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February 2023

Packaging World February 2023

Shower Cream Refill Now in a 100% Recyclable Pouch

The mono-material pouch, for Japanese company Lion Corp.’s Shokubutsu Monogatari brand in Thailand, uses polyethylene film made from tenter-frame biaxial orientation.

March 1, 2023

What’s Needed to Scale Reuse?

Founder of the Loop reusable packaging shopping platform Tom Szaky shares four aspects needed to scale a refillable/reusable packaging system.

February 27, 2023

Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle and founder of the Loop global shopping platform.

The Importance of Load Diagrams

How pallet loads are arranged in a trailer affects profitability, productivity, and efficiency.

February 13, 2023

Sterling Anthony

Bush Brothers' Tiered Strategy for CM/CP Partnerships

Robby Martin from Bush Brothers uses a layered approach to contract packaging on a new multipack project. He explains the testing and scaling phases of commercialization with several different CM&P partners, and why up-front transparency is crucial.

February 9, 2023

Bush Brothers is testing a four-pack format of 16-oz cans in a carton. The company already uses 8-pack multipacks for box stores, but this size is more targeted for traditional grocery retail.

Packaging’s Most Versatile, Sustainable Option

What would packaging look like if virgin plastics were made illegal?

February 7, 2023

Automation Lets Loud Labs’ Cannabis Oil Go National

A seemingly simple filling application shows that handling cannabis oils requires an understanding of their unique properties.

February 6, 2023

Four Packaging Design Trends for 2023

No matter what lies ahead for your brand in 2023, whether you’re launching a product line or looking to spruce up your visual presentation, here are some of the approaches you can take to better connect with your target audience through your packaging.

February 6, 2023

Ecstatic colors designed by BenTō on 99designs by Vista

Formost Fuji Announces New Location for Its Headquarters, Manufacturing Plant

Formost Fuji Corp. purchased a 65,000 sq ft building in Everett, Wash. to expand its manufacturing and assembly floor as well as provide a modern, larger office space for the engineering, sales, service, accounting, and administration departments.

January 31, 2023

New Formost Fuji Building Aerial

Hennepin Technical College Awarded Packaging World, PMMI Scholarship

Five students at the Automation Robotics Engineering Technology program at Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota will split the $5,000 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship from Packaging World and PMMI.

January 30, 2023

The Automation Robotics Engineering Technology program at Hennepin Technical College program is a stand-alone program that develops maintenance technicians.

Coke Europe Adopts Tethered HDPE Closure, Follows EU Directive

A new tethered closure on Coca-Cola bottles makes the closure less likely to be littered, and more likely to be recycled. The Proxima tethered closure format recently won a Technology Excellence Award for Sustainability from PMMI at PACK EXPO.

January 27, 2023

Berry’s closure for Coca-Cola is based on its patented CompactFlip hinge solution. It is the first to be used in conjunction with the new lightweight 26-mm GME30.40 neck, developed by the Cetie Single-Use Plastics Group.

Einar Einarsson Appointed President of Marlen International

Einarsson will be responsible for leading strategies that bring Marlen’s food processing equipment and world class service to food processors around the world. Marlen International is a member of the Duravant family of operating companies.

January 25, 2023

Marel President Einar Einarsson 63d1e0abe06e2

Schubert North America Appoints Dominik Streicher Chief Operating Officer for Its Canadian Entity Schubert Packaging Automation, Inc.

Streicher joins Schubert Packaging Automation from Gerhard Schubert GmbH, the headquarters of the Schubert group, located in Crailsheim, Germany.

January 24, 2023

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