April 2023 | Packaging World

April 2023

Packaging World April 2023

Flexible packaging

Four New CPGs Join Film Recycling Collab MBOLD

A total of 18 new partners joined the MBOLD Coalition, including packaging suppliers, material recovery facilities (MRFs), agricultural companies, grocer organizations, and at least four major brand owners.

March 14, 2023

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Sustainable Packaging

Amazon Invests in Female-Led Bioplastics Company

Founded by scientist Luna Yu, Genecis uses organic waste to create PHA bioplastics that can be used as an alternative to conventional plastic packaging.

March 9, 2023

Luna Yu, founder and CEO of Genecis (l.), and Phoebe Wang, investment partner and head of the Female Founder Initiative, Amazon.

Sustainable Shrink Film

Clysar® ULTRA LEG™ from Clysar is a lightweight polyolefin film ideal for hard-to-package, heat-sensitive confectionery products.

March 1, 2023

Palletizing/depalletizing

Markus Schmidt Named CEO of Beumer Corp.

Schmidt's leadership style and commitment to excellence align perfectly with Beumer's vision and values.

March 1, 2023

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Triangle Announces New Regional Sales Team Members

Triangle Package Machinery welcomes two new regional sales managers, Mark Freitas–West Coast and Justin Pike–Northeast.

March 1, 2023

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Conveying & accumulation

Ryson, Royal Apollo Group Open an Office in Mexico

The office will represent all of Latin America and provide sales, service, and support. All equipment will still be engineered and manufactured at Ryson’s Headquarters in Yorktown, Va.

March 1, 2023

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Optima Releases Book to Commemorate Its 100th Anniversary

Optima celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022 and recently released a book, "100 Years of Future", chronicling the company’s history as well as a review of its anniversary year.

February 28, 2023

Compostable Cellophane Sheets

Elevate Packaging’s compostable cellophane sheets are available in packs of 250 and pre-printed with a compostable banner, making them easily identifiable to the end user and the composters to reduce contamination.

February 28, 2023

Conveying & accumulation

Steve Sherman Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ska Fabricating

Sherman has over 20 years of CEO and COO experience serving private, equity, venture capital, and public companies. He recently served as Global VP of Operations for Spectralink Corp.

February 28, 2023

Weighing/combination scales

Mukul Shukla Named Vice President of tna North America

With over 30 years of capital industry experience and over 22 years of experience in the packaging industry, Shukla has a proven track record for optimizing processes and improving customer satisfaction. He will be based in tna’s Dallas office.

February 27, 2023

Flexible packaging

Pregis Performance Flexibles Facility Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

Pregis’ Anderson, S.C. facility received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS distinction, a globally recognized system for the sustainability certification of recycled and bio-based materials.

February 27, 2023

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Spring Creek's New Egg Cartons Use Bio-PET

Spring Creek’s new Bio-PET quail egg packaging reduces use of fossil fuels while keeping the visibility and rigidity of regular plastic.

February 24, 2023

Spring Creek Bio-PET quail egg carton

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