Contract packaging

New Horizon supplements nutraceutical quality with metal detection

Equipment provides filling accuracy, easy changeovers, line uptime benefits for this custom blending and packaging services firm.

April 25, 2017

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Secondary Packaging

Wrapper built for shelf-ready packaging

Achieves speeds up to 120 packages/min.

April 25, 2017

Labels

DataLase collaborates with HAVI on digital touchpoint for global market

DataLase and HAVI will develop on-demand point of sale printing solutions to expand interaction and engagement with consumers through personalized packaging.

April 25, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

L’Oréal USA reports on sustainability goals

Company reports advancements in the areas of reduced carbon emissions, less waste and water usage, and improved packaging, among other successes.

April 24, 2017

Sustainability

Lightweight antiperspirant cans reduce carbon footprint by 18%

Unilever switches to a lighter-weight aluminum aerosol can for two of its antiperspirant products in Europe.

April 24, 2017

Contract packaging

Recipharm Delivers First Serialized Batch to Saudi Arabia

The €300,000 project, which is in addition to a wider €40 million investment into new serialization technology and processes to comply with the European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), enables Recipharm to supply serialized products to Saudi Arabia.

April 24, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Connected packages deliver value direct to consumers—and the brands they love

This packaging technology uses imperceptible pixel patterns to replicate a barcode dozens of times on a package.

April 24, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa partners with Spartan Controls, Ltd.

Spartan Controls becomes exclusive representative for Yaskawa in Western Canada.

April 24, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ePac, LLC adds second plant in Colorado

ePac’s second U.S. facility will allow the company to improve turnaround time.

April 24, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Fluorescent markers could jumpstart U.K. recycling

Brunel University London develops a set of invisible phosphor inks that can be coated onto labels and detected by UV to speed the sorting of plastics during recycling.

April 23, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

The forecast for global bioplastics

A new report shows that while the current market for bioplastics for packaging accounts for only a small share of the global plastic packaging market value, it is growing rapidly.

April 22, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Langen becomes Molins Langen

Langen joins with Molins to form a single company, retaining the brand name, ethos, and heritage.

April 21, 2017

Operational Excellence

Taking Wound Care Cues from Spiders

Is point-of-use nanofiber production the future of wound care? Harvard researchers inch closer to a system that could one day produce sterile bandages in the field.

April 21, 2017