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Fall cleanup and winter prep time is here, and that means getting lawn mowers, leaf blowers and trimmers winterized, and snow blowers, vehicles and home exteriors ready to brave the cold.

From start to finish, and at every stop along the way, the familiar corrugated box perpetually excels as the world’s most renewable packaging option. Corrugated is a recycling success story that just keeps getting better, with a stellar 2016 annual U.S. recovery rate of 93%.

Protective packaging comes in both material and container form. It safeguards the product as a candy bar wrapper or can; and as a container, like a box for shipping with the product inside.

Avery Dennison creates a step change with its High Solvent Resistance Adhesives, MR980R and UVR155, from the Select Solutions portfolio. These adhesives address the main problem with wet-wipe closures: the vulnerability of the adhesive closure to the solvents in the wet wipes themselves.

According to Persistence Market Research, the global flexible plastic packaging market has witnessed healthy growth. As the study states, the market is projected to witness a high 6.7% CAGR during the period assessment of 2017-2022.

A Q&A with Natalie Schmid, product market manager, thermoforming at Multivac. She weighs in about today’s food packaging and the consumer trends that are shaping the marketplace.

Snact, a fruit snacks manufacturer on a mission to reduce food waste in the UK, has unveiled a distinctive new brand identity, with design by B&B studio. The brand rescues as much of the apples and bananas that are thrown away due to being an unusual or ‘ugly’ shape as possible and transforms it into fruit jerky and banana bars. 

Ferrero U.S.A, Inc. has launched Kinder Joy, a unique two-in-one product that offers a delicious treat with an added little surprise. A plastic egg-shaped package is comprised of two separately sealed halves: One half contains a delicious treat made of two soft cream layers; the second half contains a toy to assemble and play with.

Precise Packaging introduces its innovative, twist-top spray bottle for personal care products.The package is designed for user convenience, transforming a spray product for consumers to carry with them in a small, easily portable dispenser.

Ballantine’s takes an innovative move into the Single Malts category with the launch of three new Single Malts designed by Nude Brand Creation.