group welcomes NCC Automated Systems to provide even more ways to automate and innovate processing, packaging, assembly & material handling operations.

April 30, 2025

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May 6, 2025

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