Packaging Digest

18
Aug

An Inside Look at Drug-Delivery Devices

Full-color 3D X-ray GIFs bring to light the complex mechanisms of inhalers and EpiPens. …

18
Aug

My 40-Year Love Affair with Packaging

What secrets have I collected these four decades as a packaging media journalist? What achievements do I still want to see? …

17
Aug

New Condiment Bottle Pours on the Sustainability

Lighter-weight packaging and a sharply shortened sourcing supply chain yield responsible improvements for Tessemae’s organic products. …

17
Aug

New PET Condiment Bottle Pours on the Sustainability

Lighter-weight packaging and a sharply shortened sourcing supply chain yield responsible improvements for Tessemae’s organic products. …

17
Aug

Measured Dosing Closure Reloads in Seconds

Ecommerce-approved MeaSure closure from Silgan Dispensing provides one-hand, premeasured dispensing convenience in markets from cleaners to personal care. …

15
Aug

Inside Honeywell’s Advanced Recycling Research

Extensive R&D operations near Chicago include a pilot plant dedicated to optimizing chemical recycling for mixed material plastic packaging. …

15
Aug

Packaging Design Red Alert: AI Is Crushing It

Artificial intelligence does 80% of the work in a packaging design experiment featuring a conceptual canned beverage brand. …

12
Aug

Pfizer Exec on What Pharma Needs from Packaging

In his “exit interview,” trailblazer Rich Hollander of Pfizer fame challenges pharmaceutical packaging professionals for the future and sets up shop to give back to the industry. …

11
Aug

Extended Producer Responsibility: Gateway to the Circular Economy or Stealth Tax?

A key part of California’s single-use plastics law, Extended Producer Responsibility eventually could lead to cost savings through better product design and materials recovery, according to one analyst. …

11
Aug

Bioplastics Companies Struggle to Meet Demand

Brand owners are pressuring the biopolymers industry to commercialize materials and ramp up production, IDTechEx reports. …