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Social media is crowded. With six billion users combined on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter, brands are not only competing with each other, but with their target audience’s family and friends. How do brands develop content that stands out among the tremendous amount of traffic on social media? How can your brand stand out?

The Institute of Packaging Professionals has chosen 27 winners across 17 categories in this year's award program, including a student awards. 

Growpacker Inc., a contract manufacturer of THC and CBD-infused edibles and beverages in the U.S., has launched Cannasafe, a child-resistant lid for aluminum cans containing THC-infused beverages.

Based on a pre-prohibition spirit known as “Rock & Rye,” Stolen X is made with straight American rye whiskey, and then blended with organic raw honey and real orange peel.

Could you afford to lose 31.2 million working days? According to The Labor Force Survey, this figure illustrates the volume of unplanned worker absence due to non-fatal workplace injuries. Industry leader in apparel distribution, Ralawise, believes automation could be the solution.

Absolut’s Elyx vodka bottle, created by Ardagh Group, celebrates the role that copper plays in the distillation process.

After years of substantial growth, craft beer is beginning to slow down slightly, while craft spirits are passing into a phase similar in scale to craft beer’s previous decade-long expansion, according to the Craft Breweries and Distilleries Machinery and Automation Trends white paper by PMMI.

Kentucky Owl, "The Wise Man's Bourbon," has released Confiscated, a handcrafted batch of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey from master blender Dixon Dedman. 

In the end, not everything ends up where it should with an online shipment, and there is a lot of waste involved. It’s also a problem Amazon is aware of, and is seeking to rectify by pushing its vendors to use recyclable packaging materials certified under Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging program.

Wine has found its niche in the aluminum can — and with it, refreshing flavors and packaging design. Winesellers Ltd., a family owned, global importer and marketer of fine wines, just launched Santa Julia Organic Rosé, Organic Chardonnay & Tintillo Malbec Red Blend in 375 ml cans.