Additives, coatings & inks

Photochromic Ink Turns Aluminum Bottles Pink in the Sun

Photochromic pigment goes on as one ink unit with no separate topcoat, and controlling film thickness was the main challenge in getting a uniform color change across the bottle.

November 5, 2026

Containers & Closures

Containers & Closures

Arthritis Foundation and Tilt Beauty Announce Ease of Use Lab

New state-of-the-art facility in Atlanta will provide in-house lab and human factors evaluation as part of products and packaging certification program.

October 29, 2026

Containers & Closures

Square Cup Makes Better Use of Transport and Storage Space

Greiner Packaging’s CUBO replaces conventional round geometry with a square format to reduce unused space during shipping, storage, and palletization.

October 19, 2026

Recycling

Recycled Polypropylene Reaches Retail Shelves in Cleveland Kitchen Tub

A polypropylene tub for Cleveland Kitchen's fermented foods brings PureCycle's purified recycled resin to the grocery shelf for the first time, a decade after the technology began as a P&G lab project. The same PureFive resin has already moved through stadium souvenir cups; now it's headed for the refrigerated aisle.

September 4, 2026

Containers & Closures

Limited-run Heinz Adjustable-flow Lid Uses Rotating Core, Standard PP

The Love Lid is a two-part, patented closure that raises an internal core to widen flow across three settings. Kraft Heinz tells Packaging World the resin, recyclability, and 20-oz bottle all stay unchanged.

August 10, 2026

Logistics/Supply Chain

Live at GS1 Connect: Driscoll's Gives a Billion Clamshells Unique IDs

The fresh berry juggernaut had more than two million consumer survey responses, but no way to act on any of them. Changing that now is item-level serialization via one unique QR code per clamshell, across four thousand growers and a billion packages.

June 11, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Lierac Brings Refillability to Skincare with Custom Square Glass Jar

Lierac’s Lift Integral Day Cream pairs a custom square Gerresheimer container with Medicos Group's patented Re-CliCK rotation-locking refill system.

May 29, 2026

Containers & Closures

Tethered Cap Redesign Improves Recyclability for Vöslauer Bottles

The new mono-material HDPE cap meets EU tethering rules while maintaining line efficiency and consumer experience.

April 23, 2026

Recycling

Oishii’s Top-Seal Pack Leverages Liner, Barrier Film, and Recyclable Tray for Fresh Berries

Engineered for moisture control and gas exchange, Oishii’s format pairs a recyclable SBS tray with a functional liner and barrier lidding to boost shelf life and streamline materials.

March 23, 2026

Containers & Closures

How Colgate-Palmolive Pushed a Familiar Resin Into New Territory

At The Packaging Conference this week, Polyplastics and Colgate-Palmolive detailed how high-Tg Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) can enable HDPE bottles to run in ISBM at low concentrations, achieving 30% lightweighting while maintaining drop performance and recyclability.

February 13, 2026

Workforce

Can Manufacturers Institute Appoints Roxanne Sharif as Director of Sustainability

Can Manufacturers Institute

Sharif brings proven expertise as a corporate sustainability leader to CMI.

February 9, 2026

Containers & Closures

Mannol Debuts Patented Lenticular Cap Tech to Combat Counterfeiting

Mannol's cap features a lenticular logo effect, embossed branding, and a printed inner seal to enhance product authentication across its global lubricant portfolio.

February 5, 2026

Containers & Closures

Hartmann North America Plans Further Capacity Expansion Through 2027

Hartmann North America

Building on recent investments, the expansion will add production and warehouse capacity to support demand for sustainable molded fiber egg packaging across North America.

February 3, 2026