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Aptar CSP Technologies Joins Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council

Aptar CSP Technologies has joined the HCPC, a nonprofit association dedicated to expanding the use of compliance-prompting packaging...

Single-Serve Packaging Market to Grow at CAGR of 5 Percent Between 2018-2022

The growth is party driven by the rising demand for flexible packaging, which held the largest share in 2017.

Gerhard Schubert GmbH’s Plant Receives Factory of the Year 2018 Award

For the first time ever, Gerhard Schubert GmbH took part in the Factory of the Year 2018 competition, and its Crailsheim site was aw...

WorldStar Packaging Award Winners Announced

The World Packaging Organisation has announced the 189 winners of the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2019. The three countries most awar...

Resource Label Group Acquires Best Label

Resource Label Group LLC has acquired Best Label Company, broadening its west coast presence and leading position in the label and p...

Study Finds Nonstick PFAS Chemicals in Grocery Takeout Packaging

Takeout food packaging from several leading U.S. grocery stores is likely treated with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study r...

Toray Plastics (America) Names Derek Smith as Business Manager, Torayfan Division

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. announces that Derek Smith has joined the Torayfan Polypropylene Film Division as a business...

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Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Child-Resistant Tray-Sleeve Packaging for Cannabis Market

HLP Klearfold has come out with Klearfold Keeper CR for the cannabis market — a transparent, fully customizable, child-resistant package. …

Beverage Packaging

3 Winning Elements Necessary in Wine Packaging

Joe Peleg

For the beverage industry, the power of packaging has never been more important — new entrants into the space can literally live or die by it. With the global marketplace …

Paperboard/Corrugated/Cartons

Ice Cream Cone Shows Off Through Window

Sugar-cone maker Oexmann GmbH & Co. KG of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, contacted Mondi to create a paper ice cream cone sleeve that contained a clear plastic window, allowing the consumer to see …

Beer/Wine/Spirits Packaging

Ice Cooler Pack Keeps Beverages Cold

The Asahi Super Dry Ice Cooler Pack is a collapsible beverage pack that doubles as a cooler, with a special coating on the interior that allows consumers to add ice to …

Supplier Products

SICK Releases Safe Portal Solutions

Safe Portal Solutions ensure flexible, efficient safeguarding for automated material transfer stations. With up to four simultaneous protective fields, two vertically installed safety laser scanners detect people gaining unauthorized access. …

Flexible Packaging

E-Commerce, Material Innovation Drive Protective Packaging Selection

Tom Wetsch

The exponential growth of e-commerce, coupled with technological improvements in material options, is changing the way most companies are picking their protective packaging solutions. …

Rigid Containers

The Truth About Private Label Brands

Kristen Kazarian

So long national brand imitations, lackluster packaging design and sub-par taste. Today’s private label brands are head-to-head with national brands as more retailers are entering the market. On store shelves …

Deck the Stores with Holiday Packaging

Kristen Kazarian

We have reached the holidays — that time of year when retailers, e-commerce stores and brands go crazy with seasonal packaging, special gift sets, brand extensions and intriguing flavor options.

Columns

Guilt-Free Holiday Shopping Comes Boxed

Rachel Kenyon

Each holiday season, shoppers buy more gifts online than the year before — not surprising, given continuous growth in e-commerce year-round. In December, surging residential package deliveries draw increased attention. As people notice boxes everywhere, it’s natural to wonder: Is e-commerce increasing packaging use and waste?

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Blogs

Pets Are Consumers Too

Subscription packaging has boomed in 2018, and it’s not just in cosmetics and male grooming products, pet food has also seen a major uplift in popularity.

Digital Pre-Print: A Secret Weapon in the Battle for Relevance

By Sergio Morales

5 Ways to Boost Sales with Countertop Display Packaging

By Kate Hulley

Personal Care Packaging

Copyright Protection for Creative Product Packaging

David Kluft

If you have ever been tasked with considering what types of intellectual property protection were available for a new packaging design, copyright may not be the first thing that came to mind. After all, it is trademark law that is designed to protect the public’s association with a commercial name or logo.

Beverage Packaging

Implementing PackML PackTags

Lee Smith

Since becoming a standard 15 years ago, PackML has proven to be a powerful development and production tool. End users worldwide rely on PackML’s state model and consistent terminology to easily integrate disparate machines on a packaging line, manage production problems and simplify training.

12th Annual Converters Expo To Feature Industry-Leading Exhibitors On Sold-Out Show Floor

Films & Coatings

A Deep Dive into Pharma Packaging Moisture Control

Craig Voellmicke

Moisture management in pharmaceutical packaging is a necessity; tablets and capsules in bottles with commonplace solutions like sachet or canister desiccants come to mind. But before considering package designs and desiccant options, it is helpful to look at the sources of moisture for these drug delivery products.

Packaging Strategies

2018 December

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, hear about the latest in holiday packaging, private label brands, take a look at packaging innovation and trends, and much more!

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