Sustainable Packaging

A More Sustainable Swiss Miss

Katya Hantel, Sr. Director of Sustainability for Conagra Brands, shares details on the company’s new Swiss Miss container how the design fits into the company’s larger sustainability efforts.

November 30, 2020

Recycling: Page 127

Cartons and boxes

Mystical Northern Lights Captured on Holographic Carton

Finnish spirits company uses unique holographic metallization effect on cartons for its Arctic Blue Gin for ‘a result that is as close to an actual northern lights flare as printed materials can accomplish.’

November 23, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Keurig Dr Pepper Helps Guide CPGs Through Amazon Packaging Compliance

Having braved its own journey into Amazon’s Ships in Own Container (SIOC) certification demands, KDP packaging engineers explain what’s required to ready products for e-commerce delivery.

November 19, 2020

Sustainability

Brrr Box Cooler: A Sustainable Alternative to EPS

Startup value-added packaging company develops a reusable, recyclable cooler made from DS Smith’s water-resistant, food contact-safe material that offers an alternative to wax-coated and EPS materials.

November 20, 2020

Robotics

Fanuc Named Top Workplace in 2020

FANUC America

Fanuc was named a top work place in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press for the ninth consecutive year.

November 19, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Latin American E-commerce

In the EXPO PACK Mexico Webinar, three Latin American Packaging Design Leaders offered a lucid and documented vision of the opportunities for the industry today brought about by the exponential growth of online shopping in the region.

November 16, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Anti-slip Packaging Solutions

CGP Expal Inc, a division of CGP Coating Innovation, took advantage of PACK EXPO Connects to demonstrate its anti-slip high friction packaging solutions.

November 13, 2020

Flexible packaging

Label/Flex-Pack Printer Rolls Out New Digital and Silk-Screen Capabilities

Overnight Labels adds an HP digital press with HP Mosaic, capable of generating thousands of unique graphics from one label design, and installs a new rotary silk-screen print unit.

November 12, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-commerce and Covid-19

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated

New consumer shopping behaviors, sustainability and returns are just some of the changes Covid-19 has accelerated for shipping products direct to your door.

November 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Commercialized Projects for Concurrent Fiber-Based Pack Launches

Two concurrent PACK EXPO Connects launches by Sonoco--EnviroSense paperboard canisters and Natrellis dual ovenable molded fiber trays--ask CPGs to reimagine paper in packages where plastic used to be necessary.

November 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Paperboard MAP or SVP Tray Reduces Plastic by 85%

An added benefit over typical CPET MAP or SVP trays is the vast increase in billboard space. Printed paperboard can be visible on the outside bottom, four sides, and even inside bottom of the tray.

November 11, 2020

Labels

Antimicrobial Product Protection for Placard Label Holder

Biomaster silver ion antimicrobial technology ensures a 99.9% cleaner surface.

November 11, 2020

Flexible packaging

PE and BOPP High-Barrier Films for Mono-Material Packaging

Toppan USA announces full-scale availability of its transparent, vapor-deposited PE- and BOPP-based mono-material barrier films in the U.S. and Europe.

November 11, 2020