Digital Transformation

Live from Automation Fair: Making the Case for Packaging Line Modernization

To win support for modernization, CPGs have to shift the conversation from replacing aging equipment to delivering measurable value in labor productivity, operational performance, sustainability, and future adaptability.

November 19, 2025

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Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation to Build New Greenfield Manufacturing Site in Southeastern Wisconsin

Rockwell Automation Inc.

New site advances a $2 billion investment plan to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and digital capability.

November 19, 2025

Sustainability

Green Goo Brings Plant-Based Healing to the First Aid Aisle

Inside the sustainable processing and packaging strategy behind Green Goo’s plant-based first aid revolution.

November 19, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Nextloopp is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle

How can polypropylene, one of the most widely used plastics in consumer packaging, be diverted from landfills or incinerators? Packaging World Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek and Nextloopp. They discuss how the Nextloopp initiative is uniting stakeholders across the packaging supply chain to enable the closed-loop recycling of food-grade PP.

November 18, 2025

Recycling

Sustainability Progress in Bottle Closures

Innovation in bottle closures is helping the industry balance consumer needs, recycling efficiency, and mounting sustainability and regulatory pressures.

November 17, 2025

Sustainable Packaging

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

A joint industry report finds that companies are reducing packaging weight through lightweighting, redesigns, and material shifts while balancing recyclability goals and product protection.

November 14, 2025

Digital Transformation

Chef Robotics and ILPRA Partner to Deliver Flexible Automation for Meal Assembly and Packaging

Chef and ILPRA's solution uses AI-enabled meal assembly robotics and advanced packaging systems to handle high-mix production, improve throughput, and reduce labor demands.

November 14, 2025

Digital Transformation

Global Shop Solutions

November 14, 2025

Sustainability

CPGs Experience Trade-offs in the Name of Sustainable Packaging

Higher production costs, diminished product quality, and lessened product production are some of the challenges CPGs say come with sustainable packaging shifts.

November 14, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

BoxonTech Appoints New CEO

BoxonTech

As part of its continued growth journey, BoxonTech Group names Niklas Rönnäng as its chief executive officer, succeeding Anders Yllfors, who becomes chairman.

November 14, 2025

Sustainability

BoxonTech

November 14, 2025

Recycling

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed with reduced materials from Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 14, 2025

Contract packaging

Paket Goes From Filling Shop to Full-Service CDMO

Family firm cites QC lab, adaptability in growth supporting personal care brands.

November 13, 2025