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Rising shipping costs: How custom packaging protects your brand and bottom line

Custom packaging can help offset rising freight costs by optimizing packaging size and weight, reducing damage, streamlining logistics, and enhancing brand recognition.




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Cleancult Debuts Home Care Products Packaged in Aluminum at Walmart, Albertsons

The refillable aluminum line pairs with Cleancult’s game-changing 100% recyclable paper-based refill cartons to remove 90% of plastic waste from cleaning rituals.




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Tide launches revolutionary new tile form to transform laundry day

Tide evo’s debut will begin a new chapter in laundry's evolution, from soap to detergents to powders to liquids to PODS, and now, to fiber tiles.




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PINALEN Announces New Line of Concentrated Products Featuring Reduced Packaging

The reduced packaging size will not only minimize resource consumption but also enhance logistical efficiency, leading to a reduction in carbon emissions.




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Graham Packaging Optimizes Lightweighting and Sustainability with AccuStrength

Targeted plastic placement results in a lighter, stronger container that maximizes performance and minimizes environmental impact.




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Vital Proteins Debuts New Paper-Based Canister for Its Collagen Peptides

The latest step in brand's sustainability journey is expected to reduce more than 90 percent of plastic use across all canister offerings.




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U.S. Plastics Pact Releases Guides to Advance Circular Economy for Plastics

Comprehensive playbooks on recyclability, reuse and compostability offer roadmap for sustainable plastic management.




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Colbert Packaging Corporation Celebrates 65th Anniversary

Founded in Chicago in 1959 by the late Charles Colbert, the company has grown organically and through acquisition, and remains an independent, family-owned business.




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Berlin Packaging expands to Japan with acquisition of Nissho Jitsugyo

Acquisition expands the company's local footprint in Asia-Pacific and offers exciting new packaging solutions to customers worldwide.




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MarijuanaPackaging Rebrands as Gamut Packaging, to Offer Wide Range of Solutions

The new logo, featuring a wave in the letter 'M' that mirrors the visual color spectrum, symbolizes Gamut's broad capabilities. This design underscores the company's diverse industry reach and versatility as a provider.




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Dan Felton Steps Down as Executive Director of AMERIPEN

The association is activating its succession plan to guide the process of selecting a new Executive Director. It has formed a committee to oversee the search process that will commence in September.




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Sun Chemical Showcases UV-LED Printing Solutions at BOBST Grand Opening Event

Sun Chemical’s SolarWave Integra and SolarWave FSP are both UV-LED curing ink solutions designed to meet diverse printing needs.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Dana Austin, IWK North America General Manager

Meet Dana Austin, General Manager for IWK North America.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Jessica Fischer, Parts and Service Manager, OMV Technologies, USA

Meet Jessica Fischer, Parts and Service Manager for OMV Technologies, USA.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Babitha George, Portfolio Manager for Packaging Solutions, Tetra Pak U.S. & Canada

Meet Babitha George, Portfolio Manager for Packaging Solutions at Tetra Pak U.S. & Canada.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Kate Gilpin, Product Manager, Luxury Packaging, James Cropper

Meet Kate Gilpin, Product Manager of Luxury Packaging for James Cropper.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Amy Mercante, General Manager of Specialty Products, PPG

Meet Amy Mercante, General Manager of Specialty Products at PPG.




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Stem in the Spotlight: Amy Phinney, Market Manager, NOVA Chemicals

Meet Amy Phinney, Market Manager at NOVA Chemicals.




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IPAMA Expands Printpack India Exhibition Due to Increased Interest

With 484 companies already secured and more expected, the upstairs hall will feature displays of lightweight machinery and promotional materials.




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Harpak-ULMA Enters Distribution Agreement with Cabinplant

The agreement significantly increases the range of automation and packaging combinations available to Harpak-ULMA’s served markets.




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Nxu and Verde Bioresins Announce Proposed Merger with Eye on Sustainability

Verde’s biobased, biodegradable and recyclable PolyEarthylene resins – already being sold to global brands and large plastics converters – could potentially be incorporated into Nxu’s EV charging systems.




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Kroger takes a fresh approach to dairy beverages at its new plant in Denver

Best practices at the highly automated Mountain View Foods plant in Denver preserve milk’s freshness and help Kroger develop innovative dairy-based products.




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Expanding its reach

For consumers, a trip through the grocery aisles can be overwhelming when you take into account the SKU proliferation that has taken place in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) market during the last decade or so.




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La importancia del cara a cara

Dicen que sólo hay una oportunidad para dar la primera impresión y que ésta es la más importante y difícil de cambiar.




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Snacking routine for most Americans

At 10 a.m. do you wander into the kitchen or break room, or reach into your desk drawer for snack?




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How sweet it can be

Earlier this month, Candy Industry Magazine hosted its 17th annual European Suppliers Roundtable in London.




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Insight on rigid to flexible packaging changes

The shift from rigid to flexible packaging has been evident for some time now – and it’s only growing.




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El regreso de lo artesanal, también a los refrescos

Es innegable que la tendencia “hipster” es ya una corriente mundial y ha sido una de las pioneras en volver a lo artesanal.




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Protein pushes breakfast bonanza

For years, the health-and-wellness and food industries have been bringing Americans back to a traditional mindset — the decades-old foundational thought that eating a good breakfast can jumpstart the day and in some ways, assist with healthy goals in individual consumers.




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PACK EXPO Las Vegas, bigger and better than ever

More than two decades ago, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, welcomed the packaging industry to the Las Vegas desert with a goal to convene end users and suppliers in the odd number years in between PACK EXPO International in Chicago...




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2018 Food Packaging Trends—Another Perspective

Packaging machinery sales in the U.S. grew 4.8 percent in 2016, reaching a total of $9.8 billion, according to the “2017 State of the Industry – US Packaging Machinery” report, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing.




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Cans Lead as Packaging Innovations Drive Beverage Market Growth

Packaging innovations are helping to drive growth in the beverage market, according to the “Beverage Packaging and Innovation Trends” report published by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.




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Growing Flexible Packaging Demand

Environmentally conscious consumers are looking for packaging that uses fewer resources and less energy than other forms of packaging. Flexible packaging minimizes transport costs between the converter, packager/filler, retailer and end user.




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Cannabis Packaging is Growing Like a Weed

Despite being surrounded in controversy, the U.S. cannabis industry is experiencing rapid growth. Experts estimate legal cannabis will grow from $7.3 billion to $24.5 billion between 2016 and 2020. Currently, 65 percent of cannabis sales stem from medical marijuana.




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Advancing Careers for Women in Packaging

Women comprise nearly half of the working population (47.5 percent), yet they are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry — making up only about one-third of the manufacturing workforce in the United States.




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To Protect and Serve

While the growth in online purchasing drives changes from product design, to package changes, picking, fulfilling and shipping, product protection stands alone as the main issue, according to the E-Commerce: Think Inside the Box report by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.




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How Smart Labels and Materials are Reshaping Packaging

Smart packaging is developing rapidly. A major factor driving the growth of the smart packaging market is increasing demand for packaging that indicates and maintains product quality throughout the supply chain.




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Packaging and the Gender Gap

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, established the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) to recruit, retain and advance women’s careers in packaging and processing.




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Elevating Brand Value with Digital Package Printing

Three experts from around the industry weigh in on the latest trends, technologies and practices that brands can leverage to effectively tackle multiplying stock keeping units (SKUs) and bolster efficiency, sustainability, security and brand experience through customization and personalization.




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PMMI Column: Advances in Packaging Sustainability

Sustainability impacts the conversation around packaging as consumers become progressively more aware of the impact brands have on the environment. Sustainability is especially important among younger consumers.




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Here Comes the Sol with a Brand Redesign

MillerCoors recently relaunched Mexican import beer brand Sol, and partnered with brand agency Soulsight to redesign a vibrant new look and feel.




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Ardagh Group Glass Facility Achieves Certification for Environmental Management of Businesses

Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, has  achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification at its Dolton, Ill., facility. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for the environmental management of businesses.




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Strong Name with Delicate Design for Cider Brand

Strongbow Blossom Rosé Sparkling Apple Cider, for Carlton & United Breweries (part of the AB InBev family), aims to bring growth and inject excitement back into the cider category.




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Next-Generation Can Carriers Aimed at Craft Beer

Roberts PolyPro's next-generation craft-beer can carriers are now available, offering the ability to place customer branding or messaging directly on the carrier.




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5 Common Mistakes Beer Brands Make in Pack Design

With beer being such an outwardly simple phenomenon, surely packaging it is pretty straightforward. As it turns out, it’s trickier than you might think. Here are the five most common mistakes we’ve observed — and on occasion, rectified.




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National PTA, Nestlé Waters North America and Nestlé Pure Life Team Up for Healthy Hydration

Through a healthy hydration program developed by the alliance, grants, recycling bins and thousands of bottles of water will be awarded to PTAs across the country with the goal to help families live healthier lives by encouraging them to choose water.




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How the Psychology of Color Reinforces Brand Identity

Colors are everywhere. They can affect our perceptions and the way we react to the world around us. Our brains respond to specific colors differently, and this can influence our mood, behavior and decision-making.




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Lightweight PET Bottle for Brazilian Pasteurized Beer

Amcor has adapted its design technology to develop the first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for pasteurized beer in Brazil.




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New Sustainable Can Carrier Made of Paperboard

Graphic Packaging International (GPI) has developed KeelClip, a paperboard packaging solution for cans that offers sustainability advantages and merchandising benefits as compared to other packaging options. 




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2020 WorldStar Packaging Award Winners Announced

World Packaging Organisation has announced the 214 winners of the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2020. The judging session was held in Bali in November, during the 2nd WPO Board Meeting of 2019.