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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,...

Starbucks Strawless Lids for Cold Beverages Now Available in U.S.

As part of the company’s efforts to phase out plastic straws worldwide, a recyclable, strawless lid is the new standard for iced beverage...

GreenTek Packaging Launches Disposable Utensils Made from Hemp

Made from all natural elements, including U.S.-grown industrial hemp, the new Hemptensils™ is the first in-kind brand of plant-based disp...

Global Beer Brands Rethink Direction

Your favorite beer may not be what it once was. It’s now a division of a worldwide beverage corporation. “Bud” of St Louis is now Anheuse...

Mondi Trials Digital Watermarking to Separate Waste

Mondi has joined forces with AIM, the European Brands Association, and others to prove the viability of digital watermarking for sorting ...

New Technology for Food Wrappers Based on Extract from Algae

A Chinese research team based in Qingdao, Shandong province, is developing a new technology for food packaging that is expected to be eco...

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Prepared Foods

When Recyclability Isn’t Enough

James Fogg

The term “recyclable” has long been a buzzword in the food packaging industry. But now consumers and other stakeholders are demanding more than the iconic three-arrow triangle stamped on their …

Flexible Packaging

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 …

Brand Packaging

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. …

Pharma/Medical Packaging

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. …

Household Packaging

BIC Lighters Rebranded for Wider Audience Including Millennials

In early 2019, BIC came to Brigade Branding for assistance refreshing their “Good Vibes” line of lighters, with the goal of increasing sales among their millennial demographic. …

Snack Food Packaging

Syntegon Launches Redesigned CBS-D Band Sealers

The Doboy CBS-D and B-550 not only have new names — CBS-D 1500 and CBS-D 750, respectively — but feature improved operability in combination with the proven technology of their …

Labeling

New Wash-Off Adhesive from Acucote Provides Debonding

Acucote, a solutions-oriented pressure-sensitive adhesive coating manufacturer, has introduced WOff, a Wash Off Adhesive, a water-based formula that provides debonding of non-recyclable label materials from PET and glass containers, making them recoverable. …

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

Special Reports

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.

Coronavirus Coverage

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

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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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