PMMI News

PACK EXPO East Continues to Expand with Largest Show to Date

The East Coast’s largest and most comprehensive packaging and processing show includes over 100,000 net square feet of exhibit space dedicated to the latest solutions and innovations for 40+ vertical markets.

January 10, 2024

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Sustainability

Plastic Ingenuity Shares Progress and Trends

Plastic Ingenuity, Inc.

Thermoformer Plastic Ingenuity has released its annual Thermoform Circularity Report with the latest findings from its Packaging Sustainability Stakeholder Study.

February 21, 2024

Containers & Closures

Mono-material Cheese Pack Launch Coincides with Recycling Center

The PP mono-material pack provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance. And printability allows the brand and recycling messages to pop.

February 21, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Printpack Commits to Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

Printpack

The flexible packaging manufacturer sets science-based emissions reduction targets for near-term, net zero by 2050.

February 20, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Rumpke and Eastman Join Forces to Expand Recycling of PET Waste

Eastman

Recycler Rumpke will collect hard-to-recycle plastics and feed them to Eastman's molecular recycling process to create virgin-quality materials and boost circularity across industries.

February 20, 2024

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Rumpke Waste & Recycling

February 20, 2024

Operational Excellence

Top Three Industries for Packaging Machinery Market Growth

Factors like changing consumer preferences and sustainability initiatives are driving packaging machinery market growth across major sectors.

February 15, 2024

E-commerce/D2C packaging

House Plant Box's D2C Biz Blossoms with Protective E-Comm Packaging

The rough and tumble, many-touch world of D2C and e-comm shipping can take a toll on any product, but live house plants were a particular challenge for brand House Plant Box. A sustainable, stylish, and robust pack system with bracing tabs did the trick.

February 15, 2024

Sustainability

New Dairy Application for Sustainable Cup

Yaza’s labneh dips will now be sold in Greiner Packaging’s K3 sustainable paperboard-plastic cup.

February 14, 2024

Sustainability

An Innovation Snapshot from The Packaging Conference

The Packaging Conference features discussions on new packaging technologies, with sessions on bioplastics, digital can printing, and a circular solution for all plastics, among others.

February 13, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Scientists Develop 'Magnet' to Recover Ocean Microplastics

University of Kentucky researchers find eco-friendly NADES to be key to water cleanliness and ocean plastic recycling.

February 13, 2024

Sustainability

DS Smith and Mondelēz Renew Partnership for Sustainable Packaging in Europe

DS Smith Packaging Systems

Sustainable packaging provider DS Smith secures exclusive 5-year deal to package Mondelēz snacks, including Oreo, with a focus on reduced plastics and net zero emissions.

February 13, 2024

Sustainability

Xampla Secures Funding to Fight Plastic Pollution

Xampla

Natural materials provider Xampla has received $17.6M to fuel growth of Morro brand, which aims to replace single-use plastics with sustainable solutions.

February 12, 2024