STO Responsible gives cannabis companies answer to packaging problems. The product line is made with an oxygen-driven additive in the material allowing it to degrade safely without harming the environment, and the packaging is also child-resistant and pet-resistant.

A coalition including many of the world’s largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling leader TerraCycle, today unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. The initiative is designed to change the world’s reliance on single-use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers while securing meaningful environmental benefits.

The Packaging Innovation Awards is an independently judged program that previously operated under the DuPont name until 2018. Winners must show advances in technology, customer experience and responsible packaging across the industry.

Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations has introduced the EAGLE-Omni blister machine, which performs forming, sealing and punching operations at sequential stations.

According to a report by Research and Markets, pharmaceutical packaging accounted for $70.16 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $149.25 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 8.75 percent during the forecast period.

The competition is part of the company's drive to solve one of the biggest challenges in the packaging industry – to reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste that is generated every day.

Nearly 30 companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain launched the new “Alliance to End Plastic Waste” (AEPW). The goal is to develop and bring to scale solutions that will minimize and manage plastic waste, and promote solutions for used plastics by helping to enable a circular economy. 

Markem-Imaje is extending its thermal transfer overprinter (TTO) line of coders with a cost-efficient version targeting low- and medium-speed production lines of up to 600 mm per second initially for users in Asia-Pacific.

The Nielsen Design Impact Award identifies the most impactful redesigns over the last two years. Brands and design agencies can submit their redesigns for consideration, with a deadline of January 31, 2019.

Dressed in red for the very first time, CHANEL N°5 LIMITED EDITION enhances the exclusive expertise of Verescence in producing a deep red glass.