Containers

Milk ‘flavorizer’ in tin evokes brand’s nostalgic positioning

Generations-old family farm Shatto Milk selects a specialty tin for its new powdered milk flavorings that complements the high-quality, time-tested glass bottle format used for its milk.

May 18, 2019

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Colbert Packaging plants trees with elementary students for Earth Day

TICCIT® Program teaches the next generation about trees and recycling.

May 15, 2019

Material handling

Thirty warehouse improvement ideas

Sometimes a simple concept can help to improve time, efficiency and cost in the supply chain warehouse environment.

May 13, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

It’s a material world Part 2: Tackling the plastics problem through package design

With help from Charlotte Warren from Equator Design’s Nottingham, England, studio, we examine how packaging designers can lead the change to save our oceans from plastics overuse.

May 13, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

It’s a material world, Part I: How alternative materials can address the plastics problem

What do langoustine shells, nut shells, banana peels, and plastic waste have in common? They are all being trialed for use in packaging as an alternative to plastic.

May 12, 2019

Cartons and boxes

Cannabis brand incorporates recyclable, child-resistant packaging

When upgrading its packaging for CA compliance, cannabis brand Garden Society finds tamper-evident stickers and child-resistant boxes and cartons that maintain the botanical aesthetic.

May 9, 2019

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Packaging industry professionals to gather at Sustainability in Packaging Europe in Barcelona, Spain on 12-14 November 2019

Over 300 experts from across the packaging industry will gather in Barcelona, Spain on 12-14 November 2019 to attend the 4th annual Sustainability in Packaging Europe conference (www.sustainability-in-packaging.com).

May 8, 2019

Converting equipment

Diageo and digital printing

Running June 4-5 in Orlando and produced by Smithers-Pira, Digital Print for Packaging US includes among its keynote speakers Barry Sanel, Senior Graphics Commercialization Manager, Diageo North America.

May 8, 2019

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Marchesini Group to exhibit at EXPO PACK Guadalajara

The Marchesini Group will exhibit its Unica robotic line at EXPO PACK Guadalajara.

May 6, 2019

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Digital printing is revving up

Everyone’s braced for the next wave of digital whizzbangery when drupa opens in June of 2020. But plenty of converters today are busy leveraging what’s already in the digital printing tool box.

May 6, 2019

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Opportunities for growth based on flexible packaging trends

Packaging is one of the most critical, universal, and complex parts of every supply chain.

May 6, 2019

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Addressing new Latin American demands

The processing and packaging markets in Latin America are primed for a wave of automation and new technology. They’ll find it at EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2019, the largest edition of the event to date.

May 6, 2019

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Extended EPR may point directly at packaging

For those tracking environment-related laws affecting packaging, it’s getting harder to know where to look.

May 6, 2019