Attendees gained insight on flexible packaging sustainability, brand success stories and more through nearly two days’ worth of education and networking at the event. From the opening keynote to a special panel discussion on materials for standup pouches, sustainability and the future of flexible packaging recyclability were two topics discussed to at least some extent in nearly every presentation.
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.
Bibo Barmaid of Annandale, N.J., has partnered with Bemis Co. Inc. to produce individually-sized cocktail mix pouches for the first at-home cocktail machine that produces the perfect drink in less than 20 seconds. Bemis developed the innovative packaging film technology that in tandem with equipment at co-packer T.H.E.M.
The recent staging of swop 2017 (Shanghai World of Packaging) attracted 600 international and domestic exhibitors and 20,053 visitors. The visitors traveled from nearly 80 countries and regions including China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, the U.S. and Vietnam to the SNIEC fairgrounds to see latest innovations for this sector. The four-day exhibition was jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (MDS) and Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.
MoistTech Corp. has grown over the past years with the need to expand its corporate headquarters to a larger facility to continue to exceed customer needs.
Hopes & Dreams, which satirizes stereotypical handcrafted whiskey marketing in its promotion, adds texture and sophistication with a hot stamping foil from brand enhancement specialist API. The bourbon publicizes itself with such underwhelming pull-quotes as ‘Meh’ and ‘It’s good… enough,’ and is aimed at millennials and any whiskey drinkers who don’t take themselves too seriously.
Linx Printing Technologies introduces a new formula that meets the challenges of coding onto oily surfaces. Linx Black oil-penetrating ink 1062 is able to print effectively through light layers of oil onto a wide range of materials, including plastics, metal, glass and waxy surfaces.
Since the introduction of the corrugated industry’s recyclability protocol in 2005, use of wax has steadily dropped off. In 2016, the corrugated industry shipped less than 10 billion square feet of waxed boxes, just 2.5 percent of total shipments.
Uncertainty about the availability and price of aluminum foil used for packaging applications, in response to the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations led by the U.S. Department of Commerce, is prompting CPG companies and converters to consider alternative substrates and creative solutions. Toray Plastics (America) Inc. offers MET OPP and MET PET films available to replace foil.
Reichel Foods, a fresh-cut produce snack manufacturer introduces the PRO2snax to the Max line extension, protein-packed meal replacements made up of fresh produce and healthy proteins.
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