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Beyond the Bag Challenge winners put to the test at CVS Health, Target and Walmart

02 Aug 2021 --- Leading US retailers CVS Health, Target and Walmart are jointly launching in-store pilots testing the winning reusable shopping bag solutions from the Beyond the Bag Challenge. Tested in nine stores in Northern California this fall, the new pilots will help refine the challenge’s nine winning solutions, which were revealed this February. The winners include solutions...

Covid-19 Updates

COVID-19 updates

29 Jul 2021 --- Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, PackagingInsights is dedicated to bringing its readers all the latest and most relevant industry updates. Visit this regularly updated news feed for the coronavirus information and insights you need to guide your business through this challenging period. [Last updated: 29/07/2021 17:00 CEST]

Key Interview

Sulapac CEO: Truly sustainable packaging is crucial to long-term market success

29 Jul 2021 --- Environmental sustainability is a must for cosmetic packaging, but it also has to be functional and aesthetically beautiful to offer a true alternative to conventional solutions, according to Dr. Suvi Haimi, CEO and co-founder of Sulapac. Haimi speaks to PackagingInsights about her company’s wood-based packs and how they can be a viable alternative to hard-to-recycle...

Key Trends

Spreads and seasonings packaging seeks out circular economy

There is a growing trend to maximize recycled content in spreads and seasoning packaging. Manufacturers, brand owners and retailers are now looking to shift toward a circular economy in which packaging materials can be used multiple times.

Video

Toraphene: Graphene-based material gets cost-competitive with conventional plastics

Toraphene is described as the world’s first compostable, biodegradable and commercially viable alternative to conventional plastics. PackagingInsights discusses the graphene-based material and its industrialization with the company’s CEO Gaute Juliussen, who explains how policymakers can help start-up innovators compete with the long-established plastics industry.

NEWSBITE PODCAST

Podcast – The PackPod (#4): Digimarc and Paccor, Xampla (Cambridge Uni), APEAL

In this episode, we discuss the revolutionary recycling technology known as Digimarc with Robert Chamness, chief legal officer and secretary at Digimarc, and Nicolas Lorenz, chief commercial officer at Digimarc’s partner Paccor. We also welcome Simon Hombersley, CEO of Cambridge University spin-off Xampla, the pioneer behind a plant-based material that mimics spider silk. Our final guests...

THE WORLD OF FOOD INGREDIENTS DIGITAL

Supplement Innovation Accelerates

In this edition you will learn more about:

• Baby Formula & Growing Up Milks, The Global Supplements Market Outlook, Probiotics, Postbiotics, Emerging Microbiome Ingredients
• Innova Market Insights’ Top 5 Supplement Trends, Hydrocolloids in Supplements, Mood-Enhancing Ingredients, 2021 Supplements NPD
• Vitafoods Preview 2021, Powders & Bars Packaging, Functional F&B Innovation
• View from the Top: Lonza Capsules and Health Ingredients, Claude Dartiguelongue, President

Expert Views

Are connective packaging technologies the solution to brand protection sustainability?

Are connective packaging technologies the solution to brand protection sustainability? By Jeremy Plimmer, editor/publisher at Product & Image Security. In this Expert View, brand security expert Jeremy Plimmer explores how contactless data acquisition technologies on packaging can enable brands to supply a visible tracing system following a product from its source right through the...