June 2023
Colbert Packaging Teaches Students About Life Cycle Of Trees, Sustainable Packaging
About 135 second-grade students from Trevor, Wisconsin, and Mishawaka, Indiana, celebrated Earth Week by learning about the cycle of life from trees to paper and back to trees. The educational outreach program was presented by corporate neighbor and Kenosha, Wisconsin based Colbert Packaging. The interactive session is dubbed TICCIT for, “Trees…
Hidden Secrets of the Botanical Gin Bottle
Storytelling for Ireland's Glendalough Distillery gin appears in packaging design details where every element “is a puzzle piece waiting to be discovered.” …
Organoleptics: Designing Sustainable Packaging That Doesn't Stink
Can the smell and taste of packaging improve a product’s connection with consumers? How the science of sensory testing is enhancing the red-hot sustainable packaging market to make it more effective and more palatable to the consumer psyche. …
New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Thursday June 8, 2023
BOSTON – Smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario is continuing to cause elevated levels of air pollution in many portions of New England. The primary concern is high concentrations of fine particle air pollution that is unhealthy, especially for sensitive groups such as people with respiratory disease, the…
EPA Region 7 Presents $642K Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant
EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (right) presents a $642,400 ceremonial check to Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart (left) and Waterloo Community Planning and Development Director Noel Anderson in Waterloo, Iowa, on June 8, 2023. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA)LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 8, 2023) – Today, at the Crystal Cold Storage…
Curtain Rises Soon at The Pack Place Theater in NYC
A dynamic and free educational program — focused on digital printing, innovations in packaging materials, packaging automation advice, and cannabis packaging trends — runs from June 13-15. …
What Can 5G Do for Packaging Production?
With its ability to drive digitalization and empower lean manufacturing processes, 5G is ushering in a new era of production. …
Popular Packaging Topics Headline in May 2023
Digs into plastic packaging, a capping lesson, a packaging design win, and more design blunders were the top draws last month. …
EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Clinton, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant
EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (right) presents a $500,000 ceremonial check to Clinton Mayor Scott Maddasion (left) and Clinton City Administrator Matt Brooke in Clinton, Iowa, on June 7, 2023. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA)LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 7, 2023) – Today, near a brownfield site in historic downtown Clinton,…
New Kleenex Packaging Elevates ‘Softness’ and Modernizes
New package graphics offer a contemporary, simplified aesthetic designed to attract consumers of all ages. …