The market experienced record growth in 2018, with $3.827 billion in shipments, up 8 percent over 2017. According to the Motion Control & Motor Association, part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), shipments were up 3 percent in the last quarter of the year, at $946 million.
In February, the packaging world collectively turned its head toward the announcement of LOOP, a revolutionary and potentially disruptive paradigm shift in the way major brands provide high-quality packaging while simultaneously putting recycling and waste reduction front and center.
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, recently hosted a Sustainable Brewing & Packaging event at its Wilson, N.C. facility. Craft breweries from North Carolina, government agency officials and representatives from other supply chain businesses gathered to discuss sustainability and recycling initiatives.
Ice Age Glacial Water is a new ultra-pure still bottled water from British Columbia that is untouched since the last Ice Age. The brand is being introduced to select U.S. markets including California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Texas.
PepsiCo Inc. said Vivek Sankaran, who it recently tapped to lead its North American food operations, is leaving the company April 12 to become president and chief executive of grocery-store operator Albertsons Cos. The beverage and snacks giant named Steven Williams chief executive officer of PepsiCo Foods North America.
Golden West Packaging Group LLC, a holding company for packaging businesses announced it has acquired Allpak Container LLC, a Pacific Northwest-based packaging provider.
Piab has introduced piLIFT SMART, a more energy-efficient, quieter, ergonomic vacuum lifter that uses the same principles of physics as all vacuum lifters and is the market’s first Industry 4.0-ready vacuum lifter.
Procter & Gamble Co. has already achieved its goal of delivering 15 billion liters of clean drinking water to those in need by 2020, and the company has raised its target to 25 billion liters of clean water by 2025.