PMMI News

Meeting Sustainability Goals Requires Collaboration

Joint strategic planning between end users and OEMs fosters a more sustainable and resilient future.

October 23, 2025

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 83

Recycling

Private Label Brands Target Low-Barrier, Recyclable Films via Retailer Forum

Major retailers including Amazon, Walmart, CVS, and Target are uniting through the Sustainable Packaging Coalition to accelerate development of recyclable, low-barrier flexible films that can meet circularity goals without disrupting existing lines.

October 22, 2025

Recycling

Community Poll: Challenges with Packaging Data from EPR Laws

Learn where your peers stand on the challenges with packaging data from EPR laws.

October 22, 2025

Labeling

Fernway Cannabis Scales Automated Labeling Across State Lines

Faced with fragmented cannabis packaging regulations and manual labeling inefficiencies, Fernway turned to Paxiom’s dual-head carton labeler to maintain speed, precision, and premium quality across four states and counting.

October 22, 2025

Package Design

Lightweight Alloy Lifts Design and Sustainability in Axe Aerosol Can

Trivium Packaging’s aluminum can for Axe Fine Fragrance uses a proprietary alloy to cut weight by 5% while preserving strength and design precision, earning an IMDPA Best in Category award for Aerosols & Bottles.

October 21, 2025

Cartoning

Born Simple Turns to Retortable Cartons for Shelf-Stable “Better Bowls”

Born Simple introduces shelf-stable “Better Bowls” in retortable, recyclable Tetra Pak cartons. The company says the move combines convenience, sustainability, and real ingredients with a preservative-free, ready-to-eat format.

October 21, 2025

Closures

Guala Closures

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October 21, 2025

Workforce

Avery Dennison Names Tina Hart as Vice President and General Manager for Label and Packaging Materials, North America

Avery Dennison

After 24 years with Avery Dennison, Hart steps into the leadership role to guide the next phase of growth, focusing on customer value and innovation in materials science.

October 21, 2025

Cup/tray filling/depositing/sealing

Raque Food Systems Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation in Industrial Food Equipment

Raque Food Systems

Raque Food Systems marks its golden anniversary and 30 years with PMMI with a legacy built on custom solutions for ready meals, bakery, and snacks and a commitment to future innovations in automation and performance monitoring.

October 21, 2025

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

School-Milk Filling Machine

The S-PM200 carton erecting, filling, and sealing machine for school milk programs and institutional beverages is shown for the first time.

October 21, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel

How can sustainability and convenience intersect? Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle.

October 21, 2025

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

All-paper, Ultrasonic Welded Banded Multi-pac

Tree fruit grower Stemilt launched in this recyclable four-pack tray for larger-sized apples that encourages purchase of bulk fruit and makes retail merchandising easier in-store and online.

October 20, 2025

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Felins

October 20, 2025