November 2020
Packaging Experts on Tap for Epic Engineering Event
An expansive educational lineup for Virtual Engineering Week, November 30 – December 4, will kick off each day with a fireside chat and keynote presentation, including several from packaging thought-leaders. …
Clear Shrink Films Approved for Store Drop-Off Recycling
New standard EVO and high-strength EVOX shrink films from Clysar are store drop-off recyclable with grocery bags and other approved polyethylene packaging materials. …
Clear Shrink Films Are At-Store Recyclable
New standard EVO and high-strength EVOX shrink films from Clysar are store drop-off recyclable with grocery bags and other qualified #2 polyethylene packaging materials. …
Social Ecosystem Tops 2020 Plastic Packaging Innovations
Henkel’s Ecosystem heads the breakthrough achievements in the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards for design, technology, sustainability, and user experience. …
3 Packs Weave Usefulness into Their Designs
Outstanding packaging design and engineered functionality is a common thread of this year’s top three AmeriStar winners. …
Ballwash Give A Sack Package Says Nuts to Cancer
Fun, upbeat graphics and self-exam instructions give labeling a key role in testicular-health education. …
New Cobot for Heavy Lifting Features IP67 Rating
Systems specialize in handling “high mix, low-volume applications” from consumer goods and automotive to electronics and plastics. …
7 Key Principles for Inclusive Packaging Design
Inclusive design starts with the few but expands to encompass a much wider, more accepting audience. It ultimately leads to the broadest possible bandwidth of people. …
Striking Packaging Upgrades Spark Curiosity
Two packaging innovations for alcohol beverages and multiple standouts in packaging design — most with a sustainability slant — gained vast attention in the last month. …
Bacardi’s Foray into Sustainable Packaging Has Some Challenges
Bacardi plans to have PHA-based liquor bottles on store shelves by 2023, despite the material’s higher cost compared with conventional plastics and the reluctance of industrial composting facilities to accept the biopolymer. …