Three industry trends are providing incentives for innovation, and creating new opportunities and threats for players in the global protective transit packaging business.
Smart and sustainable packaging trends have gathered pace across the globe. Recent innovations are demonstrating that both can coexist and grow harmoniously.
The Kraft Heinz Company announced the expansion of its environmental strategy to include achieving greater packaging sustainability and setting goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Chicago-based technology scouting company, PreScouter released a report detailing companies providing smart packaging technologies available for commercial use.
PepsiCo India said that as part of sustainable packaging solutions, it will pilot 100 percent compostable, plant-based packaging for its popular snacks products, Lays and Kurkure in India.
World Packaging Organisation has launched the third edition of its Lifetime Achievement in Packaging Award, as part of the WorldStar Award. The aim is to acknowledge and reward excellence in all aspects of packaging science, technology, design and application around the world.
The Plastics Recycling Europe and The Association of Plastic Recyclers have developed a global definition governing the use of the term “recyclable” as it relates to plastics packaging and products, in hopes to provide a consistent metric to guide the efforts of sustainability for plastics in the Circular Economy.
The latest contender for plastic packaging replacement could be Durapulp fiber, which is used to create biodegradable packaging to replace the black plastic trays often used in ready meals and raw beef products, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Walmart Inc. announced it is establishing a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp. to further accelerate Walmart’s digital transformation in retail, empower its associates worldwide and make shopping faster and easier for customers around the world.
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