Sustainability

WestRock to Display Automation Solutions at PACK EXPO 2021

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C-2023! Westrock will exhibit its latest innovations in sustainable, connected, and automated packaging solutions, including the debut of three new machines.

September 20, 2021

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E-commerce

New Age Industrial Offers Aluminum Products for Foodservice and Material Handling Applications

New Age Industrial

Aluminum extruder and fabricator New Age Industrial designs and manufactures lightweight, aluminum products to meet customers exact needs. Its products, including order picker platforms, will never rust or corrode.

September 16, 2021

Robotics

OTTO Motors and Significans Automation Partner to Bring Robotics to the Printing and Packaging Industry

Otto Motors

OTTO Motors, the industrial division of Clearpath Robotics and a manufacturer of AMRs, signed a partnership agreement with Significans Automation Inc. to bring AMR material handling technology to the Printing and Packaging space in the Americas.

September 15, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

Regal Beloit to Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Regal Rexnord Corporation

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SU-7262! Regal Beloit Corp. will showcase its Modsort® Trident three-way sortation system and System Plast® iCOF® condition monitoring device for food and beverage conveyor lines.

September 14, 2021

Flexible packaging

Liquibox to Showcase Latest Bag-in-box Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Liquibox

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SL-6131! Liquibox will showcase bag-in-box packaging, and its newest innovations, with a fresh perspective.

September 13, 2021

Sustainability

Lifoam Industries Commercially Launches Sustainable Packaging Solution for Cold Chain Shipping

Lifoam

Lifoam Industries, LLC, a business segment and subsidiary of LifeMade Products LLC, announced the launch of its Envirocooler insulated shipper with Bioffex technology.

September 8, 2021

Operational Excellence

Top Seven U.S. Packaging Machinery Trends in 2021

According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, there are seven areas currently trending in the U.S. packaging machinery market.

August 31, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

U.S. E-Commerce Sales Rise 9.3% in 2021 Second Quarter

Digital Commerce 360

Digital sales hit $211.70 billion in the second quarter, up a modest 9.3% from $193.62 billion for the same period the prior year.

August 26, 2021

Robotics

E-commerce Poses New Automation Challenges

Two new robotic technologies help address e-commerce related packaging issues, including a reduced labor pool, the need for speed, and sorting of intermixed products.

August 17, 2021

Robotics

Wyzo Sidebot to be Exhibited at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Wyzo

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SL-6027! The Wyzo direct-drive pick-and-place sidebot will be showcased to the U.S. market for the first time at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

August 12, 2021

Retail display packaging

Vanguard Companies Wins Gold and Silver in the Box Manufacturing Olympics

Vanguard Packaging

Vanguard won two gold awards and one silver award in the first-ever 2021 Box Manufacturing Olympics. TAPPI’s CorrPak Competition and AICC’s Package Design Competition joined forces to create the new competition.

August 12, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

Ranpak Announces the North American Launch of its Automated Packaging Solution

Ranpak

AutoFill is a high-speed, fully automated, end-of-line packaging system that optimizes void fill dispensing and maximizes throughput.

August 3, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

8 Packaging Trends Shaping the E-commerce Landscape

New e-commerce study reveals the importance of sustainable packaging and consumers’ preferences around inner packaging components and gift-like attributes in purchase decisions.

August 3, 2021