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Materials

Exploring Tomorrow’s Packaging

Sustainable, improved quality and reduced cost.

October 12, 2020

Most packaging on shelf these days was designed with the primary purpose to engage with the consumer, protect the contents within and tell a strong brand story. What recyclable features it may include are not always by design and they certainly are not thought through.

flat wine bottles made with post-consumer recycled PET plastic

Packaging Outlook 2020: Rigid Plastic Packaging

March 20, 2020

Consumers continue to seek out convenience that suits their fast-paced lifestyles. Consumer behavior could reverse, but it is unlikely. What's more likely is that things will only grow more intense and the demand for convenience will only grow more extreme. Fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical products benefit from the cost-to-performance ratio advantage offered by rigid plastics manufacturing.

Spotlight Feature

2019 Packaging Outlook: Rigid Plastic Packaging

Part 6 of 6

Perc Pineda, PhD

March 12, 2019

Lightweighting rigid containers is extremely important for the future of rigid packaging. Overall, plastics are lighter and more efficient than many alternatives. The lighter weight reduces waste, energy use and carbon emissions through the full life cycle of a product.

Materials Technology: Rigid Packaging

Pack to the Future with Rigid Packaging

Rigid plastic containers are making a comeback—and should continue to do so in the foreseeable future.

Kristen Kazarian

January 15, 2018

Rigid plastic is seeing innovations that challenge its rivals. Add to that the increasing use of bioplastics, reusable plastics and improved barrier properties, and rigid plastic containers definitely have a solid role in packaging.