PaperWorks Industries has won four 2018 Paperboard Packaging Council Competition awards for folding cartons.

Delkor’s new Performance Loader mid-range case packing system is designed with pick-and-place gantry and an innovative infeed system to reach loading speeds up to 200 cpm, with the capability to pack tapered cups, bottles and other rigid shapes and styles.

A recent survey of 200 U.S. brand managers and packaging stakeholders revealed that 72 percent have seen brand packaging affected by the introduction of more sub-brands, products and SKUs over the past two years. What is driving this trend? The battle for relevance. 

The five folding carton and rigid box winners represent some of the best paperboard packaging manufactured by North American converters during the past year.

The edible slime comes in strawberry-flavored Unicorn and lime-flavored Monster varieties and is JELL-O’s first launch since its new line of JELL-O PLAY edible toys in June. 

The private-label food collection rebrand brings fashion back to food, with a collection that captures the stylish, irreverent and unique British style of luxury department store Harvey Nichols.

Representatives from 20 packaging associations, members of the World Packaging Organization (WPO), met in Jinan, China, for the judging of the WorldStar Packaging Awards. There were 319 packaging projects from 35 countries that entered.

With the holidays just around the corner, brands should consider whether to release seasonal packaging to encourage impulse buys.