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Closing the Loop with Recycling at the Bin

Thousands of different looking recycling labels on bins can cause confusion for the public. This hurts the environment, businesses and pa...

tna Opens Offices & Training Center in Mexico

tna has announced the opening of a new office and training facility in Mexico. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities, the new office also...

Avery Dennison Label and Graphic Materials Names Pascale Wautelet Global VP, R&D

Avery Dennison Corp. has appointed Pascale Wautelet as the Global Vice President of Research and Development (R&D) for its Label and ...

Amazon Prime Day’s Impact on the Supply Chain Industry

Amazon Prime Day kicks off today at 3:00 p.m. ET and is one of the biggest e-commerce days of the year, with sales growing over 60 percen...

ESS Technologies Celebrates 25 Years

ESS Technologies is celebrating 25 years supplying high performance automated packaging machinery and robotics. Founded in 1993 by K...

Clemson's Sonoco Institute Announces Packaging Workshops

The Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University is offering courses this fall including: Introducti...

Bauer Gear Motor Adds Aluminum Die-Casting to Its Capabilities

Bauer Gear Motor has expanded its in-house manufacturing capabilities by acquiring an aluminum die-casting facility in Italy, operating u...

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Form-Fill-Seal/Filling & Closing

Medical Device Thermoform/Fill/Seal Machine Gives 360-Degree View

Ossid introduces the 8000M medical device thermoform, fill, and seal (tf/f/s) machine, which will be mainly used for Dupont Tyvek sterilized medical device film packaging yet also can be used for …

Cans & bottles

Soleil Mimosa Unveils New Cans for Summer

Soleil Mimosa has released new 375 ml canned mimosas. Three varieties include Soleil Mimosa Classic, the tropical Soleil Mimosa Mango and Soleil Mimosa Pineapple. …

Household Packaging

Clear, Recyclable Stand-Up Pouches for Full Transparency

Bemis recently launched its latest innovation, Encore ultra-clear recyclable film. The technology combines readily recyclable material with transparency. …

Beverage Packaging

Mitsubishi Electric Introduces iQ Monozukuri Andon

Mitsubishi Electric Automation is making it easy for small- to medium-sized factories to realize the benefits of an Andon system, with its new iQ Monozukuri Andon. It offers pre-engineered project data …

The Future of Snack Bars is Functional

Josua Schwab

Healthy snacks, including a wide range of bars, are flying off the shelves. As a consequence of functional ingredients, snack bars are being revamped as version 2.0. These so-called functional …

Beverage multipacks

Cheers to Summer with Limited Edition Packaging

Kristen Kazarian

Summer is prime time for limited edition, seasonal beverages. Refreshed designs, structure changes and styles are normal. This year, consumers are seeing more interactive packaging, as well as a nostalgic …

Rigid Containers

Premium Packaging Redesign for Bic Soleil Razor

BiC's Soleil Razor design was refreshed by Smith Design, which provided an extensive design exploration, refinements and final art for a new premium razor within the portfolio, BiC Soleil Balance. …

The Road from PDMA to DSCSA in Pharmaceutical Packaging

Walt Berghahn

The year was 1987. When then-President Ronald Reagan signed the Prescription Drug Marketing Act, the first passed legislation including the concept of pedigree for pharmaceuticals. It was also the precursor to the 2013 Drug Supply Chain Security Act signed by President Obama.

Pharma/Medical Packaging

New Study Identifies Online and In-Store Shopper Behaviors in Food and Beverage

Danielle Sauvé

Data and insights on what shoppers like helps fuel innovative product designs with strong value propositions, but knowing how shoppers want to receive products is also a critical piece of the story. For example, shoppers are constantly gathering information when it comes to food and beverage packaging and with the rise of smartphones, shoppers are becoming curious about how they can use their phones to get more value out of packaging.

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Blogs

7 Reasons Why Demand for Eco-Friendly Packaging Is Rising

By Ian Venus

More than ever consumers are concerned with supporting ethical businesses with environmentally conscious practices. They are growing increasingly aware of what they consume, the waste they create and the businesses that are aligned with this ethos.

e-Commerce Demand Forces Manufacturers to Tackle Challenges of Single-Parcel Delivery

By Ken Chrisman

6 Product Packaging Mistakes That Are Costing You Money

By David Roberge

Beverage Packaging

Sustainability Survey Reveals Industry Perceptions

A survey released by sustainability specialists Empauer and BtoB communications firm, Adduco Communications, reveals how global packaging industry professionals feel about sustainability, and raises questions about the industry’s preparedness to both implement and measure sustainability practices now and in the future.

Films & Coatings

Growing Flexible Packaging Demand

Maria Ferrante

Environmentally conscious consumers are looking for packaging that uses fewer resources and less energy than other forms of packaging. Flexible packaging minimizes transport costs between the converter, packager/filler, retailer and end user.

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Opportunities and Challenges for Packaging

Richard Cope, senior trend consultant at Mintel, was in Prague in April to give the keynote at Let’s Paper The World 2018, the first European shopping bag summit. In an interview with the Mondi Newsroom, Cope expanded on insights he shared with the summit’s participants.

Supplier Products

Product Focus: Robotics

Supplier products featuring innovations in robotics.

Packaging Strategies

2018 July

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, see the newest list of the Top 50 Food Packagers, take a look at package resealability, pharmaceutical packaging technology, and much more!

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