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Coca-Cola Targets Younger U.S. Voters with Get Out the Vote Campaign

Coca-Cola brand Peace Tea is encouraging its fanbase to “Speak Your Peace” in the upcoming election through a partnership with Vote.org.,...

Hong Kong Startup Launches Plastic Bag that Dissolves in Hot Water

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Klockner Pentaplast to Expand Post-Consumer rPET Extrusion Capacity

The expansion significantly increases its capacity for thermoformed recyclable protein trays in North America.

Budweiser Commits to Brewing Industry Scholarship Program for Black Students

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Study Shows Automating Packaging Procurement Can Result in 30% Increase in Workflow Efficiencies

A new study by SourceHUB, provider of a collaborative technology platform for packaging procurement, found that automating specifications...

Novolex Senior Director Earns First 'Women in Supply Chain' Award

Amy Barnes, senior director at Novolex®, a leader in packaging choice, sustainability and innovation, has earned the inaugural Women in S...

Persil Switches to 100% Recyclable Bottles

The bottles are made with 50% post-consumer recycled plastic, and the dosing ball previously provided with every bottle has been removed,...

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Rigid Containers

FILTEC Showcases INTELLECT Filler Management Solutions

INTELLECT Filler Management Solutions are available for glass bottles, PET bottles and cans, and use either vision or photon inspection technologies following the seamer or closer operations to check each container …

Rigid Containers

Magnum Ice Cream Tubs Created with Recycled Polypropylene

Magnum ice cream brand has rolled out more than 7 million ice cream tubs made with certified circular polypropylene from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ initiative that uses feedstock made from recycling used, …

New Products & Materials

Berry Global Launches 100% Sugarcane-Based HDPE Bottle

Berry Global has partnered with Bhoomi to launch a 100% sugarcane-based bottle for the brand's cold-pressed cane water elixir. This 12 oz. HDPE bottle is produced by Berry and replaces …

New Products & Materials

Sneak Peek of Gen 7 Digital Inkjet Technology

Domino is providing a sneak peek leading up to the September 30th unveiling of Generation 7, the next generation digital inkjet technology, and asking label manufacturers to reserve their spot …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Frozen Foods put the Chill in Mealtime

Kristen Kazarian

While frozen foods once were considered a sub-par meal choice and unhealthy newer options are giving consumers what they crave. It is evident that the novel coronavirus has shifted consumer …

Closures/Lids

Why the Future of Packaging Hinges on Inclusivity

Brandon Bach

While a stubborn clamshell container or vacuum-sealed jar lid might serve as a minor inconvenience to some, it can be a major struggle for others. …

Coronavirus Coverage

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. …

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.

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Blogs

Speed and Agility — the Engines Behind the New Normal

By Tom Newmaster

Along with the health threats of COVID-19 came a host of unpleasant impacts to daily life, such as shortages. Retailers were unable to keep up with the demand for staples like toilet paper, paper towels, etc..

Cannabis Industry Ignites Job Market for Design and Packaging

By Tom Newmaster

Can Augmented Reality Improve Manufacturing?

By Mark Howard

Coding/Marking/Printing

The Promise of Connected Packaging: From brand protection to consumer engagement

It is now well accepted that virtually all brands, from the utmost recognized to the newly eager, face an unprecedented onslaught of counterfeiting and gray market trading. In emerging countries, this menace is bold and audacious, with outright fakes appearing in the open marketplace. In developed countries, the problem is equally insidious due to online propagation of counterfeit products through e-commerce platforms.

Produce Packaging

OpX Drives Excellence for North American Manufacturing

Dr. Bryan Griffen

New solutions continue to be developed by multiple Task Forces and Solutions. Currently, available OpX Leadership Network solutions and best practices are divided into three streams and nine specific topics (as shown in July’s column).

Converters Expo Goes Virtual and Leads the Industry With an All-New Fully Digital Format

Coronavirus Coverage

Social Media: A Blessing & A Curse

Kristen Kazarian

Packaging Strategies

2020 September

The September issue of Packaging Strategies includes our spotlight feature on labeling and what it means to consumers. Also you will find features on cannabis packaging, inclusivity in packaging’s future, automated inspection for a syrup manufacturer, a pickling company grows into new equipment, frozen foods trends and more!

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