November/December 2023

Packaging World November/December 2023

How the Pandemic Changed CPG and CM/CP Packaging Relationships

B&G Foods' (Green Giant) Brian Stepowany revisits his 2020 predictions on how the pandemic might affect the CPG and CM/CP relationship. Spoiler: He was spot on three years ago.

November 25, 2023

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Recognizing Packaging’s Positives in Sustainability, Equity, and Inclusion

Packaging has been under significant scrutiny for some time, absorbing a lot of negative press about what needs to be fixed—namely eliminating packaging as waste.

November 22, 2023

Ptis Product Formula Resample

A Look at Converters of Flexible Barrier Packaging

These converters are construction specialists.

November 20, 2023

Flexible Packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Luxury Bottled Water Overcomes rPET Design Limitations

Entrepreneurs’ vision of a 100% rPET bottle with a flat, ergonomic shape and convex front panel for premium water brand NEUE puts packaging suppliers’ manufacturing expertise to the test.

November 10, 2023

Label artwork for NEUE Water is an intrinsic part of the premium experience, as it features different artist-designed collections that change with each fashion season.

Plant-Based Cat Litter Answers Call for Fully Recyclable Paper Packaging

Responding to consumer calls for easily recyclable packaging, natural pet products producer Healthy Pet introduces a fully-recyclable paper bag with paper handle for its ökocat cat litter.

November 8, 2023

The new packaging for Healthy Pet’s ökocat natural litter is a double-wall paper bag with a multi-wrapped paper handle that is glued in-between the layers of the bag for extra strength and durability.

Bold Graphics for Plant Protein Brand Forge Distinct Path

Cutting through a sea of plant-based product clutter, packaging for new FȲTA sports nutrition products keeps graphics clean and simple, focusing on the product’s ‘game-changing nutrition.’

November 6, 2023

Schweppes’ Banga, Gulf Union Juice, Put Connected Packaging to Work Toward Specific Goals

Two juice brands recently rolled out web app-based, smart packaging experiences for their customers with the help of connected packaging studio Appetite Creative.

November 2, 2023

The Microplastics/Human Health Connection

Tru Earth’s Anita Spiller shares results from a survey assessing consumer awareness of the link between single-use plastics and negative impacts to human health.

November 2, 2023

Tru Earth’s line of concentrated laundry detergent strips is packaged in plastic-free paperboard envelopes.

Cap & Closure Star in The Glenlivet's Twist, Mix, and Pour RTD Cocktail

Pernod Ricard Chivas Brothers’ whisky brand The Glenlivet unveils a pair of instant mix, ready-to-serve cocktails that consumers prepare simply by opening the bottle. A twist of the aluminum shell cap releases pressurized cocktail mix ingredients.

October 31, 2023

As the cap moves up while being opened, it’s pushing one portion of the closure up while the other portion stays in place due to the friction on the inner bore of the glass. This opens the nitrogen-pressurized cartridge tank containing the ingredient mix.

Stealthily Healthy Tropicana Design Reassures Parents, Engages Kids

For this all-new entry into the kids' smoothie category, designers had to both reassure health- and nutrition-minded parents on the shelf with a trusted brand, while still delighting kids at the breakfast table, lunch table, soccer practice, or beyond.

October 10, 2023

Compostable Packaging: ‘A Solution, Not Every Solution’

At Clemson University’s FRESH 2023 conference, predictions of compostable packaging becoming the leading material over the next decade are tempered with a discussion of the obstacles to its widespread use.

October 4, 2023

Tellus Products Compostable Packaging

ProMach Acquires Lofton Label & Packaging

ProMach acquired Lofton Label & Packaging, a manufacturer of labels and printed flexible packaging materials. The addition of Lofton expands ProMach’s labeling and coding capabilities across North America.

October 4, 2023

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