Packaging Strategies has extensively covered recent innovations in caps and closures, each distinctly unique in materials, applications, and specific benefits.

Learn more about these exciting new developments in automation and robotics.

Packaging Strategies features eco-friendly packaging efforts and launched the Sustainability Insider enewsletter. Two reports in May highlighted challenges in adopting sustainable packaging.

The Flexible Packaging Association’s Alison Keane sees hope for some level of harmonization when it comes to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mandates being crafted in several states.

Flexible pouch packaging not only has a lower carbon footprint than rigid plastic packaging but also connects with consumers, says ALLIEDFLEX Technologies’ Dennis Calamusa.

Reporting by Packaging Strategies over the last several months reveals the innumerable applications of inspection/detection/vision equipment.

In this interview, Inovar’s Bill Kral explains how digital printing has evolved, why some brand managers are still reluctant to switch to digital printing, and why many who have made the leap are reaping rewards.

Check out these stories showing that everything old is new again — literally, in the context of recycling.

Packaging Strategies has reported on sustainable packaging tie-ins with sporting events, such as the Portland Trail Blazers' use of eco-friendly packaging and the Philadelphia Eagles' switch to bio-based bags at Lincoln Financial Field.

Check out how new advancements are making retort equipment more efficient and packaging more eco-friendly. But let's first take a step back and take a wider look at the retort packaging scene.