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SOMA Partners with Moore & Moore

Moore & Moore will represent SOMA’s printing presses, slitter/rewinders, laminators, and mounting machines in the U.S.

Morancé Soudure Acquires Second Comexi Machine

The company says the short setup time of the Comexi F2 MC 10-color flexographic press will allow the it to reduce costs by changing multipl…

The Metalized Flexible Packaging Market Worth $5.8 Billion by 2025

Pouches is estimated to be the largest segment in the metalized flexible packaging market.

Highcon and EFI Announce Partnership

The companies say its partnership will improve lead times for printed material development by delivering a fully optimized supply chain tha…

BOBST Demonstrates Products at Virtual Open House Event

The three machines on show at the event were the VISION CI flexo press, the solventless NOVA SX 550 LAMINATOR and the MASTER CI flexo press.

OneCircle Announces New Recycling Partnership with Kwaliflex

The partnership increases the recycling of plastic kegs for beverages.

Domino Continues to Grow Installations and Service Teams

Several new hires have taken place over the past several months at Domino North America.

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Sustainable Packaging

OneCircle Announces New Recycling Partnership with Kwaliflex

The partnership increases the recycling of plastic kegs for beverages. …

Brand Packaging

Rum Brand Tanduay Enters Wisconsin Market, Partners with the Milwaukee Bucks

Co-branded packaging for Tanduay Rum and Milwaukee Bucks products will be made available throughout Wisconsin in early 2021. …

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Brand Packaging

Rémy Martin Celebrates Music Culture by Reintroducing VSOP Bottle Design

The newly released design pays tribute to VSOP and celebrates music's culture from the 80s and 90s. …

Form-Fill-Seal/Filling & Closing

Desiccant Inserter Features New HMI for Easy Setup, Quick Changes

The Pharmafill PS1 Packserter from packaging machinery manufacturer Deitz Co. features a new HMI with a touch-screen control panel for intuitively easy setup and fast adjustments for smooth product changeovers. …

Sustainable Packaging

ProAmpac Debuts Recycle Ready Retort Pouches

ProAmpac's patent-pending innovation, ProActive Recycle Ready Retort RT-3000, is suited for pet and human food. RT-3000 pouches are available in stand-up and three-side seal configurations and are EU and FDA …

Snack Food Packaging

Kraft Developing and Testing Its First Recyclable Fiber-Based Microwavable Cup

Kraft Mac & Cheese has announced it is developing and testing the brand’s first-ever recyclable fiber-based microwavable cup. Upon testing completion, the brand will launch a new Kraft Mac & …

Brand Packaging

How Sustainability Can Amplify Marketing Resiliency for CPGs

Marissa Ferrara

Fulfilling short-term needs while maintaining long-term priorities has been an ongoing challenge for organizations since the onset of the pandemic. The global response to COVID-19 has slowed the day-to-day operations …

Acucote Expands FSC-Certified Portfolio

Acucote offers over 30 FSC-certified materials, with the ability to source additional materials not offered in the standard portfolio.

Machinery

Kivnon Introduces Three New Mobile Robotics Solutions

Kivnon has expanded its mobile robot portfolio with a new range of automated forklifts and a new rotational lifting platform AGV/AMR.

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Improve ventilation or moisture release
For paper, film, laminates, wallpaper
Hole sizes adjustable on the fly
Perforation density up…

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Blogs

What I Learned from My Freezer

By Stephen Dombroski

Like most people around the world, my family and I have been doing whatever we can to adjust to life under the restrictions that have been put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the first things we did was determine what supplies we needed to buy to prepare ourselves for a world where we might not be able to leave our house. The first task was to go through our inventory of frozen food.

Speed and Agility — the Engines Behind the New Normal

By Tom Newmaster

Cannabis Industry Ignites Job Market for Design and Packaging

By Tom Newmaster

New Products & Materials

Rohrer and Practicon Develop Clear-All Face Shield for Dentists

Practicon’s VP of product development designed the prototype for the face shield, which features an anti-fog coating, removable Velcro headband and sustainable material.

Robotics

5 Topics to Discuss with Your Packaging Line Integrator

Eric Collier

For many of today’s top CPGs, packaging line integrations have become routine investments; necessary for meeting changing market demands and improving the overall efficiency of production lines. The relative success of a packaging line integration can be determined by answering “yes” to three questions

Columns

The Dark Side

Kristen Kazarian

No matter where you live around the world, you might have seen “dark” stores — retail giants that have moved from selling products in-store to creating a fulfillment center in the physical store space.

Food Service Packaging

Next-Gen Packaging Market to Surpass U.S. $4.4 Mil by 2027

The global next-generation packaging market was estimated to be valued at more than U.S. $3.3 billion in revenue in 2019 and is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% during 2020 to 2027, reports a new market study by Coherent Market Insights.

Packaging Strategies

2021 January

We ring in the new year with features in the January issue including our Top Packaging Innovations in 2020, customizable e-commerce kits, automating coding changeovers to drive efficiency, motion control advances, tape solutions and beauty care while wearing masks.

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