Sustainable Packaging

Dell does it again: Building a supply chain for ocean plastic

Computer giant Dell is renowned for its adoption of cutting-edge sustainable packaging technology. Here, Oliver Campbell, Dell’s Director of Procurement & Packaging Innovation, shares news on Dell’s progress toward its environmental goals and its latest packaging project: ocean plastics.

June 18, 2017

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Sustainable Packaging

Promising news in bioplastics?

Development of materials to help CPGs meet their sustainability goals is well underway, but major barriers to widespread adoption still exist.

June 12, 2017

Home

Cannabis corner: Mexico, Canada, and new packaging innovation

The pharmaceutical cannabis sector is expected to reach over $23 billion by 2020 in the U.S. alone, according to ArcView Market Research. New players, from countries to packaging companies, are entering the growing market.

May 18, 2017

Material handling

How an increasingly patient-centric approach is impacting cold chain

The custom nature of patient-centric treatments introduces new questions for pharmaceutical manufacturers and stakeholders in the pharma and biologics cold chain.

May 17, 2017

Flexibles

Unilever develops technology to tackle plastic sachet waste

Created with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Germany, new technology channels plastic sachet waste back into the supply chain.

May 13, 2017

Flexibles

Voided, bio-based film being tested by Mars launched at interpack

A four-year, European-funded project involving all players in the supply chain, including end-user Mars, comes to fruition with a new voided, bio-based, multilayer laminated film that lowers density and improves yield.

May 5, 2017

Flexibles

PSI: Bio-based sealant web

Thin gauge PLA sealant film lowers the cost of sealant films used in flexible packaging, while offering environmental advantages.

May 1, 2017

Cartoning

Coffee capsule lines extraordinaire

Close collaboration between Barrie House Coffee & Tea and a dedicated core of packaging machinery OEMs yielded four sophisticated lines each capable of running 300 single-serve coffee capsules/min.

April 26, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

The forecast for global bioplastics

A new report shows that while the current market for bioplastics for packaging accounts for only a small share of the global plastic packaging market value, it is growing rapidly.

April 22, 2017

Containers

Injection molding for prototyping reduces cost, lead time

Plastic Technologies launches new technology for smaller quantity, injection-molded PET preforms support validation and market tests.

April 19, 2017

Plastics/resins

Emery Oleochemicals LLC: Anti-fogging agent provides alternative to NPEs

LOXIOL A 4 SPEZIAL matches the properties and performance of NPEs typically used in PVC food wrapping films, while providing a safe, biodegradable, and renewable alternative.

April 10, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

7 Logistics Questions to Answer When Updating Your Practices

Some seemingly costly cold chain updates can save millions in products losses, transportation costs and more. On the heels of award-winning and sustainable improvements, Cardinal Health and Sonoco ThermoSafe discuss the opportunities and concepts to consider.

March 30, 2017

Containers

The Packaging Conference delivers—again

HDPE for use in ISBM, BIO-SA as a drop-in replacement for IPA, press-formed paper, recycling via pyrolysis, and a possible return to packaging for PEN—all covered at TPC 2017.

March 28, 2017