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Registration Open For AICC West Coast Ski Meeting 2024
Registration is open for the AICC 2023 West Coast Ski Event taking place February 28-March 2, 2024 at the Snowbird Cliff Lodge in Snowbird, Utah, “where business meets the slopes. ” The Cliff Lodge at Snowbird is one of North America’s most iconic ski lodges. The majesty of Little Cottonwood Canyon…
Metsä Board Designs New Lightweight Gift Package
Espoo, Finland based Metsä Board announced the design of a lighter gift package with strength features close to those of the rigid box solutions currently used for premium products such as cosmetics. With the new design, made from micro-fluted corrugated board, the company wanted to offer a new gift box solution…
PPA Announces Winners of the Student Design Challenge
The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) announced the winners of the 2023 Student Design Challenge who were honored October 24 during the Paperboard Packaging Council’s 2023 Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, California. Teams were asked to design new paperboard packaging and packaging components for…
ICG Welcomes OlymPak Printing& Packaging As New Member
The Independent Carton Group (ICG) announced it voted OlymPak Printing and Packaging of Mora, Minnesota, into the association during their general meeting September 8-10 at Diamond Packaging in Rochester, New York. ICG, based in Newton, Connecticut, is an association of 20 independently owned and operated folding carton manufacturers. OlymPak Printing and…
Food Plant Investments October 2023
Big names like Keurig Dr Pepper, Walmart, Tyson, and Kellanova (formerly Kellogg’s) led the plant investment charge this past month. …
What are Driving Manufacturing and Sustainability Improvements?
Artificial intelligence and gender diversity are among the many movements helping transform packaging and manufacturing today. …
Best in New Food and Beverage Packaging October 2023
October's food and beverage highlights included wrapper-less snack bars, Coca-Cola's rPET move, Pepsi's packaging diversity, recycling Halloween candy wrappers, Walker's paper multipacks, and beer's edible multipack. …
Amazon Facility Eliminates Plastic Packaging
Amazon replaces plastic shipping materials at an Ohio facility with specialty heat-sealable paper, paper fill, and lightweight corrugated board. …
Meet the First 3-ounce Retort Carton in the US
While initially targeting premium pet foods, the co-manufacturer of the single-serve Tetra Pak Recart package is geared up for production volumes of approximately 50 million units for any food. …
Revolutionary Food-Grade Resin Made from Recycled Stretch Film
Revolution gains clearance for clear PCR-LLDPE resin made from mechanically recycled stretch film. …