With the pandemic upending holiday trends, DS Smith released a new survey that shows retailers and supply chains need to be prepared for a rush of online shopping and high consumer demand for effective packaging. 

ANALYTICA, a behavioral sciences-based company in Edinburgh, as launched the first service that optimizes packaging using consumer psychology and neuroscience-led customer tests.

Dispense Works Inc. now offers the RF 2415 Robot that was designed to streamline filling and capping operations with one precise and affordable bench top package. This dispensing machine is able to process bottles, tubes, vials with caps screwed on or supplied loose. 

Messe Frankfurt Inc. (MFI) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) have entered into a joint venture to align their resources in order to create and to co-produce PROCESS EXPO®, the nation’s largest horizontal trade show for the food and beverage processing and packaging industry. 

The new GS1 US guideline helps the retail industry implement GS1 Digital Link, a standard that allows brands to web-enable barcodes and provide consumers with rich product information with a single scan. 

The two specialty film producers will now be known as Charter Next Generation (CNG). The comprehensive rebrand reflects a full integration of the two companies that merged in April 2019.  

The DTW 25 shrink-wrapping machine applies two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose multipacks of packaged products. The new system uses servo controls to manage the sealing of up to 25 bundles per minute.