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Conagra Brands Calls On Employees to Help Create Change for Fundraising Campaign

Conagra Brands has launched "United For Change," a new approach to its national employee fundraising campaign. This initiative encourages e…

AIMCAL Hall of Honor Inducts First Five Members

As part of its 50th-anniversary celebration, the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) has established …

CVS Moves to Digital, Non-Toxic Sales Receipts

As paper receipt usage sees a dramatic reduction because of the COVID-19 pandemic, CVS, the largest U.S. pharmacy chain, is responding to p…

Aluminum Cans Show Highest Circular Performance of U.S. Beverage Packages

A new report assessing three U.S. beverage packaging types — aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic PET bottles — finds aluminum cans hav…

ProMach Acquires Statco-DSI, a Leader in North American Systems Integration

ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, has acquired Statco-DSI Process Systems, a leading provider of integrated san…

NiceLabel Named in Supply Chain Brain’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners

. The annual list names the top 100 supply chain vendors whose solutions have made a significant impact on the efficiency, customer service…

Demand for To-Go Meals During Pandemic Causing Packaging Problems for Foodservice

Foodservice operators were quick to adapt to takeout service during the pandemic, but they’ve been battling packaging problems ever since, …

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HEINZ Gets Creative for Halloween with Blood Ketchup

From ketchup-dipped fries as vampire fangs to hot dog “fingers” dripping in ketchup, fans have used HEINZ Ketchup to add deliciously convincing blood to their Halloween celebrations. Now, ahead of …

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Global Packaging Machinery Market to Hit 4.5% CAGR to 2023

A new Freedonia Group analysis projects 4.5% annual growth for the global packaging machinery market through 2023, driven by global increases in manufacturing activity, rising mechanization in developing countries and …

New Products & Materials

KHS Reveals New Markets for Compact Flash Pasteurizer

Compact design, high energy efficiency, simple installation and fast commissioning – these are the convincing arguments that speak for the Innopro BoxFlash from KHS. …

New Products & Materials

Favia Expands Sustainable Packaging Line with Recycled Cap for Aluminum Tube

After ToBeNaturAL, the aluminium tube with a cap made of compostable material, Favia expands its offer by giving customers the possibility to adopt a recycled plastic cap. …

Cans & bottles

PBR Launches Cannabis-Infused Seltzer

The famed Blue Ribbon will now adorn the can of a delicious non-alcoholic THC infused seltzer. Pabst Labs, a company founded by a group of cannabis beverage experts and former Pabst …

Pharmaceutical Bottles to Grow to 5.8 billion in 2024

Drug-producing industries are expected to continue to operate at normal or near normal capacities despite the COVID-19 pandemic. And they will continue to provide demand for a full range of …

Sustainable Packaging

BioPad Provides Sustainable Packaging Option for Corrosion Inhibition

BioPad® is a unique “green” technology flexible corrosion inhibiting device constructed from biobased non-woven material. …

Opportunities and challenges for Brands Under 2020 Labeling Regulations

As food and beverage manufacturers navigate a consumer audience that has changed its attitudes and behaviors completely, they must also address changing the Nutrition Facts on their labels. Changes to labels like those required under the current regulations can have wider-reaching implications for some brands.

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The Total Package

Kristen Kazarian

The other day I received in the mail something called “LastSwab.” I didn’t have a clue what it was, so I opened the package, and lo and behold: a carrying case for one lone cotton swab.

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Blogs

What I Learned from My Freezer

By Stephen Dombroski

Like most people around the world, my family and I have been doing whatever we can to adjust to life under the restrictions that have been put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the first things we did was determine what supplies we needed to buy to prepare ourselves for a world where we might not be able to leave our house. The first task was to go through our inventory of frozen food.

Speed and Agility — the Engines Behind the New Normal

By Tom Newmaster

Cannabis Industry Ignites Job Market for Design and Packaging

By Tom Newmaster

White Papers

Plant-Based Packaging

To us, it seems only natural to put a plant-based product in a plant-based package. Trees are perennial plants. With a harvest to planting ratio of 1 to 7 trees and a recovery rate of 92 percent, corrugated boxes are made to be remade using both new and recycled plant fibers.

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A Slice of Goodness – The Importance of Recycling Pizza Boxes

Pizza night is a great tradition in many American households – and this year, an especially popular option for consumers staying home or scaling back on restaurant dining.

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Editor’s Note: Pivot to Virtual

Kristen Kazarian

In addition to world packaging events going all digital, companies themselves have stepped up and taken control of showcasing their new products to a broad audience by creating their own virtual press events.

Sustainable Packaging

A Slice of Goodness: The Importance of Recycling Pizza Boxes

Rachel Kenyon

Pizza night is a tradition in many American households — and this year, an especially popular option for consumers staying home or scaling back on restaurant dining. In July, we learned that pizza lovers have one more reason to feel good about embracing pizza night: It’s now been officially established and agreed that the pizza box is, in fact, recyclable.

Packaging Strategies

2020 October

In our October issue, the PACK EXPO Connects preview will whet your appetite for its new virtual format, applying IIoT technology and analytics, cold cereal trends, marketing as a tool for packaging, exploring tomorrow’s packaging and more.

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