Recycling

Packaging for the golden age

With nearly a quarter of the population aged 50 or over, brand owners wishing to appeal to this demographic must address aging consumers’ specific packaging needs, while keeping the broader consumer base in mind.

September 23, 2017

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Additives, coatings & inks

Tension Corp. and INX International celebrate 40-year customer relationship

Award-winning quality, service, and performance bind Tension Corp. and INX International.

September 22, 2017

Plastics/resins

DS Smith Plastics Division invests in new North America rigid packaging facility

With this new facility, DS Smith Plastics will further its positioning in North America, while responding to a growing demand of its rigid packaging products in the U.S.

September 19, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Biologiq joins AMERIPEN

The new member will bring sustainability benefits to packaging value chain.

September 13, 2017

Sustainability

Milk conveys organic with unbleached paperboard carton

Arla’s EKO organic dairy brand uses a new carton made from natural brown unbleached paperboard that retains the color of the wood fibers and has a visible fiber structure.

September 11, 2017

Flexibles

Compostable film wraps snack bars

A compostable film wrapper for new cold-pressed fruit and nut bars from Shanvalley Innovative Food Company of Ireland helps the company expand on its brand promise, ‘Eat Right – Live Right.’

September 10, 2017

Cartons and boxes

Rapak and Worldwide Dispensers to feature bag-in-box innovations at PACK EXPO

Rapak’s Oxygen Scavenger wine bags are an ‘active packaging’ system for bag-in-box that when used in combination with Worldwide Dispensers ‘ultra-high-barrier Mustang wine tap, offers the highest product’s shelf-life in the market.

September 8, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

New digital tools help educate on plastic wrap and bag recycling

The Flexible Film Recycling Group releases two new online tools for consumers, recycling coordinators, local and state governments, and businesses to help grow PE film recycling.

September 6, 2017

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TIPA Compostable Packaging

September 5, 2017

Cartoning

Craft beer can line leverages robotics

Depalletizing of empty cans, formation of pallet layers, and lifting of formed layers onto pallets are all done robotically. Elsewhere in the plant, another robot depalletizes reshippers.

September 5, 2017

PMMI News

Powerful PACK EXPO Las Vegas drives innovation

Now in its 12th edition, this show just keeps on growing. The technologies exhibited on the show floor are just the beginning. And don’t forget it’s co-located with Healthcare Packaging EXPO.

September 5, 2017

Flexibles

Benefits of Flexible Packaging for Fighting Food Waste

A new infographic from the Flexible Packaging Association highlights how flexible packaging can help keep food fresher and prevent food waste.

September 4, 2017

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Removable paper label facilitates recycling

From Good Culture out of California comes a 5.3-oz single-serve cup of cottage cheese that has an unusual, removable label.

August 31, 2017