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Ball Corp. Launches Low Carbon Footprint Aluminum Aerosol Can
The sustainable aluminum aerosol can is made with up to 50% recycled content and will be available to customers around the world.
Supplier Submitted
Silgan Dispensing Launches Fine Mist, Pump Solutions
Materials & containers
Companies Find Innovative and Sustainable Ways to Protect and Preserve Products
Sustainability
Hotel Toiletries in Bioplastic Packaging Serve the Eco-Friendly Traveler
Supplier Submitted
Nobelus Launches New Films for Prime Labels
E-commerce
Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional E-Commerce Packaging
Companies are finding sustainable alternatives to common e-commerce packaging solutions using paper and bio-based materials. Packaging World's Matt Reynolds and U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of ThePackHub explore the latest innovations.
Materials & containers
Nourished’s 3D-printed Supplement Stacks Deliver Personalized Nutrients
Based on a consumer questionnaire, ingredients are printed in stacks on in-house developed tech to offer a bespoke 28-day supply. The resulting colorful, customized gummies are packed in home-compostable wrap in a letterbox-friendly carton.
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.
Supplier News
Entries Open for 2022 Packaging Innovation Awards
The entry period for the 2022 Packaging Innovation Awards is now open.
Package Design
Legal Column: GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) Designation Goes to Congress
The GRAS pathway to clearance of the use of substances in packaging and in food is crucially important, and this proposed law has the potential to make enormous changes in various legal obligations.
Materials & containers
World’s First Tequila in Paperboard ‘Bag-in-Bottle’ Design
Distilled in Jalisco, Mexico, and launching in Sweden, Buen Vato is the world’s first tequila in a bottle-shaped paperboard container and 750-mL metalized PET pouch, made from 84% recycled material.
Sponsored
Error Detection Automation Simplified: Introducing the In-Sight 2800
See how easily the Cognex In-Sight 2800 can automate error detection. Powered by deep learning, it can solve a wide range of inspection applications quickly and easily — no programming experience required.
Take Five
Hotel Toiletries in Bioplastics Serve the Eco-Friendly Traveler
One CPG, Public Goods, is helping hotels avoid single-use plastics with a reusable, refillable toiletry solution. Also featured: Digital printing technology has exceeded being useful only for sales samples and regional event personalization.
Materials & containers
Charcoal Activated Recyclable Cork Stopper
Estal’s Corkcoal cork and activated charcoal stopper, ideal for the wine and spirits industries, is available in three styles: sharp, barrel, and cornice and in sizes 21.5 mm and 18.5 mm.
Materials & containers
Recyclable Trigger Sprayer
Silgan Dispensing launches the SP05TM R recyclable trigger sprayer, made with LifeCycleTM Technology, available with either a spray or foaming nozzle, making it an ideal choice for brands in household and consumer packaged goods markets.
Take Five
J&J Chief Medical Officer Talks Package Design Considerations
In part 2 of this two-part series, we delve into design considerations, including caregiver burnout, as well as some of Dr. Kuffner’s tips for those within and outside the packaging community to prevent unsupervised medication ingestions in kids.
Flexible packaging
FPA Announces 2022 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge Winners
This year’s first and second place winners were teams of students from the University of Wisconsin – Stout under the direction of Gary Borges, Lecturer. There was also one honorable mention awarded for the 2022 competition.
Package Design
2022 OTC Package Design Gallery: Part 2
Each year, Healthcare Packaging evaluates an array of over-the-counter product packaging designs, assessing the pros and cons from a user perspective.
Sustainability
Planning Your E-Comm Package’s Funeral: Considerations for Designing for End of Life
Fuseneo’s Brent Lindberg advises E-Pack Europe attendees on how to design packaging for composting, reuse, and especially recycling, rather than for burial in a landfill.
Package Design
2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards Open for Entries
WPO (World Packaging Organisation) announces that submitting entries for WorldStar 2023 is now open and closes on October 20, 2022.
E-commerce
Reusable & Refillable E-Commerce Packaging Solutions
Companies are searching for sustainable e-commerce innovations to meet growing demand. Packaging World's Matt Reynolds and U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of ThePackHub discuss a trend known as 're-commerce.'
Materials & containers
Refillable Wooden Lipstick Case
Aptar and Quadpack launch the Iconic Woodacity® lipstick case featuring a glue-free, lubricant-free mechanism that allows smooth actuation of the bullet.
Sustainability
EPS-Free Packaging Passes the Test for Heavy, Fragile Windows
The shift to paper-based packaging from EPS for sustainability purposes is common these days, but it’s noteworthy in this case since the products are notoriously heavy, unwieldy, and highly breakable glass windows and frames.
Package Design
2022 OTC Package Design Gallery: Part 1
Each year, Healthcare Packaging evaluates an array of over-the-counter product packaging designs, assessing the pros and cons from a user perspective.
Package Design
Absolut Vodka Restages its Flavors Line in Bold Strokes
New packaging design aligns with the refresh of Absolut’s original vodka bottle, but adds a brushstroke of color to differentiate varieties as well as continue the company’s history of using the bottle as a canvas.
Sustainability
Produce Packaging Ripe for Innovation
From European plastic bans to consumers pushing for what they perceive to be more sustainable packaging, produce companies are finding ways to maintain or improve shelf life while contributing to a circular economy.
E-commerce
Levain Bakery Builds a Better E-commerce Box
A 200% increase in online orders driven by the pandemic impels NYC-based bakery to design a new shipper that better protects its famed but fragile chocolate-chip cookies, reduces the complexity of the packaging, and brings the brand to life.