P&G's Crest Pro Health four-count value packs are in an all-paper blister using Atlantic Packaging cardstock, formed on Starview blister equipment.
Recycling
Paper-based Blister-style Packs Make a Splash at PACK EXPO Southeast
A subset of the paperization trend, some brand owners are moving from thermoformed plastic trays with cardstock backing to fully fiber-based blister packs. The trend was noticeable at PACK EXPO Southeast, with both materials & machinery vendors involved.
March 10, 2025

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Containers & Closures
Mars Pantry Jars Use 100% PCR
Mars introduces a pantry jar for M&M’s, Skittles, and Starburst candies that is made from 100% PCR from mechanically recycled plastic.
February 25, 2025
The 100% recycled-content, easy-grip jars are widely recyclable and come in three sizes: 60, 81, and 87 oz. Image courtesy of Berry Global
Containers & Closures
Massilly Group to Acquire Assets of Hoffmann Neopac’s Tin Business
Hoffmann Neopac AG
Hoffmann Neopac signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell the assets of its tin business to the Massilly Group, marking a strategic shift towards its core focus on tube packaging.
February 13, 2025
Hoffmann Massilly Header
Controls & Machine Components
Automation Unscrambles Bottling Chaos
Pace Packaging harnessed flexible automation in a versatile robotic unscrambling and orienting solution that delivers industry-leading throughput in an ultra-compact machine footprint.
February 11, 2025
Overhead view of the patent-pending in-motion vacuum transfer system feature on the VersaSort.
Sustainability
Neopac is First European Tube Manufacturer to Achieve RecyClass EN 15343 Certification
Hoffmann Neopac AG
Company’s Debrecen, Hungary, facility passes rigorous audit, ensuring traceability of recycled plastic content.
February 6, 2025
Recyclass 15343 Certification Neopac
Package Design
Tropicana Weathers Blowback from ‘Shrinkquivelence,’ Pack Redesign
Infamous in pack design circles for a similar occurrence in 2008, Tropicana once again redesigned packaging in such a way that cost the company 19% in sales. We spoke to expert Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo, designer of legacy pack that's being replaced.
January 21, 2025
Tropciana's new bottle
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel, Returns to Retail
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.
January 8, 2025
The latest dishwasher pod formulation from Dropps, UltraWash Plus uses its paperboard packaging to communicate product efficacy by depicting a Pyrex-style glass baking dish, often considered to be the toughest to clean with baked-on food. The company says Ultrawash Plus is the first-to-market USDA-certified bio-based multi-chamber dishwasher detergent.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #1: Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project
The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react?
January 5, 2025
All small PET bottles in 12 oz, 16.9 oz and 20 oz will be lightweighted from 21 g to 18.5 g for all The Coca-Cola Company’s sparkling brands, Minute Maid Refreshments, and Minute Maid Aguas Frescas in the U.S. and Canada.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #3: Sprite Gets Naked, for Now
The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.
January 3, 2025
In place of a label, the bottle will feature an embossed logo on the front, with product and nutritional information laser-engraved on the back.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made
The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.
December 29, 2024
Behind the latest paper bottle by Baileys.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #9: McDonald's Drops Plastic for Four-Flap McFlurry Cup
The #9 most clicked article of 2024: Paper flaps around the paper-based cup's neck will serve as a closure, replacing the plastic lid and reducing single-use plastic to advance McDonald's sustainability goals.
December 27, 2024
Both the Mini and Regular McFlurry will now be served in what stakeholders say is a more environmentally friendly, paper-based, four-flap cup.
Recycling
Top Articles of 2024, #14: Refresco's Mono-material, Aseptic HDPE/rHDPE Carton
The #14 most clicked article of 2024: While brands swap plastic for paper, reZorce flips the script with circular, mono-material HDPE/rHDPE for paper. Finishing validation, CM/CP Refresco will be first to market.
December 23, 2024
END USER REFRESCO: 'If you look at the groups of customers that we have, about two thirds are the large retailers, and about one third are A brands, what we clearly see is that the A brand owners are pushing for circularity themselves. They want us to come up with a circular solution, and they are very demanding of us--rightfully so, because it's part of their brand and positioning. For the retailers, we play more of a product developer role, and we are supposed to come up with circular solutions. They compare us with other bottlers, and other beverage solutions providers and see who has the best option. So we have to offer them business solutions, we have to offer them choices, and they want them to be within a competitive price and high quality. We need to come up with a solution that brings that all, and I believe that with this reZorce pack, we have a new option that they will certainly appreciate.' -- Coert Michielsen, CPO, Refresco
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #17: Recyclable Coffee Pack Breakthrough
The #17 most clicked article of 2024: Having commercialized compostable single-serve coffee packaging, Club Coffee continues its sustainability journey with AromaPak® paper-based canisters featuring Boardio® technology for whole bean and ground coffee.
December 20, 2024
One of the steps in making the container is a perforation process for ease of opening in the consumer’s hands.
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