Flexible packaging is growing in popularity worldwide. However, this type of container presents inherent constraints and challenges when it comes to automating the packing process.
Label Traxx, the management software specialist for the label converting industry, has announced that new features tailored toward flexible packaging manufacturers.
Sun Chemical will continue to monitor its supply chain, including raw material and intermediate suppliers and logistics providers, amid the coronavirus outbreak.
After water, tea is the second most-consumed beverage in the world. However, teabags have a problem – roughly 25% of the teabag, excluding contents, is plastic.
Opal Fruits was first launched in the U.K. in 1960, but were aligned with the global brand name Starburst in 1998. Since then there has been an increasing appetite for retro sweets — and a growing campaign on social media to bring back the popular fruity chews.
Investors should pay close attention to the potential for store brands to create new winners and losers in retail and CPG, advised Todd Maute, a partner at brand strategy and design agency CBX, during a recent analyst conference organized by Stifel Financial Corp.
Dow is launching its call for entries for the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards. Submissions for the international awards program will be accepted from January 30 through April 10 on the Packaging Innovation Awards website.
U.S. plastic bag manufacturers and recyclers just signed a wide-ranging sustainability commitment for the industry and renamed their coalition the American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance (ARPBA). The agreement by ARPBA members includes a target that 95% of plastic retail bags be reused or recycled by 2025.
Packaging solutions with certified recyclability help brand owners satisfy legal requirements. SÜDPACK Verpackungen has received a certificate of recyclability for its packaging film concept, combining a skin top film and base film.