Subscription packaging has boomed in 2018, and it’s not just in cosmetics and male grooming products, pet food has also seen a major uplift in popularity. 

Mars, the global food conglomerate behind pet food brands such as Whiskas, Cesar and Pedigree, has just announced a new partnership with Terracycle to enable pet food packaging to be recycled.

MERA Tiernahrung GmbH, a private-label pet food company, turned to Mondi for new dog food packaging. The supplier's new, paper-based line of dog food packaging is from its FlexziBox concept.

After conducting an industry leading package theft report last year, Shorr Packaging has released a 2018 report on package theft that is focused on Amazon package theft in cities across the United States. Last year, the company found that over 31 percent of all Americans had experienced package theft and it's expected to increase. In its latest report, Shorr analyzed Google search trends in the 50 largest cities across the U.S. to see where package theft is most concentrated. 

Amcor has appointed Eric Roegner as president of Amcor Rigid Plastics. He will succeed Mike Schmitt in the role in mid-November. 

This year’s Global Pouch West heads to Tempe, Arizona, with a dynamic program targeted to flexible packaging professionals doing business in the western U.S. The event will take place Nov. 13-15 at the Phoenix Marriott Tempe at the Buttes. Come to where brand owners, retailers and suppliers doing business in the West meet to network and discover the latest trends, markets and challenges in flexible packaging. 

Five technology innovations and trends are creating new value in metal packaging.

New brand Happy Go Healthy has launched a dog health supplement that helps pets live better, more active lives.

As VP of sales and business development, Ferreira will oversee ePac’s direct sales efforts across all sites, build the ePac brand internationally and work with CPG brands to harness the power of digital printing.