Flexible packaging

SupplyCaddy Raises $3.2 Million in Seed Funding

SupplyCaddy announces it raised $3.2 million in seed funding, led by CEAS Investments, to expand its resources and drive incremental growth across innovative product development and global infrastructure.

March 21, 2023

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Plastics/resins

Bormioli Pharma Grows North America Sales by More Than 40% in 2022

Bormioli Pharma

The growth in North America was matched by strong sales gains in Bormioli’s markets worldwide, reflecting on its multimillion dollar investments in expanding its capabilities as a provider of comprehensive packaging solutions for injectable drugs.

March 14, 2023

Containers

Lagunitas’ New Pack Design Showcases Playful Terrier Mascot

Lagunitas Brewing Company gives its packaging graphics a makeover to better reflect its quirky personality and improve purchase intent.

March 10, 2023

Sustainability

TricorBraun Signs Exclusive Agreement with BioBottles

TricorBraun

The agreement enables TricorBraun to exclusively offer BioBottles—the first and only biodegradable bottle specifically designed and engineered for the nutraceutical industry—to nutraceutical companies in the U.S. and Canada.

March 8, 2023

Sustainability

Packaging vs. Apparel: Who’s Winning the War to Source rPET?

As CPGs shift to greater percentages of PCR in their packaging to meet Ellen MacArthur commitments or other sustainability goals, they may not anticipate that competition to get ahold of it is fierce, and the apparel industry is their top competitor.

March 6, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Opinion: Do We Practice What We Preach?

Have you ever looked into the trash bin at a sustainable packaging conference? Prepare to be disappointed when you do.

March 3, 2023

Sustainability

Eco-Products Earns Industry First for Compostable Packaging

Eco-Products Inc.

Eco-Products’ Vanguard clamshell is the first molded fiber item made with no-added PFAS to be approved by the Compost Manufacturing Alliance.

March 3, 2023

Flexible packaging

Refill-at-Home Packaging Takes Off Across Categories

Beginning with innovative at-home refill solutions from D2C startups, reusable/refillable packaging has found its way into retail, in markets that include household cleaning, personal and oral care, lawn care, and luxury brands, to name just some.

January 24, 2023

Sustainability

Pactiv Evergreen, AmSty Launch Circular Polystyrene Food Packaging Products

Pactiv Evergreen

Pactiv will offer its customers foam polystyrene packaging products made with AmSty’s post-consumer recycled content derived from advanced recycling technologies.

February 20, 2023

Flexible packaging

New Reusable/Refillable Packaging Materials/Containers

A rundown of some of the newest packaging materials and containers developed for use in refillable/reusable applications.

January 24, 2023

Sustainability

Perfume, Spirits Brands Lighten the Load of Heavy Packaging with Refills

Luxury Brazilian brands O.U.i. eaux de parfum and Beg Distilaria artisanal gin offer product refills in aluminum bottles to minimize the weight of their packaging and preserve the consumers’ original investment in their premium packaging.

January 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Innovative New Sustainable Packaging at PACK EXPO International

PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO International in October in search of packaging innovations. Here's what they found in sustainable packaging.

January 28, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Doubles Down on Scaling Up Reusable Packaging

PepsiCo commits to growing its percentage of refillable/reusable packaging options, including expanding its SodaStream in-home and in-office sparkling water systems.

January 24, 2023