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D2C SIOC Shoes Make Sustainable Statement
Micah Heftman hadn’t heard the acronym SIOC (ships in own container) when he designed a shoebox for his footwear. He just wanted to avoid a ‘box within a box’ experience. Only when he heard about SIOC did he realize there was a name for his pack design.
Package Design
Milk-Bone Rebrand Affirms That ‘Life’s More Fun with a Dog’
E-commerce
Dutch Bakery’s E-Comm Pack Keeps Cakes Cool
Supplier Submitted
PET Aerosol Container
Sustainability
Kraft Heinz Explores Potential of Paper-Based Ketchup Bottle
Package Design
Medical Device eIFUs: Hurdles to Overcome
Live from the[PACK]out: Regulations, regional acceptance, and validated packaging configurations all play a role. The challenges aren’t insurmountable but will require efforts from the packaging community.
Package Design
KiiP Tackles Wicked Problems in Package Material Stability
What began as a chat over coffee has led to work on a hypothesis and a white paper with far-reaching potential in saving time and resources in medical device packaging stability testing. Efforts were presented at the[PACK]out's inaugural event in Austin.
Sponsored
Wrap It. Strap It. Secure It.
While there has been an increased focus on automation investments across the supply chain – with an estimated $244 billion forecast in 2022 – an often-overlooked area is the importance of consumables of all types.
Supplier News
Amcor Launches Lift-Off Initiative for Innovative Start-ups
Amcor’s Lift-Off is an open-call initiative aimed at supporting seed stage start-ups focused on innovative packaging solutions and related technologies. Winners will receive $250,000 as well as operational guidance, to take their ideas to the next level.
Supplier News
TricorBraun Acquires UK-Based Continental Bottle Co. and Dibro
TricorBraun acquired Continental Bottle Co., Ltd., a UK glass packaging provider, and its affiliate, UK glass decorator DiBro Ltd. The acquisitions will expand TricorBraun’s European presence.
Take Five
Craft Brew Conference Report: New Products for an Industry at a Crossroads
In an industry that’s quickly maturing, craft breweries are forced to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. We’ll talk about the trends, equipment, & materials shown at the 2022 Craft Brew Conference designed to help brewers take on the next chapter.
Sponsored
Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste
Protect your personnel, product, and equipment. Engineered-to-application bulk bag dischargers from NBE, with enclosed dust recovery, keep material in the product stream and throughput at its peak.
Package Design
Reducing Risk for Slack-fill Packaging Lawsuits: Part One
Here are some fundamentals regarding lawsuits alleging that the packaging contains slack-fill that misleads and deceives the consumer.
Sustainability
Sustainable Packaging TODAY: Food and Beverage Trends
Tired of food and beverage packaging increasing your carbon footprint and eco-shame? Discover sustainable options available now, all explained by U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of the PackHub and Packaging World’s Matt Reynolds.
Supplier News
Smurfit Kappa UK Acquires Atlas Packaging
Smurfit Kappa UK Limited, a manufacturer of paper-based packaging products acquired Atlas Packaging, an independent corrugated packaging provider.
Materials & containers
Refillable Aluminum Bubble Container Goes Against the Norm
Bubble Tree launched with an aluminum bottle designed to reflect the brand’s goals of sustainability and environmental safety.
Coding, printing & labeling
Ardagh Invests in Digital Can Printing
Commercially viable since 2019 and operating more or less under the radar at first, Canada’s Hart Print is now ready for what Co-CEO and Co-Founder JP Paradis calls “our coming out party.”
Coding, printing & labeling
Digital Continues to Transform Printing and Finishing
With digital’s share of the printed label and packaging market showing impressive gains, a number of new players are entering the game—especially in the direct-to-shape space.
Workforce
Women Drive Innovations in Sustainable Packaging, Digital Printing
A recent issue of Packaging World magazine covers sustainable packaging innovations from Mars, Aveda, and Brita Water and new direct-to-shape digital can printing—all led by women.
Flexible packaging
PCR Retort Pouches
ProAmpac’s ProActive PCR® retort pouches, EU and FDA compliant for food contact in retort applications, are designed for pet and human food packaging.
Flexible packaging
Monomaterial Pouches from P&G’s Pantene Japan Refill Durable Aluminum Bottle
In another entry into the refillable packaging systems category, P&G’s Pantene Japan asks consumers to refill aluminum bottles with product packaged in a PE/PE flexible pouch.
Package Design
SEE Launches Digital Packaging Brand prismiq™
Sealed Air’s prismiq is a digital packaging brand with a portfolio of solutions for design services, digital printing, and smart packaging.
Package Design
AMC Global: Top Five Packaging Design Adjustments for Selling Online
As online shopping continues to grow, AMC Global compiles the top five packaging design considerations for successfully selling your products through e-commerce.
Package Design
Rebrand for Little Spoon Baby Food Reflects Fresh Approach
Organic baby foods company Little Spoon redesigns its packaging for a more cohesive, impactful look across its range of products and to work better in the D2C environment.
Supplier News
Essentra Packaging, Advanced Material Development Announce Smart Packaging Collaboration
Essentra Packaging and Advanced Materials Development (AMD) are developing a new generation of time temperature indicators, an accurate and cost effective smart packaging technology for the pharmaceutical sector.
Package Design
Unleashing QR Codes’ Potential in Healthcare
QR codes can link consumers and patients to dynamic engagement, education, authentication features and more. Here are 12 examples of how brand owners can unleash the potential of QR codes for life science and personal care applications.
Package Design
A Healthy Try at Simplifying Food Labels?
At the risk of overdramatizing, the food label is a continuing cauldron of controversy.
![At the[PACK]out, presenting 'Wicked Stability: Predicting the Aging Degradation of Materials' were speakers (from left): Dan Burgess, Henk Blom, and Rod Patch w/ Moderator Seema Momin.](https://img.packworld.com/files/base/pmmi/all/image/2022/05/Wicked_Stability.627af09af0762.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=146&q=70&w=340)
