Sustainable Packaging

Eight Ways You Might Be Greenwashing Your Packaging

A look at how inadvertent false claims and vague language lead to consumer confusion.

February 29, 2024

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Form/fill/seal - vertical

Matrix to Showcase Its Vertical Form Fill Seal and Pre-Made Pouch Machines at PACK EXPO East

Matrix Packaging Machinery, a ProMach product brand

Matrix and its Master Distributor Brands will provide hourly demos of easy MVC-300 VFFS changeovers and Pacraft and INVpack in action in Booth 1127 at PACK EXPO East 2024.

February 27, 2024

Sustainability

Xampla Welcomes Former P&G Chemist to Team

Xampla

The deep tech company has grown its team by more than 25% in the last year, with Dr. Francys Fernandez Zavarce the latest recruit.

February 27, 2024

Operational Excellence

Top Three Industries for Packaging Machinery Market Growth

Factors like changing consumer preferences and sustainability initiatives are driving packaging machinery market growth across major sectors.

February 15, 2024

Sustainability

Xampla Secures Funding to Fight Plastic Pollution

Xampla

Natural materials provider Xampla has received $17.6M to fuel growth of Morro brand, which aims to replace single-use plastics with sustainable solutions.

February 12, 2024

Flexible packaging

NBi FlexPack Launches with Packaging Solutions Made in the United States

NBi FlexPack

New U.S. manufacturer offers custom, sustainable flexible pouches for diverse industries, including food and cannabis.

February 8, 2024

Bio-based

Food Hub Adopts Compostable Packaging for Circular System

Organic food delivery service Fresh Harvest supplements its reusable packaging with new compostable produce film that is also used to fertilize its crops at its end of life.

February 7, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Desert Essence, Neighbourhood Coffee Company, and Albert Heijn Introduce Bio-Based Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based packaging innovations from Desert Essence, Neighbourhood Coffee Company, and Albert Heijn from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

February 6, 2024

Containers

CJ Biomaterials’ scPHA Added to FDA’s Inventory of Food Contact Substances

CJ Biomaterials’ semi-crystalline polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer PHACT S1000P now can be used in the manufacture of food-contact materials sold in the United States.

February 1, 2024

Flexibles

Accredo Packaging Completes $10 Million Expansion in Texas

The sustainable flexible packaging company's fourth expansion adds 83,000 square feet of office space to its LEED-certified facility in Sugar Land, creating 30 jobs.

January 29, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

EasyJet, Never Never Distilling Co., and Schwan Cosmetics Introduce Reusable Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable packaging innovations from EasyJet, Never Never Distilling Co., and Schwan Cosmetics from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

January 29, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Legislation Update and 2024 Outlook

AMERIPEN provides updates on existing EPR legislation, along with insights on what to expect from state and federal packaging policy this year.

January 24, 2024

Sustainability

PulPac Opens New DMF Tooling Hub for Rapid, Sustainable Packaging Production

PulPac

PulPac expands its mission to replace single-use plastics with subsidiary DMF Tooling AB center for Dry Molded Fiber production tooling.

January 22, 2024