Flexible packaging

WPO Announces Date for WorldStar 2021 Awards Virtual Ceremony

WPO (World Packaging Organisation) will host a virtual ceremony on June 9, 2021 for the winners of WorldStar 2021. All winners will be announced, including WorldStar Special Awards, Student Awards, and WPO Life Time Achievement Award.

April 14, 2021

Containers & Closures: Page 35

Flexible packaging

Jokey’s New Production Facility in Spain Operational

Jokey Group

Jokey Treplás moved into its new production facility where it will operate in the future under the name Jokey Iberica.

April 8, 2021

Sustainability

INX Earns Gold Level Material Health Certificate

INX International Ink Co.

INX International is the first and only ink company in the metal decorating segment to receive this certification from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII), in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency.

April 7, 2021

Sustainability

Trivium Packaging Accelerates Long-term Climate Change Commitment

Trivium Packaging

To achieve the most ambitious aim of the Paris Climate Agreement, Trivium has pledged to set science-based targets to help reach that ambition in the short- and long-term.

April 6, 2021

Plastics/resins

Carol Lowe Joins Novolex Board of Directors

Novolex

Carol Lowe, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FLIR Systems Inc., joined the Board of Directors of Novolex.

April 5, 2021

Sustainability

Brands Look to Bio-Plastics to Replace Some Fossil-Based Plastic

Cucina Fresca and Lamb Weston are both replacing portions of their existing plastic packaging to bio-based materials. Watch our "Take Five with Packaging World" video to learn more about this industry shift to more sustainable materials.

April 2, 2021

Sustainability

TricorBraun Flex Partners with How2Recycle

TricorBraun

TricorBraun Flex, the flexible packaging division of TricorBraun, partnered with standardized recycling labeling system How2Recycle, enabling TricorBraun Flex to offer additional recyclable packaging options for customers.

April 1, 2021

Sustainability

Post-Consumer Recycled Material Getting Traction

Argentine dairy producer Mastellone Hnos of Buenos Aires positions its La Serenísima Original milk brand as a natural product.

March 25, 2021

Additives, coatings & inks

Spartech’s Oregon Facility Announces Organizational Changes

Spartech Corporation

Spartech announced the following organizational changes to its McMinnville, Ore. location.

March 18, 2021

Sustainability

Graphic Packaging to Host Plastic to Paperboard Multipacks Webinar

Graphic Packaging International

Graphic Packaging International will host a free webinar on Thursday, March 25 that will examine the transition from plastic to paperboard for multipacks.

March 18, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Exclusive Interview: Palmolive Ultra Moves to 100% rPET Bottle

Speaking with Packaging World in advance of the launch, Greg Corra, Global Packaging Innovations & Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive, discusses the development of the new 100% recycled-content, recyclable bottle.

March 17, 2021

Containers

New Probiotic Soda Gets Package Design that Pops

A brand and package design for new-to-market functional soda Culture POP feels familiar, with subtle nuances, and drives consumer trial in the natural and mass retail channels.

March 17, 2021

Retail display packaging

Wellspring Capital Acquires Rohrer Corp.

Rohrer Corporation

Wellspring Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, acquired Rohrer Corp., a retail-packaging designer and manufacturer.

March 16, 2021