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Nestle Waters North America's ReadyRefresh Delivery Service Expands Beverage Portfolio

Nestlé Waters North America’s ReadyRefresh by Nestlé delivery service has expanded its beverage portfolio as part of ReadyRefresh’s mission to deliver healthy, convenient and great-tasting hydration to its customers. 

 




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Dalston's Soda Secondary Packaging Offers Soda with Soul

Dalston’s Soda worked with B&B studio to design outer boxes for shipping that reinforce its ‘soda with soul’ brand positioning. The delivery boxes help create further brand love from existing online buyers, while introducing new consumers to the brand’s values and personality.

 




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Graphic Packaging International Hosts Plastic to Paperboard Multipacks Webinar

The free webinar on Mar. 25 will examine the transition from plastic to paperboard for multipacks.




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DW Reusables Says its Packaging Cuts CO2 Emissions

The company cites a study where its Fillbee reusable packaging cut CO2 emissions by nearly two-thirds compared to conventional beverage packaging.




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Smurfit Kappa creates TopClip beverage bundling system for mid-sized breweries

Packaging option is a 100% paper-based alternative to shrink wrap for bundling beverage multi-packs. 




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WePackItAll Welcomes Duncan Lavery as Chief Executive Officer

Lavery will lead the company’s evolution through organic opportunities and M&A activities.




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World’s Largest VCI Film Plant Boosts Capacity with New Extrusion Line

The new multimillion-dollar line, E23, promises to benefit both customers and employees as Cortec® Advanced Films continues to blaze new ground with an expanding portfolio of specialty film and bag products.




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Leverwood Knife Works Hires Marina King as Director of Sales

In the newly created position, King is responsible for overseeing and leading the brand’s sales efforts.




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FPSA Rebrands as Food Production Solutions Association, Welcomes New Members

The name change better reflects who FPSA members really are: companies that provide solutions for food production.




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Golden West Packaging Announces New Leadership Team, Investment in Growth

In addition to management changes, the company announced significant investments in new equipment, including a new BOBST 64" Masterflute In-Line Laminator to be installed in the company's Sacramento facility.




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Amcor’s new Innovation Center offers latest in material science, packaging design

Amcor has opened its European Innovation Center in Belgium. The facility will partner with brands and retailers from across the region to design packaging that delivers better results for consumers and the environment alike.




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CL&D Opens New Flexographic Facility in Rock Hill, SC

This new plant allows CL&D to increase its flexographic production capabilities, particularly thanks to the inclusion of its brand new 52” wide web press.




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Preco LLC announces Jake Brunsberg as new CEO

Prior to Preco, Brunsberg was Chief Executive Officer at Sigma Additive Solutions Inc., a leading provider of quality assurance hardware and software to the commercial 3D printing industry. 




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PMMI Honors Young Professionals with 2024 On the Rise Awards

Next generation of leaders honored for accomplishments and commitment to the packaging and processing industry.




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Nefab's PolyFlex Opens New Facility in Mexico for Thermoformed Packaging

This expansion positions Nefab to provide a full range of sustainable packaging solutions tailored to the Lithium-Ion battery (LiB), E-mobility, and automotive sectors. 




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TransPak Expands East Coast Presence with Acquisition of Reid Packaging

Acquisition broadens TransPak’s capabilities in custom packaging for military, aerospace and high-value equipment.




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Winpak Collaborates with NOVA to Utilize Recycled PE in Flexible Packaging

Winpak will utilize NOVA’s recycled polyethylene (rPE) to manufacture and distribute high-quality packaging materials for the protection of perishable foods, beverages, and personal care products.




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FASTEN Wins Gold Pentaward for Sustainable Personal Care Packaging

Company’s packaging concept eliminates the need for separate parts, like caps, and reduces material waste by utilizing a single mono-material – polypropylene (PP) – that ensures easy recycling.




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Coveris launches MediFlex brand following investments in production facilities

The establishment of MediFlex distinguishes Coveris’ medical portfolio from other non-food applications. The new brand also stands for a clean and safe production environment and sustainable medical packaging solutions.




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Belmark to Locate New Manufacturing Operation in Allen County, Kentucky

New flexible packaging plant will be the company’s first facility in the commonwealth.




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Resource Label Group announces new specialty business unit – RLG Healthcare

New unit is strengthened by RLG’s recent acquisitions of MedLit Solutions and Pharmaceutic Litho and Label.




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HERMA Expands Range of Lightweight Self-Adhesive Label Materials

 The latest addition is the HERMA PP white light (grade 884) plastic film in combination with the special film adhesive 62Xpc.





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Flexography Will Make Powerful Return to Labelexpo Americas

New show features include the FlexPack@Labelexpo which will showcase short run, added-value flexible packaging, including all the ancillary equipment, thermal lamination, pouching equipment, materials, and coatings required to enter this demanding market.




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Avery Dennison to Showcase Innovations in Sustainability, RFID at Labelexpo Americas

Avery Dennison is set to showcase its latest innovations in labeling technology at Labelexpo Americas 2024, taking place September 10-12.




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Cosmo Films to Showcase Innovative Product Range at Labelexpo Americas

Company will showcase its diverse range of Pressure Sensitive Face stock films, Shrink Sleeve label films, Wraparound Labels and IML Label Films.




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Winners of Label Industry Global Awards 2024 Announced

The winners of the Label Industry Global Awards 2024 were announced at Parkway Bank Park in Rosemont, Illinois, during the first evening of Labelexpo Americas 2024.




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Securikett Unveils Security Label with Cut Indicator, to Showcase at FACHPACK

Securikett's new security labels offer an effective solution for detecting tamper attempts early, providing vital protection along the entire distribution chain and boosting customer trust in the process.




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New Labeling/Verification System Helps Meet Serialization Regulations

METTLER TOLEDO's PCE T2620 is a compact system for the track & trace labeling­ of cartons in accordance with the Falsified Medicines Directive in Europe, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in the U.S., and other global regulations. 




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Advanced Packaging Market to Grow 8% to 2026

According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the advanced packaging market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $25 billion to over $40 billion by 2026, gaining remarkable traction over the 2020 to 2026 period.




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Smart Products Build Trust while Solving Problems

Smart Packaging or Smart Products, are assigned internet IDs to allow consumers to engage with their everyday products.




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Ink Technologies Growing Increasingly Sophisticated

Until recently, most pharmaceutical manufacturers would buy blister foils pre-printed with product names, dosage information, and branding and use a basic in-line printing or embossing system to add a batch code and expiry date to the blister in human-readable text.




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Deitz Co. Develops New Printer Mounting Kit for Traceability Coding

The kit enables food, pharmaceutical and nutritional product manufacturers to mount a printer underneath the company's PharmafillTM BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor and automate lot traceability coding on bottle bottoms.




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EnvyPak Envelopes Mailed at Lower Rate Without Affixed Label

EnvyPak received a new ruling from the United States Postal Service that provides lower automation letter rates for a specially formatted, poly envelope that now doesn't require an affixed mailing label, can be sealed with glue applied by lettershops and is fully machine-insertable.




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Security with Tamper Evident Packaging

Tamper evident packaging is a stalwart of safety and awareness in packaging. It features strong materials that keep the products inside safe and alerts consumers to contamination or foul play. But what exactly is it? 




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Henkel Expands Adhesive Portfolio with Sonderhoff Brand

The two-and-a-half-year integration phase of the Sonderhoff Group into Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has been completed. As of January 1, 2020, all Sonderhoff companies have been merged into the Adhesive Technologies business unit. 




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New Wash-Off Adhesive from Acucote Provides Debonding

Acucote, a solutions-oriented pressure-sensitive adhesive coating manufacturer, has introduced WOff, a Wash Off Adhesive, a water-based formula that provides debonding of non-recyclable label materials from PET and glass containers, making them recoverable. 




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New Water-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesive for Filmic Labels

ACRONAL 3727 X has good immediate tack and high peel strength on low surface energy materials allowing, at the same time, for early repositionability.




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Henkel opens Adhesive Technologies Technology Center in New Jersey

Facility showcases Henkel’s entire technology portfolio of adhesives, sealants, functional coatings and specialty materials and supports an environment for collaboration with customers from over 800 industry segments to develop innovative solutions.




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Charting Their Own Paths to Sustainability

While responding to consumer and regulatory demands for more sustainable packaging is certainly one of the biggest challenges facing the industry, the good news is that there is no single solution but rather a plethora of routes to a circular economy.




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Greiner Packaging presents new generation of injection-molded r-PET cups

Injection-molded cups that until now were made out of PP can now also be offered in up to 100% r-PET – an advantage of which is as much as a four-fold reduction in CO2e emissions compared to other materials.




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Emmi commits to closed-loop circular economy for packaging materials in Switzerland

The dairy product manufacturer’s ambitious sustainability goals include making packaging 100% recyclable and closing material loops by 2027.




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Greiner Helps Ireland-Based Yogurt Brand Nomadic with Bold New Look

“Taking Nomadic’s iconic bowl design and almost literally turning it on its head took some clever engineering, but with sustainability always top of mind for Greiner, being able to create new packaging using less energy is a positive benefit."




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Neutral Foods Unveils New Packaging for Organic Milk

The updated packaging tells the story about Neutral’s work with farmers and explains what it means for its milk to be carbon neutral from “grass to glass.”




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Molkerei Forster, Lidl Schweiz launch self-separating yogurt packaging from Greiner

Molkerei Forster is using self-separating cardboard-plastic combinations for its Milbona brand 500g natural yogurts, which are sold by Swiss retailer Lidl Schweiz.




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Metsä Board Partners with Industry Leaders to Develop Sustainable Ice Cream Cone Packaging

The team looked into different stages of the value chain, ranging from material production, to ink usage and logistics, and the result is a packaging with a significantly lower climate impact.




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Elopak selects Little Rock, Arkansas, for new production plant in USA

The plant will produce Pure-Pak® cartons for liquid dairy, juices, plant-based products and liquid eggs.




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Innovia launches white floatable PO shrink film for light-sensitive products

Labeling solution speaks to expected requirements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWR) that is being created by the EU.




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SIG Wins Green Packaging Star Award for Aluminum-Free Aseptic Cartons

The annual Austrian Green Packaging Star Award has been recognizing the most sustainable packaging innovations for nearly 20 years.




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Berry Global Earns Several Awards for Abel & Cole's Single-Use Milk Bottles

Club Zero Refillable Milk is designed to cut the carbon footprint of Abel & Cole’s single-use milk bottles in half, with Abel & Cole estimating a saving of up to 450,000 single-use plastic milk bottles annually.




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Berry Awarded for Ice Cream Packaging with Improved Recyclability

Unlike traditional carbon black, the new non-carbon black containers are detectable by Near Infra-Red (NIR) scanners for waste sorting processes. This means that they can be identified for recycling purposes.