26 Jul 2024 --- Ishida’s multihead weighing technology is supporting Swiss pasta manufacturer Pasta Premium with growing sales and a move to paper bags, with three new Ishida weighers for... Read More

26 Jul 2024 --- This week in industry news, Saica Group acquired a subsidiary of Schumacher Packaging and Sappi Europe improved its flexible packaging papers division. Meanwhile, UK train operating... Read More

26 Jul 2024 --- Silgan Holdings is acquiring Weener Plastics Holdings, a producer of dispensing solutions for personal care, food and healthcare products for €838 million (US$909... Read More

26 Jul 2024 --- Israel-based plastic alternative business Solutum, which produces a novel material suitable for composting and biodegradation in the natural environment, recently appointed Daniel... Read More

25 Jul 2024 --- Fresh Inset’s Vidre+ technology, which helps preserve fruits and vegetables through ethylene gas inhibiting labeling stickers, has been registered on the Peruvian market for... Read More

22 Jul 2024 --- Earlier this month, Robert Taylor, sustainability director at UPM Raflatac spoke at a Pentawards Meet in London about challenges with sustainable packaging design. We discuss these challenges, including the impacts of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and its impact on the UK’s industry with Taylor.

20 Jun 2024 --- Johann Kaiser, CEO at Yangi, shares insights on the supplier’s expanded dry-formed food packaging portfolio. Cellera, Yangi’s dry-forming manufacturing technology, is currently up and running in its new 3,000 square meter “state-of-the-art” production facility in Varberg, Sweden.

19 Jun 2024 --- We speak to Paul Foulkes-Arellano, circularity consultant at Circuthon Consulting, about his recent book, “Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future.” He describes how his research began, the book’s findings and what the packaging industry can learn. 

17 Jun 2024 --- Quadpack talks to Personal Care Insights at Cosmetic Business in Munich, Germany, about its desire to deliver new, innovative and versatile dispensing solutions to clients. Category specialist Alejandra Isern explains why skin care packaging is Quadpack’s core business and showcases the company’s range of makeup packaging components.

06 Jun 2024 --- We speak to Marlene Langthaler, senior customer experience manager at Mondi, about the company’s portfolio of premium and luxury papers. She explains how the company’s range of different materials caters to customer demands for personalization and ranging consumer experience. 

25 Jun 2024 --- Aimplas representatives Rosa González Leyba, Non-Food Packaging leader, and Lorena Rodríguez Garrido, Packaging Cluster leader, explain the challenges of implementing reusable designs and the organization’s efforts to aid development. 

24 Jun 2024 --- The price of energy is skyrocketing, driving up the cost of glass packaging and dramatically reducing supply. With energy costs now trending between 10 to 20 times above typical prices and some glass foundries at risk of closing, this is a fast-developing crisis that requires immediate attention.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Husky Technologies^TM.

03 Jun 2024 --- Discover Cama integrated robotic systems in-house: two-axis arms, Delta robots, gripping, and vision systems. Thus we have built up unique skills and technologies. Thanks to this know-how, we can flexibly and creatively respond to our customers’ requests with no comparison in the market.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Cama Group.

08 Apr 2024 --- Focused on the vision of a better future for our planet, A.HATZOPOULOS S.A. innovates for the development of new packaging solutions that will define the future of flexible packaging. The company has created a new packaging line, X-LOOP™, which takes the topic of packaging sustainability even further, consisting of circular/post-consumer recycled plastic films (PCR) and bio-circular plastics.This Technical Paper is from A. Hatzopoulos S.A.  

18 Mar 2024 --- Mondi announced its annual eCommerce report results, based on an online survey with 6,000 consumers. The report details overall eCommerce trends, analysis, customer attitudes and how packaging affects their entire experience. The report is based on the desire to provide eCommerce brands with key information on best meeting consumer needs.This Technical Paper is from Mondi.  

12 Jun 2024 --- Innova Market Insights has announced its Top Packaging Trends 2024, with “Digitalized Circularity” taking the top spot. In this exclusive webinar, we discuss how new technologies are transforming the industry, helping protect consumers and businesses from greenwashing and securing supply chains. We also discuss material minimization, foodservice packaging, and the development of bio-based barrier coatings.

02 Nov 2023 --- Nedim Nisic, the eCommerce Director at Mondi Group, delves into cutting-edge eCommerce packaging innovations. From automation advancements to groundbreaking design revolutions, this webinar will equip you to stay ahead in the realms of eCommerce packaging, fulfillment, and sustainability goals.

12 Oct 2023 --- The circular economy action plan is a central aspect of the European Green Deal. The plan aims to ensure that waste is prevented and resources used are kept in the economy for as long as possible, reducing pressure on natural resources and creating sustainable employment and development. The plan is a prerequisite to achieving the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target and halting biodiversity loss.The US Environmental Protection Agency has created similar plans, along with numerous other countries globally. The UN has established the circularization of global economies as a central pillar to achieving the Paris Agreement targets and ensuring a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.In this webinar, we discuss how the packaging industry is developing solutions to aid the transition toward circularity, whether a fully circular economy is possible, and the main challenges and benefits for business leaders.

03 Jul 2023 --- As international leaders, civil society groups and environmental campaigners continue to negotiate legislative solutions to the global plastics pollution crisis, we look at Innova Market Insights’ Top Trends 2023, with “Plastics Circularization” ranking top. In this exclusive webinar, we debate the viability of turning our linear economy into a loop, whether this is even possible, and how start-up and mainstream packaging innovators are rising to the challenge. We discuss how circularity efforts are impacting greenwashing litigation, boosting renewable material sourcing, and how connected technologies and reusable designs are aiding the industry’s transition toward a more sustainable future.

12 Apr 2023 --- Consumers exist in a connected world and packaging is increasingly seen as a valuable platform for digital engagement. Technologies like QR codes, Near Field Communication (NFC) and Augmented Reality (AR), have emerged in recent years. In the first of PackagingInsights’ 2023 webinar series, we discussed digital brand engagement and how these technologies can boost consumer connection and brand loyalty through packaging.