January 2024
New Sustainability Lounge Gives You Hands-On Access
See, feel, and hear about dissolvable packaging, compostable materials, and sustainability strategies for food and beverage packaging at WestPack 2024.
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EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7
LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 17, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is lowering recommended screening levels and strengthening guidance for investigating and cleaning up lead-contaminated soil in residential areas where children live and play. As a result of lower screening levels, EPA expects to investigate more residential properties…
Packaging: The Untold Story of a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
Packaging is everywhere, from the food we eat to the products we use. How much do you know about the industry?
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Top Pharmaceutical Packaging Trends for 2024
Four market trends are set to significantly impact packaging departments for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Are you prepared?
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SupplyOne Inc. Acquires Crownhill Packaging
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, based SupplyOne, Inc., one of the largest independent suppliers of corrugated and other value-added packaging products in the U.S., announced that it has acquired Crownhill Packaging, a North American packaging distributor headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Crownhill Packaging was founded in 1986 and is one of North America’s…
ICPF Funds New Kongsberg Table At Appalachian State University
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) has announced that students in the Graphic Communications Management (GCM) Program at Appalachian State University will be using new equipment this Fall. The new Kongsberg X Edge 24 prototyping table replaces equipment previously awarded to GCM by ICPF in 2009, when GCM first developed packaging…
Hood Container Acquires Sumter Packaging Corp.
Atlanta, Georgia based Hood Container Corporation announced that it has acquired the corrugated packaging business, Sumter Packaging Corporation of Sumter, South Carolina. This includes all of Sumter’s design, manufacturing, assembly and fulfillment operations in Sumter as well as the business manufactured and serviced from its Statesville, North Carolina facility. “Our roots…
EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee
LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 11, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointments of 16 new members to the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), as well as the reappointments of 13 existing members. For the first time in the committee’s history, the membership will have a female…
Sustainability Improvements to Pharmaceutical Packaging
The redesigned EZ-fill Smart secondary packaging uses bio-circular polymers and also significantly reduces particle contamination during opening.
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7 Reasons, and 5 Ways, to Use QR Codes on Your Packs
Expand your package’s communication bandwidth with these tips for getting the most out of using Quick Response codes.
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