Cartons and boxes

J.O. Spice tackles seafood seasoning safety

Crab and seafood seasonings company adds new metal detector that saves time, runs well in its harsh production environment, and is incredibly sensitive, offering its customers peace of mind.

May 21, 2018

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Containers

Baby Dove's new bundle of joy

A gift pack from Baby Dove uses a clean, white basket that is perfect for store-shelf display and doubles as a collapsible, reusable, and portable storage container for new parents.

May 20, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

RPA calls for excellence in Reusable Packaging Award applications

July 15, 2018 is the submission deadline for the program that recognizes implementation of innovative, measurable reusable transport packaging solutions.

May 17, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

U.S. plastic resin producers set circular economy goals

Resin manufacturers announce three goals to transition to increasingly circular systems for designing, manufacturing, recycling, and recovering plastic packaging resources.

May 14, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Report: Bioplastics growth to outpace the economy as a whole

That’s according to a new report, Watching Bioplastics, which finds there is growing consumer interest in bioplastics, but a continued need for education.

May 14, 2018

Home

Q&A: Cannabis packaging design

High-end material choices collide with child-resistant closures and packaging. From nasal sprays to triangular cartons, a designer talks choices and compliance challenges.

May 12, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Seen at NPE2018: Simply Orange's blow-molded PET bottle with integral handle

The Coca Cola Co.'s new bottle format uses a resin that is true PET, so it's recycling friendly but still can be extrusion blow-molded into a handled format.

May 10, 2018

Workforce

Cal Poly students stand out in WorldStars

Teams of Cal Poly packaging, business, and design students received two of the top three awards at the 2017 World Packaging Organisation (WPO) WorldStar International Packaging Design Student Competition.

May 9, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability checklist launched

A quick reference guide, the Sustainability Checklist for Structural Package Designers includes input from 40 members of PAC NEXT’s Packaging Innovation Gateway project team.

May 7, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

The state of packaging policy trends in Europe

Virginia Janssens, Executive Director of EUROPEN and speaker at the upcoming AMERIPEN Annual Conference, discusses the Circular Economy, EPR, and other European packaging policies.

May 5, 2018

Protective/transport packaging

Baby-food meal kits strive to make the world better

From its plant-based, flash-frozen meals that minimize food waste to its use of a new molded pulp shipper with starch-based insulation, Raised Real works to preserve resources for the next generation.

May 4, 2018

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Pregis joins How2Recycle coalition

Pregis LLC has joined the How2Recycle coalition to help simplify recycling instructions for consumers.

May 4, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Resolving plastics marine litter issue is DAUNTING

Oceans of trash pose a complex challenge that could be too onerous to resolve given modest plastics packaging recycling, the economic advantages of using virgin material, and the sheer volume of containers floating around the globe.

May 3, 2018