Cartoning

Born Simple Turns to Retortable Cartons for Shelf-Stable “Better Bowls”

Born Simple introduces shelf-stable “Better Bowls” in retortable, recyclable Tetra Pak cartons. The company says the move combines convenience, sustainability, and real ingredients with a preservative-free, ready-to-eat format.

October 21, 2025

Secondary Packaging

Secondary Packaging

Ergonomic Strapper Takes Tension Off Workers

The ErgoStrap eliminates repetitive motion and avoids harmful bend overs, saving time and energy.

October 17, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

SOMIC Packaging Hosts Minnesota Open House

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

SOMIC's event featured a preview of its 434 SuperFlex packaging machine before its formal introduction at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, along with executive speeches, a ribbon-cutting, and facility tours.

October 14, 2025

Recycling

AI-Powered Recycling Tech Gains National Spotlight in Time’s Top 100 List

AMP, Glacier, and Greyparrot’s inclusion on Time’s list brings AI-powered sortation technologies to a wider audience.

October 13, 2025

PMMI News

ABB to Divest Robotics Division to SoftBank Group

ABB Robotics

Rather than an originally planned spin-off, ABB agrees to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for $5.375 billion, which will merge ABB's industrial robotics technology with SoftBank's advanced AI capabilities.

October 8, 2025

Robotics

Ready Meals Assembly Line

From tray denesting to vision-guided robotic placement of protein product to volumetric filling of pasta to sauce depositing to a robot that feeds an MAP unit, Orics’ solution does it all.

October 7, 2025

Protective/transport packaging

GLP-1 Mailer Solution Takes Up Less Space

These packs ship flat and replace coolers to save warehouse space while maintaining the correct temperature for shipping GLP-1s.

October 1, 2025

Multipacking

New Bundler

Eastey Enterprises introduced a new shrink bundler that was bundling six-count bottles at 25/min thanks in part to B&R servo motors that provide a smooth push of bottles into film.

September 30, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

Unwrapper Machine

Polypack showed a machine designed to help producers of rainbow packs automate the removal of shrink wrap from wrapped trays of beverage containers.

September 30, 2025

Cartoning

New Aseptic Range Now Runs on High Speed Lines

The new Tetra Brik Aseptic 1420 Edge (48 oz.) and new Tetra Prisma Aseptic 400 (4 oz. to 14 oz.), now run on the new Tetra Pak A3/Speed filling lines, helping brands and their co-man/co-pack suppliers scale, differentiate their business and develop full plant solutions.

September 30, 2025

E-commerce

Right-size Packaging Now Includes High-res Print Decoration, Variable Data

September 30, 2025

Robotics

First Plug-and-Play Robotic Palletizer Introduced

September 30, 2025

Robotics

Compact Robots Simplify Vertical Automated Storage and Retrieval

Hai Robotics’ HaiPick Climb System uses a simple two-points-of-contact design to reduce maintenance while increasing efficiency, offering manufacturers and warehouses a smarter path to automation.

September 30, 2025