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Independent U.K. supermarket offers new Unpackaged line of up to 200 everyday essentials on-tap, complementing its Plastic Free Zones, which include 2,380 products in non-plastic packaging. In ...

https://www.packworld.com/article/peanut-butter-tap

A newly-released report from The Recycling Partnership, endorsed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, seeks to catalyze the transition toward a circular economy for packaging. The Recycling Partn...

https://www.packworld.com/article/roadmap-aims-address-systemic-issues-us-recycling-system

Partnership results in packaging that uses recycled content from advanced recycling technologies for leading brands that include Magnum, Knorr, and REN Clean Skincare. Unilever has announced th...

https://www.packworld.com/article/unileversabic-partnership-created-keep-plastic-loop

Consumer attitudes toward plastics, especially the growing anxiety about plastics in the ocean, are reflected in recent developments where multipacking of cans is concerned. For example, most o...

https://www.packworld.com/article/multipacking-reimagined

Whiskey pods made a splash recently, but the pod concept isn’t new. Companies have been trying to make the edible containers and packaging for years. While discussing the whiskey pod concept ...

https://www.packworld.com/article/whiskey-food-pods-arent-new-concept

Single malt Scotch brand The Glenlivet unveiled a “Capsule Collection” of glassless cocktails that the company says “redefine the way whisky is traditionally enjoyed.” Launched during L...

https://www.packworld.com/article/whiskey-pods-use-algae-film-casing

Today’s packaging professional has countless avenues to stay up-to-date on industry news and trends. PMMI announced the launch of a new way to get your packaging and processing insights, rese...

https://www.packworld.com/article/pmmis-unpacked-podcast-brings-packaging-audio

China’s Jin Mai Lang recently installed two complete aseptic PET lines, both leveraging Sidel’s dry preform decontamination system known as Aseptic Combi Predis™. These Sidel  lines, bot...

https://www.packworld.com/article/worlds-fastest-aseptic-pet-lines-dry-preform-decontamination

The cartonboard packaging industry will experience high growth at the end-user level, exceeding $110 billion in 2019 and approaching $150 billion in 2024. This content was submitted directly to...

https://www.packworld.com/article/folding-carton-market-growth-driven-high-demand-asia-pacific-0

Yaskawa adds the Sigma Trac II series linear servo motors stage to its Sigma-7 servo line. It combines a Yaskawa SGLF2 series linear motor with linear bearings, high resolution absolute optical s...

https://www.packworld.com/article/yaskawa-america-linear-servo-motor-stage

P&G announces it will be making 300 million bottles per year for its Fairy dish detergent and Flash and Viakal surface cleaners out of recycled plastic by early 2020. The Procter & Gamble Compa...

https://www.packworld.com/article/pg-home-care-brands-europe-use-100-pcr-early-2020

ProFood Tech 2021 brings processing solutions to key decision makers Exhibit sales are open for the return of ProFood Tech (April 13-15, 2021; McCormick Place, Chicago). Following one of the mo...

https://www.packworld.com/article/premier-processing-event-slated-2021-return

Honeywell, in collaboration with Papertech, launches TotalVision, a connected, camera-based detection system for the flat sheet industries that enables users to identify and resolve defects on th...

https://www.packworld.com/article/honeywell-camera-based-detection-system

Technica’s pallet inspection system is designed to inspect wooden or plastic pallets used in factories for major and common defects. Defective pallets present several problems: • Stop the...

https://www.packworld.com/article/technica-international-pallet-inspection-system

Videojet launches an adjustable 90-deg printhead designed for use with the Videojet 1860 CIJ printer. It enables users to adjust the printhead when a coding configuration changes on their packagi...

https://www.packworld.com/article/videojet-adjustable-90-deg-printhead-cij-printers

Regina Chain, in collaboration with DuPont, offers e-F.A.S.T. thermoplastic used in conveyors for high-speed, dry-running bottling operations. Today’s standards for high performance filling l...

https://www.packworld.com/article/regina-chain-dry-running-resin

EndFlex’s Z.ZAG palletizer automatically uses vacuum generators to pick up cases one at a time and place them on a pallet from above. Its suction capacity is capable of lifting 40-lb boxes at s...

https://www.packworld.com/article/endflex-palletizer

HMC Products offers a smart conveyor system that controls off-loaded product in several different modes. It features an HMI, PLC, VFD, and two sensors. The conveyor can operate in three differe...

https://www.packworld.com/article/hmc-products-smart-conveyor-system

ID PACK returnable transportation container system from ID Plastics is specially engineered to meet the tough demands of commercial transport. Featuring a top lid, collapsible sleeve, and pallet ...

https://www.packworld.com/article/id-plastics-lp-returnable-transportation-container-system

Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex business, launches the Luxe® seal two-piece, embossed induction seal closure liners that provide an embossed alternative to traditional printed liners. Using proprietary...

https://www.packworld.com/article/tri-seal-embossed-induction-seal-closure-liners

On October 23, Pizza Hut will introduce a limited-time test of a plant-based pizza topping served up in a game-changing round pizza box that is industrially compostable. The test of both innova...

https://www.packworld.com/article/pizza-hut-tests-compostable-pizza-box

Festo introduces the CPX-AP-I remote I/O system designed to improve the performance of mixed valve terminals and I/O system. It is compatible with most communication protocols, including EtherNet...

https://www.packworld.com/article/festo-remote-io-system

Dove announces new initiatives as part of its 2025 commitment to reduce plastic waste, which include a move to 100% recycled plastic bottles, and plastic-free packs for its beauty bar. Global b...

https://www.packworld.com/article/doves-new-initiatives-will-reduce-use-virgin-plastic-23000-plus-tons-year

NiMCO’s Model 3140 Dry Fill is a single lane vf/f/s machine for gable-top cartons. The new CAP-PAC ® Spout Applicator can be installed into the machine to automatically feed, apply, and weld...

https://www.packworld.com/article/nimco-corp-vffs-machine-gable-top-cartons

New BBQ sauce line in a new, inverted pouch for Uncle Dougie’s requires packaging graphics that differentiate it on shelf while aligning with the company’s legacy bottled products. When Rob...

https://www.packworld.com/article/color-drives-graphics-organic-bbq-sauce

In analyzing the sustainability of the new inverted squeeze pouch for its BBQ sauce, Uncle Dougie’s is surprised to learn of its environmental impact versus glass jars. In the accompanying ar...

https://www.packworld.com/article/serendipity-strikes-third-time-sustainability

Troy Wade, co-founder and Strategy Director of brand design firm Brown&co, shares some of the biggest mistakes both heritage and craft beer brands make in designing their packaging and offers ins...

https://www.packworld.com/article/dos-and-donts-beer-packaging

Live from the 2019 Cold Chain Global Forum: Using robust pharmaceutical technology for a trial, BerryCo. preserved shelf life and sweetness offering promise in optimizing harvest time. Food was...

https://www.packworld.com/article/fruit-company-found-pharma-cold-shipper-extended-shelf-life-three-four-days

Silgan is the largest supplier of metal containers for food products in North America and a leading supplier of plastic containers for personal care products. In addition, the company is a lead...

https://www.packworld.com/article/ice-blast-cleaning-molds

Planar Motor's XBOTs are smart robotic systems with 6 degrees-of-freedom motion capability that can move independently on a 2D surface (Flyways) with programmable routes. The system does not re...

https://www.packworld.com/article/planar-motor-smart-robotic-system