Materials
TPC Packaging Collects Nine Honors at PPC 2018 Competition
At the 75th North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, TPC Printing & Packaging collected a total of nine awards. […]
Paperboard/Corrugated Cartons
Materials
Corrugated Packaging Fundamentals Hits the West Coast
AICC is offering its Corrugated Packaging Fundamentals Seminar, June 19-20, at Pacific Southwest Container, LLC, in Modesto, Calif […]
Beverage Packaging
Rubmble Supershakes in SIG’s New Combismile Carton
Canadian brand Rumble® has relaunched its line of enhanced protein drinks, or Supershakes, with packaging from SIG. […]
Flexible
Flexo Label Advantage Group Recognizes Andy Willie with Lifetime Achievement Award
NEWTOWN, CT | The Independent Carton Group is pleased to announce that Andy Willie, one of its founding members and executive director emeritus, has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Flexo Label Advantage […]
Beer/Wine/Spirits
Online Holiday Shopping Reigns Supreme – but what happens to all those boxes?
By Rachel Kenyon, vice president, Fibre Box Association (FBA) Shoppers’ growing dependence on e-commerce to deliver the products they want, directly to their homes, is creating an evolution in America’s holiday shopping traditions. Amazon continues […]
News & Headlines
Learning Opportunity: Use Flexo Best Practices in Your Plant
ALEXANDRIA, VA | AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is hosting Best Practices for Flexographic Printing: Raising the Standard, Wednesday, May 22 to Thursday, May 23, 2019, at the PrintCon Center at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. This course takes […]
Materials
AICC Offers Corrugated Packaging Fundamentals Seminar
ALEXANDRIA, VA | AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is once again offering its popular Corrugated Packaging Fundamentals Seminar, April 30-May 1, 2019, at President Container in Middletown, N.Y. The seminar gives attendees the opportunity to understand […]
Beverage Packaging
STO Responsible Launches Product Line of Eco-Conscious, Safe and Compliant Marijuana Product Packaging
BOULDER, CO | After investing several years in research and development to design a reasonably priced, evidence-based solution, STO Responsible has finally released its line of sustainable packaging for the cannabis industry. STO Responsible’s founders built their business […]
Beer/Wine/Spirits
Packaging Satisfaction Increases Nearly 50 Percent as Brands Respond to Consumer Preferences
By: Alison Kim, senior director of strategic marketing, WestRock The relationship between brands, retailers and consumers has evolved significantly since WestRock began tracking consumer satisfaction with packaging in 2013. While plenty has changed over the […]
E-Commerce
Solutions by Metsä Board Americas Corporation at Pack Expo Enable Brands to Achieve Engaging Packaging
Designing a Better Consumer Opening Experience For the past few years, the growing trend of unboxing videos on YouTube has become a powerful force in consumer marketing. From children’s toys to luxury goods to food […]
Flexible
On-the-go Packaging
Meal Time Is A Go More Snacking and Meal Options Entice Consumers to Take Their Food on The Road. By: Elisabeth Cuneo Take a look around you next time you’re driving your car, walking down […]
E-Commerce
Major Growth for Corrugated in The E-Commerce Packaging Market
According to “The Future of Corrugated Packaging to 2023” from Smithers Pira (smitherspira.com), e-commerce is becoming a significant and high-growth opportunity for the corrugated packaging market to 2023. Despite the economic slowdown over the past […]
Coding/Marking/Labeling
Georgia-Pacific Launches Hummingbird™ Digital Packaging Solutions
Digital presses have revolutionized the packaging industry, delivering high-impact color and creating a new paradigm for versioning and customization. Despite its innovations, digitally printed packaging has not always offered solutions across the full spectrum of […]
Beverage Packaging
New Packaging Launches for the Coffee Industry
Since March of 2018, the organic ground coffee “COFFEE³” has been on store shelves. The specialty of COFFEE³ is that the ground coffee is available in an InlineCan (inlinecan.com). The cube-shaped carton packaging was designed […]
News & Headlines
PPC Folding Carton Boot Camp Shows Converters How to Make the Most of Paperboard
A group of newcomers to the paperboard packaging industry learned about the entire process of carton converting during the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) Folding Carton Boot Camp on May 8-9. Among other insights, participants learned how waste paperboard is a valuable asset […]
News & Headlines
New Survey Unveils 7 in 10 Consumers Agree Packaging Design Can Influence Purchasing Decisions
Ever wonder why consumers may choose one product over another? Sometimes the proof is in the packaging. A national study conducted by the Paper and Packaging Board (paperandpackaging.org) and IPSOS (ipsos.com) just in time for National Packaging Design Day shows […]
Beverage Packaging
Tetra Pak To Develop Paper Straws for Its Portion-Size Carton Packages
Tetra Pak (Tetrapakusa.com) aims to launch a paper straw that is suitable for its portion-sized carton packages before the end of the year, as part of a broader program aimed at addressing the issue of […]
News & Headlines
Colbert Packaging Inspires Students to be Wise Stewards of Natural Resources
Colbert Packaging Corporation (colbertpkg.com) recently hosted a TICCIT® (“Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees”) event for elementary students in Wisconsin’s Salem School District. Jeff MacDougall, production manager at Colbert Packaging, led the educational outreach program, […]
Coding/Marking/Labeling
Sutherland Packaging Enjoys 30% Growth in 2017
Sutherland Packaging (sutherlandpackaging.com), a leader in corrugated point-of-purchase (POP) displays and packaging for retail locations and club stores, saw a 30% year-over-year jump in business from 2016 to 2017, with the upward trend expected to […]
Coding/Marking/Labeling
Wallace Carlson Printing Adds Color-Logic Metallic Printing Techniques to its Inline Production Capabilities
Wallace Carlson Printing (wallacecarlson.com) has deployed Color-Logic (color-logic.com) technologies that enable it to produce metallic and dimensional effects on the paper and paperboard used in its print and packaging applications. This new investment strengthens Wallace […]
