Package Design

World Packaging Organisation (WPO) Announces Winners of WorldStar 2026

The WorldStar Global Packaging Awards recognize 234 winning projects from 36 countries for excellence in packaging innovation, sustainability, and technical performance.

January 14, 2026

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 65

Filling, Capping & Closing

Septimatech Partners with Magnetic Technologies

Septimatech Group Inc.

Partnership aims to deliver next-level changeover efficiency for rotary capping machines.

January 14, 2026

Package Design

McDonald's, Nestlé Brazil, and SmartMouth Design Packaging for an Enhanced Customer Experienceer

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging that enhances the user experience from McDonald's, Nestlé Brazil, and SmartMouth from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

January 14, 2026

Controls & machine components

American Cutting Edge

January 13, 2026

Form/fill/seal - vertical

How A PACK EXPO Test Drive Closed the Deal for Rennco

Running real product on the show floor gave Ankerpak the confidence to scale automation quickly, turning a single demo at Rennco into repeat machinery orders.

January 13, 2026

Filling, Capping & Closing

ProSys Acquires Pendergraph Machines

ProSys Fill

Acquisition aims to complement ProSys' filling lines and grow common market shares.

January 13, 2026

Contract packaging

AnkerPak

January 13, 2026

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Pendergraph Machines

January 13, 2026

Cartons and boxes

Martin Downey, CPPL

January 13, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Kenvue Packs Purpose into Every Package

Kenvue is redesigning packaging across its 40 global brands from paperboard cartons to PCR bottles and refill pods, to align with circular economy goals and meet ambitious sustainability targets. Under its Healthy Lives Mission ESG strategy, deployed in 2023, Kenvue has established bold sustainability targets aimed at transforming its packaging portfolio.

January 13, 2026

Labeling

Legal Column: Surprises in New Dietary Guidelines

The newly released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines break with recent advice, revive older principles, and raise scientific questions—reshaping food labeling, formulation, and product innovation across the industry.

January 12, 2026

Cartoning

DCC Automation Acquires Custom Metal Designs

DCC Automation

The acquisition of CMD expands DCC Automation's capabilities to deliver more fully integrated front-of-line to end-of-line automation solutions.

January 12, 2026

Digital Transformation

o9 Expands Its Next-Generation Category Management Solution for Grocery Retail

o9 Solutions

o9 integrates AI-powered analytics across financial, assortment, pricing, promotion, and supply planning to help grocers make faster, more connected, and data-driven decisions.

January 12, 2026