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Martha Stewart Delving into Cannabis Cosmetics, Pet Care & Food Lines

Martha Stewart is working with Canopy Growth Corp. to develop cannabis-related animal care, cosmetic and food products, the lifestyl...

Proseal Gives to Local Charities in U.K.

As part of its local community support program, Proseal has donated £2 million, to be shared equally between the building of t...

Crown to Go Wind-Powered by 2020

Crown Holdings Inc. has signed a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement to use wind power in all of its U.S. and Canadian beverage...

International Consumer Survey Reveals Concern Over Plastic Use in Food Packaging

Over half of respondents to a survey in the U.S., China, Germany and Finland say they'd pay more for renewable food packaging, Kemira...

Orange-Peel-Based Food Packaging Developed by Student

Bio-Peel, a new material unveiled by a Brunel University London student, blends waste orange peels with a mixture of other biodegrad...

Meat Flights Available with Four Prime Cuts for Tasting

Crowd Cow launches a farm to table meat tasting kit, partnering with NBC's Jeff Rossen. The kit comes complete with instructions...

Vice President Pence Visits JLS Automation to Discuss Trade Deal

Pence recently toured JLS and called for executives to support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which proposes to support fair t...

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Personal Care Packaging

Tikun Hemp Aims to Repair the World

Tikun Olam has launched Tikun Hemp, its first hemp-based product line that includes broad-spectrum CBD tinctures, topicals and softgel capsules. …

Supplier Products

Piab Vacuum Lifter Goes from Pallet to Feed Station

Regardless of what they are made of or what they contain, all sacks can be handled with ease with Piab's ergonomic Vaculex vacuum lifter. …

Flexible Packaging

Salad Dressing Tube Disguised as Frosting for Kids

Kraft is introducing Kraft Salad "Frosting," its Kraft Classic Ranch Dressing disguised in a frosting tube for kids. …

Supplier Products

New Range of FDA-Compliant Rigid Desiccant Cards for Healthcare Packages

Clariant announced a new flat-profile molecular-sieve desiccant, ADP Plate, along with an expanded line of Dri-Card laminated-film desiccant cards. Both products are FDA compliant. …

Cans & bottles

Lil Fizz Wine Packs a Big Punch

No Fine Print Wine Co. launched the latest addition to its family of wine, Lil Fizz, a highly crushable, slightly fizzy canned white wine with no pretension. …

Labels

Once Again Nut Butter Tells Story on New Package

Once Again Nut Butter, an organic and gluten-free peanut butter and natural nut butter brand, set out to further highlight its eco-friendly mission with a complete redesign centered on brand …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Snack Food Packaging Is Convenience-Driven

Kristen Kazarian

Consumers push the trends in this market, which include flavor diversity, health and wellness appeal, convenience/resealability and clean label. There are opportunities for manufacturers, such as sustainable processes and increased …

The Factory of the Future

What exactly does it mean? That’s what I asked myself recently when I was at the Automate Show in Chicago. Let’s explore this buzzword.

Cartoning

To Protect and Serve

Sean Riley

While the growth in online purchasing drives changes from product design, to package changes, picking, fulfilling and shipping, product protection stands alone as the main issue, according to the E-Commerce: Think Inside the Box report by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

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Blogs

American Manufacturing Is Set to Explode - Are You Ready?

Reshoring is a hot topic in the U.S. Politically charged, the practice promises an increase in jobs for workers, profits for manufacturers and a revival of the ‘"Made in the USA" movement. Here are measures for small- to medium-sized manufacturers to prepare for a manufacturing resurgence.

Security with Tamper Evident Packaging

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Produce Packaging

Mushroom Producer Switches to Tray Sealing

Renowned Dutch company Agarica bv, which has been passionate about mushrooms for over 50 years, has switched to tray sealing based on SEALPAC equipment.

Produce Packaging

Corrugated Containers or RPCs

The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) has released a new life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing the environmental impact from extraction of raw materials to end-of-life for corrugated containers and reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for transport and display of fresh produce.

Beverage Packaging

Automate for Accident Reduction

Could you afford to lose 31.2 million working days? According to The Labor Force Survey, this figure illustrates the volume of unplanned worker absence due to non-fatal workplace injuries. Industry leader in apparel distribution, Ralawise, believes automation could be the solution.

Brand Packaging

Cannabis: Augmented Reality For Packaging

Tom Newmaster

If a buyer didn't have a trusted source back in the days of buying pot before it was legal, he or she could end up with a bag of oregano, or something worse. Thanks to legalization, the chances of that happening again are practically nil in states where pot is legal and people can buy from a licensed dispensary.

Packaging Strategies

2019 June

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, we share new technologies in label management, the skills gap and end-of-line machinery, big data, one garage door manufacturer turns green with new packaging, snack food packaging trends and more!

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