PMMI News

PACK EXPO 2016 Innovations Report

PACK EXPO 2016 and co-located Pharma EXPO was a record-breaker. Here’s our team coverage of game-changing innovations.

January 10, 2017

Sustainable Packaging: Page 275

Controls & Machine Components

Bunting Magnetics acquires Master Magnets

Bunting Magnetics Co. expands global operations with acquisition of U.K.-based Master Magnets Ltd.

January 8, 2017

Home

High Pressure Processing and packaging continues to grow

High Pressure Processing (HPP) and packaging of food and beverages has been a novel process up until recently.

January 6, 2017

Cosmetics/Personal care

Eco-friendly lip balm packaging

Replaceable lip balm cartridges are the key to this award winning packaging concept.

January 6, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Wine capsule goes green

Recently introduced by Washington State's Snoqualmie Winery is a wine capsule sourced from a bio-based polyethylene produced from sugar cane.

January 5, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 sustainable packaging stories of 2016

See what visitors to GreenerPackage.com were reading about last year in the annual Top 10 list of most-read articles on the site.

January 2, 2017

Containers

Supplement tub custom-designed for convenience

A new custom container for nutritional supplements that can be refilled and reused includes a snap-on lid and measurement scoop for ease of use.

December 31, 2016

Sustainability

Tomato fiber-based packaging finds commercial applications

Canadian grower Pure Hothouse Foods and French grower Idyl switch to solid board packaging for their vegetables that is enriched with tomato plant fibers.

December 25, 2016

Flexibles

Bio-based Snickers wrapper wins top award

Four years in the making, a bio-based film wrapper for Mars' Snickers candy bar made from potato starch waste is given top honors in the 11th Global Bioplastics Awards.

December 19, 2016

Recycling

Three dynamic packaging design trends for 2017

After a polarizing 2016, consumers are ready to embrace more optimistic, unifying experiences. Does your packaging engage and empower consumers by addressing the issues important to them?

December 17, 2016

Sustainability

Light-blocking label opens up package design possibilities

The innovative Pentalabel eklipse label substrate from Klöckner Pentaplast blocks light so brand owners can use PET bottles instead of HDPE. The shrink-sleeve label increases shelf life, frees up design and provides a more environmentally friendly packaging option.

December 14, 2016

Flexibles

Mars Drinks rethinks Freshpack design

After a Life Cycle Assessment of its single-serve Freshpack pouch for coffee and tea, Mars Drinks make changes that reduce the carbon footprint of the package by 31%.

December 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Medical Marijuana for Senior Patients

Medical marijuana may allow those with pain to stay in the workforce longer. Here’s how one company is appealing to mature patients.

December 12, 2016