ISO standards are internationally recognized specifications for products, services and systems geared to ensure quality, safety and efficiency. In this article, we look at which ISO standards are relevant for packaging companies, and what the benefits are of holding ISO accreditations.

ControlAir's new Filter Regulator with Coalescing Filter combines the coalescing filter with a high-performance filter regulator in one convenient piggyback assembly. 

Senate Bill 54 and Assembly Bill 1080 sought to eliminate 75% of single-use containers by 2030 to reduce unmarketable plastics statewide and lay the groundwork for a revamped California recycling industry.

Blister Packaging for Certain Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics for Treatment of Acute Pain – Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1845 as it relates to opioid packaging, and recently passed Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients (SUPPORT) Act, passed in late 2018.

Food packaging plants face a host of challenges in terms of eliminating food waste, improving safety and increasing uptime. These challenges are heightened by a confluence of external factors including pressure on margins, responding to real-time demand, requirements to use sustainable materials and others.

Pretium Packaging, a leading North American manufacturer of rigid plastic containers and closures, has acquired Starplex Scientific Inc., a healthcare packaging and products company, from Apotex Corp. 

Kroger and Walgreens are expanding their exploratory pilot of Kroger Express and Kroger Pickup to 35 Knoxville, Tennessee-area Walgreens stores and launch the sale of Walgreens' own-brand health and beauty products at 17 Kroger stores in the region.

Brenton will display a new, multifaceted aftermarket program that reduces downtime and increases the flexibility of end-of-line machines at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

Bluebird Botanicals, a family owned manufacturer and distributor of high-quality hemp extracts and CBD oils, has launched a line of CBD lotions.