Conveying & accumulation

Optimizing the sorting and filling of returnable glass

Flooded with returnable glass bottles of varying types, this brewer needed an efficient method of sorting out its own distinct bottles from the rest; a new filling line completes the upgrade.

March 6, 2019

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Consumers Push Luxury Packaging Market Towards Sustainability

Smithers Pira reports that luxury packaging experienced sales growth in all regions except South and Central America between 2014 and 2019.

March 5, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Fit4style spray revs sports nutrition market

Portable energy spray in a replaceable pouch/sachet helps boost stamina during high-endurance workouts and sports activities.

March 5, 2019

Recycling

Knorr selects glass for ambient soup line in Europe

Venerable brand takes package design cues from the chilled juice category to bring differentiation and tout the brand’s natural wholesomeness—without losing brand recognition.

February 28, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart commits to aggressive plastic waste reduction goals

The new initiatives are aimed at advancing the sustainability of the retailer’s private brand packaging and promoting consumer-friendly recycling labels

February 26, 2019

Material handling

Shippers deliver early-stage clinical trial samples

Celerion helps its pharmaceutical manufacturer clients safely and swiftly deliver products in environmentally friendly, temperature-sensitive shipping containers.

February 26, 2019

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Register now for OMAC PackML training

Registration is open for the Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) 2019 PackML Workshop (May 16; Chicago Marriott O’Hare), produced in partnership with PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

February 18, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Starbucks proves out closed-loop system for coffee cups

Working with a fiber recovery company, a papermaker, and a cup converter, Starbucks proves that a closed-loop recycling system for PE-lined fiber hot cups is achievable.

February 18, 2019

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Study evaluates the impact of transport packaging solutions on store labor

Tosca, a manufacturer of reusable packaging and supply chain solutions for perishables, commissioned industrial engineering firm, Advantage Consulting to conduct a study evaluating the impact of transport packaging solutions on store labor.

February 14, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Caps collection program gets kids thinking sustainably early

We’ve all seen increased sustainability activity with CPGs commitments to the environment, but there is a small company in Evansville, IN that created a grass roots recycling effort eight years ago and it continues to grow.

February 12, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge seeks solutions to single-use plastics

National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched a competition that will focus on three strategic ways to address the growing issue of plastic pollution.

February 11, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Plasma gasification closes the loop (on sustainability)

The traditional approach of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ needs to be replaced with a new paradigm focused on converting terminal packaging waste into recovered products and energy.

February 11, 2019

E-commerce

Nestlé’s reusable ice cream container for Loop keeps contents cold

A new reusable, stainless-steel double-walled container for Häagen-Dazs keeps ice cream fresh and cold from filling to delivery at consumers’ homes, as part of the new Loop shopping platform.

February 9, 2019