Sustainability

Solenis, BIO-LUTIONS Partner to Produce Sustainable Disposable Alternatives to Single-use Plastic Products

Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals, and BIO-LUTIONS, a Hamburg-based CleanTech company, will develop more sustainable disposable products to replace various single-use plastic products in food packaging applications.

March 30, 2022

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Package Printing

‘Home-grown’ Direct-to-Shape Printing

The self-described ‘super nerds’ who launched Juno DTS a few years back have come up with a modular and scalable way of digitally printing aluminum cans at 400/min.

March 29, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Alternatives to Wood Pallets: Part Three

Among pallet materials, wood dwarfs the combined usage of the alternatives; nonetheless, their situation-specific capabilities are worth knowing.

March 29, 2022

Flexibles

KitKat Mini Moments Make a Big Shelf Impact

To make the lamination recyclable, OPP non-heat sealable film and metalized biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) are used on both sides of the treated material instead of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and metalized PET.

March 24, 2022

Sustainability

Sustainable Packaging TODAY: Bio-Based Packaging on the Shelf

U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of the PackHub and Packaging World’s Matt Reynolds discuss real-world applications of Bio-Based packaging available on the shelf today.

March 29, 2022

Sustainability

Graphic Packaging Extends Range of Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Beverage Industry

Graphic Packaging International

Graphic Packaging enhanced its range of sustainable multipack packaging for the beverage industry with the launch of EnviroClip™—a minimal material, paperboard alternative to plastic rings and shrink film for standard beverage cans.

March 28, 2022

Flexibles

Nearly Half PCR, Beachbody Pouches are Eye-Catchers

This pouch is novel as it incorporates 45% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content at a minimum, earning it Gold recognition in the 2022 FPA Awards for Sustainability.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Tyson Meal Kit Shines Through in Flexible, PE-Stream-Ready Carrier Pouch

The Tyson and Amcor meal kit pouch collaboration received a 2022 Gold Award from the FPA for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Mondi Flexo Printing Line Provides New Options for Hygiene Industry Companies

Mondi Group

The new machinery is equipped to handle the hygiene industry's growing demand for advanced printing options and greater flexibility in feminine care pouch wrapping film designs and materials.

March 25, 2022

Flexibles

2022 FPA Awards Highlight User Experience, Shelf Impact

Sustainability, technical innovation, & print quality continue to be driving forces behind advances in flexible packaging. Noteworthy among the 2022 Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Award winners was how consumers or end users interact with the packs.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Monomaterial Refill Pouch is Easier to Recycle

Developed in concert between Zacros and P&G's haircare brand Pantene in Japan, this monomaterial polyethelyne refill pouch is more easily recycled than multi-layer laminated pouches.

March 22, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live at PACK EXPO East: Starch-based, Compostable E-comm Panels Maintain Cold Chain for Meal Kits

Food & beverage has lagged other products in e-commerce adoption since the cold chain is hard to maintain. Also, packaging that does keep cold temps may not match brands' sustainability goals. But this starch-based solution is compostable.

March 21, 2022

Sustainability

Novelis to Build $50 Million Recycling and Casting Center in South Korea

Novelis

Facility will reduce Novelis' carbon emissions by more than 420,000 tons a year.

March 21, 2022