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Smurfit Kappa Launches Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge

The competition is part of the company's drive to solve one of the biggest challenges in the packaging industry – to reduce the...

Antares Vision and ALP.I Agree to Merger

Antares Vision and ALP.I SPAC are merging. The goal is to provide support for and accelerate the growth path undertaken by Antares V...

INX Natural-Based Inks Offer Sustainable Benefits, Receive Endorsement

INX International Ink Co. has come out with INXhrc natural-based water, solvent and conventional offset inks, which use fewer chemic...

Many Join New Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Nearly 30 companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain launched the new “Alliance to End Plastic Waste” (AEPW)....

Consumers Choose Walmart as Top Spot for Groceries

Some 27 percent of grocery purchasers say Walmart is the in-store retailer they get groceries from most, more than twice as many as Kroge...

Call for Entries: Nielsen Packaging Design Impact Award

The Nielsen Design Impact Award identifies the most impactful redesigns over the last two years. Brands and design agencies can subm...

Hoffman Neopac to Produce Small Tubes at New U.S. Facility

Hoffman Neopac's Tamper Evident Nozzle and Twist’n’use tubes exemplify solutions to be manufactured in the Wils...

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Cans & bottles

Picker's Vodka Stands as Tribute to Nashville Musicians

Pennington Distilling Co. sought to rebrand its popular product and create an entirely new bottle that would attract attention on store shelves, all without disrupting manufacturing production. …

Case Forming/ Packing/ Sealing

Case Erector Brings High-End Features to Midrange Lines

A-B-C’s Model 300 case erector for 15-25 cpm production lines is a midrange machine that offers key production features of its higher speed Model 330 erector to deliver 24/7 reliable operation …

Rigid Containers

CBD Finds Coffee and Tea Markets

Diamond CBD Inc., a leader in hemp extraction and innovative CBD products for the wellness market, enters the Coffee segment with the release of CBD-infused coffee & tea K-Kup capsules. …

Meat/Seafood Packaging

Multi-Peel PET Lidding Solution Offers Enhanced Resealability

KM Packaging has launched KReseal PET e AF resealable lidding solution, delivering enhanced multiple peel and reseal capability to improve convenience and reduce product waste. …

Beverage Packaging

TTO Coder Targets Emerging Markets

Markem-Imaje is extending its thermal transfer overprinter (TTO) line of coders with a cost-efficient version targeting low- and medium-speed production lines of up to 600 mm per second initially for users …

Rigid Containers

Chobani Brings Plant-Based Yogurt to Dairy Case

The nine Non-Dairy Chobani products are coconut-based and packed with probiotics, less sugar than other non-dairy brands and only natural ingredients. …

Rigid Containers

Understanding the Grape for Proper Packaging

Richard (Dick) Lindenmuth, president and CEO of Styrotek, a California-based company that designs and manufactures EPS packaging for table grapes as well as other foods and pharmaceuticals, discusses grape packaging …

Unit Dose Packaging Gains Support

Walt Berghahn

Anyone associated with pharmaceuticals and packaging is likely aware President Trump signed the SUPPORT Act recently. The Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, also known as SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, includes a specific address to the type of packaging that should be utilized to stem the tide on opioid addiction.

Snack Food Packaging

New Year, Old Tunes

Kristen Kazarian

Using song to lure TV listeners in with the hope that consumers will relate to the product is not new. Its purpose? To do what it does for me: think about one’s youth and a happy, carefree time with no bills, no house payment and no work hours. And, as a child of the ’70s, I’m happy to reflect back through familiar tunes.

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Blogs

MAP, CAP or Vac-Pack?

By Charlie Ahern

Drying, chilling, freezing, sterilization and pasteurization describe just some methods of food preservation. However, all of these have major drawbacks — including the loss of essential nutrients and flavor.

How Digital Is Influencing Product Packaging Aesthetics

By David Roberge

E-Commerce, Packaging and the Holiday Season

By Holly Dunnill

Snack Food Packaging

Learning in a Virtual Environment

Virtual Reality (VR) has been influencing the packaging market in recent years in different ways, but its potential still has much to offer. Find out how it can boost packaging machine performance.

Inspection/Detection/Vision

Time to Inspect the Doughnuts

Investment in four Stealth metal detectors from Fortress Technology has underpinned an expansion program at Arizona-headquartered Doughnut Peddler. The presence of the metal detectors has enabled the doughnut producer to elevate its lines to top food safety standards, meeting GMP requirements and winning the confidence of new retail customers.

Columns

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.

Cartoning

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?

Packaging Strategies

2019 January

In this issue of Packaging Strategies, read the top packaging innovations of 2018, pharmaceutical packaging trends, take a look at HMI advances, and much more!

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