Cartons and boxes

VR comes to Happy Meal box

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Happy Meal in Sweden, McDonald's Sweden has developed Happy Goggles made from the Happy Meal box.

March 3, 2016

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 676

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Pilot devices

AutomationDirect added more pilot devices to their product offering.

March 3, 2016

Flexibles

Capital Partners acquires M&Q Packaging Corp.

The DAK Group manages sale of M&Q Packaging, an innovator of high-temperature plastic packaging.

March 3, 2016

Flexibles

Cowboy Bath-In-A-Bag wins FPA Silver

Winning a Silver Award for Sustainability Achievement in the 2016 Flexible Packaging Association competition is the Cowboy Bath-In-A-Bag, a flexible package containing 20 large cloths each measuring 2x2 ft and each designed to let outdoors types take a "bath" without needing proximity to a tub or shower.

March 2, 2016

Operational Excellence

U.S. Warehousing Growth Assisted by Technology

New Technavio report covers warehousing and storage landscape and growth prospects in the U.S.

March 2, 2016

Containers

Krones celebrates 1st anniversary of South American Training Center

Enthusiastic feedback fuels the first birthday celebration for Krones’ Training and Customer Center in South America.

March 2, 2016

Flexibles

Convenience, technology highlight 2016 FPA awards

This year, seventy-eight packages were submitted for competition in the annual FPA Packaging Achievement Awards, and nineteen packages were honored with twenty Achievement Awards.

March 2, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Schneider Packaging Equipment names new Director of Sales and Marketing

Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. names former NFL player Bob Brotzki Director of Sales and Marketing.

March 2, 2016

Flexibles

2016 FPA Silver Award Winners

Following are the 2016 FPA Silver Award winners.

March 2, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Teamwork wins palletization technology award

Liquor Control Board of Ontario achieves high efficiencies with proprietary, patent-pending pallet load-building system.

March 1, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Progress in robot guidance software

Development of vision-based robot guidance applications is faster, easier, and more efficient, plus it no longer requires two-sided programming software.

March 1, 2016

Flexibles

Consumers, brand owners, and converters—a unique integrated study on flexible packaging

Brand Value Study commissioned by FPA reveals some fascinating insights into how packaging attributes can be leveraged so as to maximize brand value propositions.

March 1, 2016

Sustainability

Sleeve Labels Power POW’s Natural Energy Water Launch

Powerful Water Co.’s move into 100% recyclable bottles and labels shows in its packaging for a range of new products said to represent the first natural energy water launched in the U.K. and Ireland.

March 1, 2016