Contract Packaging

CPA Releases Their 2021 State of the Industry Report Amid Industry Growth

Contract Packaging Growth, Insights, Research, and Perspectives

June 17, 2021

Trends: Page 147

Sustainable Packaging

Beverage Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Trends on Plastic Packaging

Plastic has become an issue for consumers, particularly related to plastic waste in the environment. This directly impacts the beverage industry, which is made up of 45% rigid plastic packaging, only 25% of which ends up being recycled in the US.

June 17, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Wisconsin-based beverage co-packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.

June 17, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Expands Frustration-Free Packaging Programs to Include Smaller Eligible Product Sizes

The Frustration-Free Packaging Programs Incentive Expansion, announced June 1, 2021 for North America and following later this year in Europe, has expanded its product size range downward, to include ASINs starting as small as 6 x 4 x 0.375 ins.

June 16, 2021

Sustainability

AmericaPack Summit to Addresss Key Packaging Challenges

The AmericaPack Summit, June 28-29, will bring together top packaging executives from across the United States for a 2-day event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.

June 16, 2021

PMMI News

$75,000 in PMMI Member Family Scholarships Awarded

Fifteen students receive $5,000 scholarships through the PMMI Foundation.

June 15, 2021

Robotics

RōBEX Announces New Vice Presidents

RōBEX

RōBEX promoted Cal Bowers to Vice President–Growth and Troy Kudzia to Vice President-Solutions.

June 14, 2021

Operational Excellence

Cybersecurity Risks Mount While Bag-in-Box Gives Brewers “Cider Security”

In this two-part Take Five, we first take a look at mounting risks around cybersecurity, then switch gears to look at a rising bag-in-box trend among intentionally flat beers and ciders.

June 11, 2021

Digital Printing

Ken Brown Appointed Global Category Specialist, Labels and Packaging for Fujifilm North America Corp.

Fujifilm

Ken Brown was appointed to the newly created role of Global Category Specialist, Labels and Packaging for Fujifilm North America Corp., Graphic Systems Div.

June 11, 2021

Flexible packaging

TIPA Expands Presence in North America

TIPA Compostable Packaging

Compostable packaging producer TIPA announced its expansion into North America with new hires and a focus on developing U.S.-based capabilities as demand continues to grow for sustainable packaging.

June 10, 2021

Flexible packaging

Danielle Diehlmann Named Vice President, Communications for the Flexible Packaging Association

Flexible Packaging Association

Danielle A. Diehlmann, “Dani,” was named Vice President, Communications for the FPA effective July 1, 2021.

June 10, 2021

PMMI News

Emerson Returns as Amazing Packaging Race Sponsor

The Amazing Packaging Race brings together students and exhibitors at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, with student teams completing tasks assigned by exhibitors across the show's four exhibition halls.

June 10, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

PepsiCo's E-commerce Investments Pay Off in Wake of COVID-19

Digital Commerce 360

PepsiCo’s head of global ecommerce shares how its earlier investments in ecommerce helped the CPG giant handle a surge in orders across online channels as consumers shifted to online shopping because of the pandemic.

June 10, 2021