Sustainable Packaging

Bio-based Potato Starches Replace Bag’s LLDPE Sealant Layer

In the new lamination, 16% of the complete structure, a sealant layer formerly composed of LLDPE, has been replaced with plant-based material that in fact is a byproduct of the French fries the company produces.

March 30, 2021

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Recycling

Speed-to-Market in the Wake of COVID-19

A full-speed-ahead approach should include a well-defined destination and the avoidance of speed bumps.

March 30, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Monolayer Materials Help Bring Plastics Full Circle

Brand announcements about packaging material usage shifts are coming in faster than we can post them on our website or write about them in our print pages.

March 29, 2021

Operational Excellence

Pet Food Packagers Weigh In On Top Issue: Sustainability

Packaging World

Recently one of our content strategists chatted by phone with key players in the pet food marketplace. Their discussions really helped shed light on current trends affecting pet food processors and packaging professionals, sustainability taking top spot.

March 29, 2021

Controls & Machine Components

New Tech Comes to Heat Seal Bars

This packaging machinery OEM is pioneering the use of a brand new method of making heat seal bars that is adapted from printed circuit board manufacturing.

March 28, 2021

Sustainability

Amped-up Paper, Other Materials Make Inroads on Rigid Plastics

It’s too soon to say if all the anti-virgin plastic rhetoric from environmental critics will have a lasting impact on the packaging materials mix.

March 26, 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

Flexibles

Tyler Packaging Receives High Marks for its Recyclable Packaging Solution

Tyler Packaging Ltd.

Tyler Packaging completed a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of five of its most common packaging solutions in pet food in order to educate its customers and accelerate sustainable product innovation.

March 25, 2021

Plastics/resins

Protective Packaging Demand Grows During Pandemic

ThePackHub

Consumer demand for protective and hygienic packaging during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new innovations in the areas of sleeve, film, and cardboard coatings.

March 24, 2021

Sustainability

Ranpak Paper Packaging Products Receive FSC Certification

Ranpak

Ranpak Holdings’ European manufacturing facilities obtained a Chain of Custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). All Ranpak packaging products produced for the European, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific markets will be FSC certified.

March 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Food Grade Recycled Plastics In Latin America

A digital event of Latin American experts recently organized by CMT (Centre for Management Technology) gave us an in-depth view into regional strides in regulating the use of recycled materials in food grade packaging.

March 23, 2021

Operational Excellence

The Consumer Behavior of Plastics and Recycling in America

How consumers perceive a company may have a lot to do with its plastics and recycling initiatives. And enticing the consumer to fulfill their end of the recycling cycle may inevitably fall back on the brand.

March 22, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Corona Launches Pilot Beer Pack Made from Surplus Barley

Using new technology, this circular process repurposes surplus barley into recyclable packaging material for six-packs.

March 20, 2021