Automated Packaging Systems has promoted Jay Patras to vice president of sales, North America. Patras will manage the day-to-day operations of the company’s North American sales channel and its full line of Autobag, SidePouch and AirPouchmachines and materials.
Graduates of the 2020 high school class in Atlanta, Georgia, are going to be wearing their graduation garb made of recycled plastic bottles. Coca-Cola began collecting plastic bottles at its headquarters as part of Earth Day activities. The goal is to gather 7,000 bottles, enough to make graduation outfits for 200 graduates.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has honored WestRock with its Innovator Award for the company’s work in improving the recyclability of foodservice packaging.
The new resource, offered by Can Manufacturers Institute and National Association of Convenience Stores, offers tips for improving current practices, how to communicate the program goals to staff and customers, and a checklist to help retailers reduce contamination in their recycling bins.
Lobring now leads Berlin Packaging’s entire supply chain organization, including domestic and international procurement as well as the quality service division.
Gerhard Schubert GmbH participated for the very first time and achieved the overall win for its Crailsheim plant. Ludwigsburg, the former royal residence just outside Stuttgart, Germany, hosted the event.
The World Packaging Organization (WPO) has launched an opportunity to students around the world to participate in a competition to redesign the trophy of the prestigious global packaging award, the WorldStar.
Berlin Packaging, a full-service supplier of glass, plastic and metal containers and closures, has acquired Verrerie Calvet, a packaging supplier in Aimargues, France, the heart of Southern France’s food region.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) names Nestlé Waters North America as its 2019 Design for Recycling® (DFR) Award winner, in recognition of its innovative use of recycled plastic and its product design centered on recycling.