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Sustainable Packaging

Home furnishing manufacturer develops closed-loop recycling for PS

Mexican manufacturer of home décor and furnishing collects polystyrene from its customers and converts the material into moulding for a range of products.

September 5, 2016

Containers

Tell me what you see: Rorschach-style inkblot graphics let the consumer decide

Instead of making on-pack claims about the efficacy of its liquid dietary supplements, TRUETONiQS™ lets consumers decide how the drink makes them feel.

September 4, 2016

Sustainability

Seventh Generation embraces bioplastics

Its 100-oz HDPE bottle for laundry detergent is now made entirely from recycled materials combined with a drop-in bioplastic made from sugarcane.

September 3, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Infographic: How important is eco-friendly packaging in the purchase decision?

Results from a Hartman Group report show how important sustainable packaging and packaging’s affect on the environment are to consumers in making a purchase decision.

September 2, 2016

Flexibles

Barrier without PVdC

New packaging for well-known snack food maker Utz Quality Foods is an extrusion lamination of Torayfan® CBS2 BOPP film/clear PVdC-free flat sheet designed for use as an inside sealant web/coextruded BOPP print web.

September 1, 2016

Material handling

Pharmaceutical Makers, CMOs Meet Serialization Challenges Head-On

3rd Serialization Roundtable For CMO’s’ delivers education to a pharmaceutical industry in need.

September 1, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Recycled content in corrugated boxes reaches nearly 50%

This new average, along with a record-high rate of old corrugated container recovery in 2015, illustrate the corrugated industry’s commitment to sustainable packaging.

September 1, 2016

Containers

Tekni-Plex, Inc. improves international production capability

Tekni-Plex’s aerosol and pump dispensing manufacturing will be doing business as Action Technology, a Tekni-Plex, Inc. company, going forward.

September 1, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Key Technology names new Central, Northern California area sales manager

Bert Switten has been promoted to area sales manager for Key Technology’s Central and Northern California regions, to replace retiring Jack Kraemer.

August 31, 2016

Flexibles

First retail package for plant-based ‘energy balls’ conveys natural ingredients

Ragged Edge designs first retail package for food blogger’s plant-based recipes.

August 31, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Robots excel at picking, packing, and palletizing

Fisher Nuts, Pepperidge Farm, Sargento, Washington Fruit, Mackle Petfoods, and drug provider Celesio UK share their experiences deploying packaging robots.

August 31, 2016

Operational Excellence

New trends in shipping and transportation: what you need to consider

Over my 33 years of packaging experience, I have seen many changes in packaging.

August 30, 2016