Nestlé Waters North America has signed an agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, which will expand its U.S. operations by building a third facility in Pennsylvania.
Charter NEX Films has opened a new facility in Blythewood, S.C., which will house state-of-the-art production technologies to manufacture blown films for food, medical and protective packaging.
Silgan is holding a Free Closures for a Year contest. The company will evaluate new product concepts of all food and beverage categories using their stock closures. Three finalists will receive Free Closures for a Year as well as process consultation and a complimentary package evaluation.
Honeywell is collaborating with Fetch Robotics to provide distribution centers with autonomous mobile robots to help them more effectively fulfill growing e-commerce orders.
Mars, the global food conglomerate behind pet food brands such as Whiskas, Cesar and Pedigree, has just announced a new partnership with Terracycle to enable pet food packaging to be recycled.
A new study of the sleeve labeling market has just been published by AWA Alexander Watson Associates. The report confirms how strongly sleeve labeling technology has established itself in a relatively short timescale, claiming around 18 percent of the overall global label market.
With its recent acquisition of a significant share in Canada-based Smart Skin Technologies, German glass packaging manufacturer Schott aims to leverage drone technology to raise packaging quality and reduce breakage on filling lines.