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May/Jun 2025

Packaging World May/Jun 2025

Logistics/Supply Chain

Tariffs and Packaging—the Mother of Necessity?

Despite recurring challenges like tariffs, the packaging industry historically has adapted through innovative designs, supply chain diversification, and close collaboration, demonstrating its resilience in maintaining critical economic functions.

May 27, 2025

Column: What Will Result from Drastic Cuts to Government Agency Staff? We'll See.

Despite promises of eliminating "waste, fraud and abuse," the administration's arbitrary approach to government reform, including widespread layoffs and program cuts, raises concerns about the future effectiveness of regulatory agencies to protect public safety.

May 22, 2025

Eric F. Greenberg

Collaborative Robot

Universal Robots launches its fastest cobot yet, the UR15, with a 15 kg payload and 5 m/s TCP speed, designed for high-speed applications like pick and place while maintaining a compact footprint and integrating with AI-powered tools.

May 15, 2025

05 2025 Ur15 Launch Photos

Filling, Capping & Closing

Cartridge Filling System

ProSys Fill's R110 HS Cartridge Filler is an automated single-head system for efficiently filling cartridges with viscous industrial materials at speeds up to 40 units per minute.

May 12, 2025

Folding Boxboard

Stora Enso's Performa Nova is a high-yield and high-performance folding boxboard made with their FiberLight Tec, designed for renewable and recyclable packaging in various food segments.

May 12, 2025

Product Group Performa Nova 02

SCARA Robot

Epson Robots expands its SCARA robot offerings with the GX-C Series, which incorporates the RC800A controller featuring SafeSense technology for enhanced safety and human-robot interaction.

May 12, 2025

Logistics/Supply Chain

Wooden Pallet Management Part 1 of 3: Specifications

Before expecting a pallet to carry the load, make sure that pallet has been properly specified.

May 8, 2025

Sterling Anthony

Bagging & Pouching

Scotts Grows Greener with Paper Sack

Scotts revives heritage brand O.M. Scott & Sons with a recyclable paper sack that’s built for performance, rooted in sustainability, and ready for modern lawn care.

May 8, 2025

Scott’s new O.M. Scott & Sons natural lawn care line is packaged in an open-mouth kraft SOS (self-opening sack) made from more than 90% FSC-certified paper with a thin OPP layer for barrier. Image courtesy of ScottsMiracle-Gro.

Bagging & Pouching

New Origins Sample Pack Swaps Foil for Paper

Estée Lauder brand Origins debuts a recyclable 80% paper sample sachet, replacing foil with a more sustainable format that meets repulpability standards and cuts plastic use by 76%.

May 7, 2025

The 80% paper packette features a simplified, two-ply, mono-dose structure of paper and a dual-purpose barrier and sealant layer and will be used for Origins’ skin care product sampling. Image courtesy of Arcade Beauty.

Flow Wrapping Machine

Syntegon unveils the upgraded Pack 103, a user-friendly, entry-level flow wrapping machine that offers greater flexibility and automation for small- to medium-sized businesses.

May 1, 2025

Syntegon Doboy Pack103

Mars' Kind is Next in Line with Curbside Recyclable Paper Wrapper

The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film supplied by Printpack. The move is more evidence of a growing global, now national trend toward paper films able to run on existing equipment.

May 1, 2025

The Kind Dark Chocolate Nuts & sea salt bars will be sold in singles in the paper wrapper at Whole Foods, so a consumer will not purchase a carton.

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Barcode Blocking Poly Bags

PAC Machinery's poly bags for automatic baggers prevent barcode scanning errors for Amazon sellers and fulfillment centers.

April 30, 2025

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