How much differentiation and innovation can you really add to a cardboard box and a few ounces of Styrofoam peanuts? This existential question makes up the foundation of the packager's dilemma.
The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) noticed four design trends during its annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, from the folding carton and rigid box entries this year.
Intertek has opened a packaging performance testing facility in its Grand Rapids, Mich., laboratory. The facility provides end-to-end evaluation of product packages, from design to material assessment and sustainability.
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, has achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification at its Dolton, Ill., facility. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for the environmental management of businesses.
The beverage packaging and processing industry is experiencing major growth, according to the 2018 Beverage Trends in Packaging and Processing report by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, and The Recycling Partnership have launched All In On Recycling, the largest ever industry-wide residential recycling challenge to make recycling easier for families.
As the Packaging Strategies ranking of the largest beverage packaging companies demonstrates, the big just keep getting bigger. Since its merger with SAB Miller in late 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev has become the undisputed king of the beverage world, leading the list for the second year in a row.