The Carton Council of North America and AMP Robotics announce that a second installation of the AMP Cortex robot used to sort food and beverage cartons is occurring at Dem-Con Companies, a Minnesota-based recycling, processing and disposal company.
UPM Raflatac, a global leader in the production of self-adhesive labeling solutions, has reinforced its commitment to building a more sustainable world by joining the Sustainable Packaging Coalition® (SPC).
X-Hance has been named the winner in the Cutting Food Waste category of the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards, which celebrate innovation and creativity that make significant environmental advances across the supply chain.
Mondi recently developed an innovative packaging solution for the watermelon supply chain, which also enhances product appearance at the point of sale.
Global bioplastics for the packaging industry is forecast to grow from 2017–2022 at an annual average rate of 17% to a market value of almost $7.2 billion, according to a Smithers Pira report.
Consumer focus on wellness, environmental impact and macroeconomic factors such as the growth of the middle class creating more disposable income are shaping the global packaging market, said Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Under the motto “Apple taste as it used to be,” the premium brand of fruit and vegetables SanLucar presents its Opal® apple in an attractive and new retro packaging.
SleekWrapper, part of the Paxiom Group, introduces the Sleek40 Wrapper, a new fully servo-driven horizontal flow wrapping machine designed to provide smaller or start-up operations with all the efficiency advantages of a 4-axis servo drive, at entry level cost.
The Independent Carton Group (ICG) announces that Clearwater Paper Corporation and Henkel Corporation have both been presented with the ICG Supplier of the Year Award for 2016.