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Strong Name with Delicate Design for Cider Brand

Strongbow Blossom Rosé Sparkling Apple Cider, for Carlton & United Breweries (part of the AB InBev family), aims to bring growth and inject excitement back into the cider category.




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Nestle Waters North America's ReadyRefresh Delivery Service Expands Beverage Portfolio

Nestlé Waters North America’s ReadyRefresh by Nestlé delivery service has expanded its beverage portfolio as part of ReadyRefresh’s mission to deliver healthy, convenient and great-tasting hydration to its customers. 

 




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WePackItAll Welcomes Duncan Lavery as Chief Executive Officer

Lavery will lead the company’s evolution through organic opportunities and M&A activities.




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NOVA Chemicals Launches Canadian Centre of Excellence for Plastics Circularity

Centre aims to help achieve global plastics sustainability goals by focusing on R&D collaboration and value chain-integrated solutions.




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FPSA Rebrands as Food Production Solutions Association, Welcomes New Members

The name change better reflects who FPSA members really are: companies that provide solutions for food production.




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Sustainability in Packaging US 2025 Releases Agenda

Returning to Swissotel Chicago, Sustainability in Packaging US 2025 will take place March 5-7




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Mespack and Amcor Collaborate to Develop 2L Stand-Up Pouch

Amcor and Mespack R&D teams collaborated to make iterative adjustments to machine parameters and film structures and produce a new 2L pouch that meets performance expectations in terms of sustainability, durability, and functionality.




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Belmark to Locate New Manufacturing Operation in Allen County, Kentucky

New flexible packaging plant will be the company’s first facility in the commonwealth.




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Resource Label Group announces new specialty business unit – RLG Healthcare

New unit is strengthened by RLG’s recent acquisitions of MedLit Solutions and Pharmaceutic Litho and Label.




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HERMA Expands Range of Lightweight Self-Adhesive Label Materials

 The latest addition is the HERMA PP white light (grade 884) plastic film in combination with the special film adhesive 62Xpc.





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RRD Expands Label Capacity to Enhance Efficiency and Support eCommerce

RRD’s four new press installations increase speed and flexibility for brands, logistics, and freight services.




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Registration Opens for Labelexpo Americas 2024

Returning to Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, from September 10-12, the biennial show promises hundreds of live demonstrations, new show features, a one-day conference program and more. 




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Flexography Will Make Powerful Return to Labelexpo Americas

New show features include the FlexPack@Labelexpo which will showcase short run, added-value flexible packaging, including all the ancillary equipment, thermal lamination, pouching equipment, materials, and coatings required to enter this demanding market.




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All4Labels opens first factory in Northeast Brazil

The Global Packaging Group is growing in the South and Central Americas Region with a new hub of excellence for pressure sensitive labels, with plans for expansion into digital printing.




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Schreiner ProTech Develops Smart Label Series RFID Capabilities

Recently adapted to suit industrial settings, the company’s Robust RFID-Labels ensure reliable, trackable connectivity for products across a broad set of high-leverage sectors, including electronic and automotive components.




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Avery Dennison to Showcase Innovations in Sustainability, RFID at Labelexpo Americas

Avery Dennison is set to showcase its latest innovations in labeling technology at Labelexpo Americas 2024, taking place September 10-12.




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Cosmo Films to Showcase Innovative Product Range at Labelexpo Americas

Company will showcase its diverse range of Pressure Sensitive Face stock films, Shrink Sleeve label films, Wraparound Labels and IML Label Films.




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Winners of Label Industry Global Awards 2024 Announced

The winners of the Label Industry Global Awards 2024 were announced at Parkway Bank Park in Rosemont, Illinois, during the first evening of Labelexpo Americas 2024.




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Securikett Unveils Security Label with Cut Indicator, to Showcase at FACHPACK

Securikett's new security labels offer an effective solution for detecting tamper attempts early, providing vital protection along the entire distribution chain and boosting customer trust in the process.




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All4Labels STARFLAKE recognized by APR for innovative pressure-sensitive labels

Recognition marks a significant step forward in enabling the recycling of plastic bottles and underscores All4Labels’ commitment to driving the development of sustainable practices in the label industry.




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Eltronis Launches Engage Platform

Engage is a cloud-based software that allows consumers to use smartphones to scan packaging, which links to relevant product information online. 




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New Labeling/Verification System Helps Meet Serialization Regulations

METTLER TOLEDO's PCE T2620 is a compact system for the track & trace labeling­ of cartons in accordance with the Falsified Medicines Directive in Europe, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in the U.S., and other global regulations. 




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Sabri Demirel Apppointed Managing Director of Romaco North America

Sabri Demirel has just been appointed new managing director of Romaco North America. He succeeds Charles Ravalli, who retired in April 2019. 




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Deitz Co. Develops New Printer Mounting Kit for Traceability Coding

The kit enables food, pharmaceutical and nutritional product manufacturers to mount a printer underneath the company's PharmafillTM BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor and automate lot traceability coding on bottle bottoms.




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Systech selected by Praxis Packaging for Track and Trace solutions

Collaboration offers Praxis customers access to enhanced product tracing to meet compliance requirements such as the FDA-mandated DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act) regulation with a November 2024 enforcement deadline.




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Beontag celebrates 40 years of operation

This milestone, marking more than four decades of innovation and success, also represents a new era of excellence for the brand, as the company continues its expansion journey, solidifying its global presence and driving transformative business growth.




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Schreiner MediPharm to Highlight RFID Label Solutions at PACK EXPO 2024

Schreiner MediPharm's new RFID label comprises an integrated digital sealing function whose design irreversibly indicates a container’s initial opening, and enables automated integrity tracking.




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EnvyPak Envelopes Mailed at Lower Rate Without Affixed Label

EnvyPak received a new ruling from the United States Postal Service that provides lower automation letter rates for a specially formatted, poly envelope that now doesn't require an affixed mailing label, can be sealed with glue applied by lettershops and is fully machine-insertable.




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Label Management

With automation, the cloud and new innovative printing solutions, there are many ways to create new and unique labels. Here, we cover an automation solution that boosted a label printer’s production by 50%, a label management system stored in the cloud, a barcode printer that prints a packing list and shipping label on a single label, and a new adhesive.




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Henkel Expands Adhesive Portfolio with Sonderhoff Brand

The two-and-a-half-year integration phase of the Sonderhoff Group into Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has been completed. As of January 1, 2020, all Sonderhoff companies have been merged into the Adhesive Technologies business unit. 




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Meler's Micron+ Adhesive Systems Improve Packaging Line Efficiency

Key benefits include an innovative tank construction that ensures uniform melt temperatures with no hotspots, char or waste; a horizontal piston pump design that provides consistent, direct adhesive feed; and a high efficiency design that uses 60% less energy and 50% less compressed air than comparable systems. 




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Esprit Alcoholic Fruit Drink Moves to Pressure Sensitive Labels

Esprit is a range of fruit-flavored RTDs, reinventing familiar flavors with an unconventional twist and making them multi-faceted and exciting. Distell recently entered into a partnership with MCC to re-launch Esprit in South Africa with a conversion from paper to pressure sensitive labels.




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Shurtape HP 535 Hot Melt Packaging Tape

The heavy-duty packaging tape is designed for sealing high-value packages, 100% recycled corrugated cardboard.




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Euro Pool System Recommends HERMA Self-Adhesive Materials for Reusable Boxes

The material provides adhesion in a cool, damp environment and can be washed off again at a later stage without leaving any residue.




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New Water-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesive for Filmic Labels

ACRONAL 3727 X has good immediate tack and high peel strength on low surface energy materials allowing, at the same time, for early repositionability.




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Henkel opens Adhesive Technologies Technology Center in New Jersey

Facility showcases Henkel’s entire technology portfolio of adhesives, sealants, functional coatings and specialty materials and supports an environment for collaboration with customers from over 800 industry segments to develop innovative solutions.




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Crespel & Deiters Group opens corrugating subsidiary in Mexico

Leading European wheat adhesive specialist improves service for corrugated board manufacturers in Latin America.




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Greiner Helps Ireland-Based Yogurt Brand Nomadic with Bold New Look

“Taking Nomadic’s iconic bowl design and almost literally turning it on its head took some clever engineering, but with sustainability always top of mind for Greiner, being able to create new packaging using less energy is a positive benefit."




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Sidel launches ultra-small, ultra-light PET bottle for liquid dairy products

The new preform design is qualified for 100% rPET content and also enables a low blowing pressure below 15 bars.




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Molkerei Forster, Lidl Schweiz launch self-separating yogurt packaging from Greiner

Molkerei Forster is using self-separating cardboard-plastic combinations for its Milbona brand 500g natural yogurts, which are sold by Swiss retailer Lidl Schweiz.




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Metsä Board Partners with Industry Leaders to Develop Sustainable Ice Cream Cone Packaging

The team looked into different stages of the value chain, ranging from material production, to ink usage and logistics, and the result is a packaging with a significantly lower climate impact.




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Elopak selects Little Rock, Arkansas, for new production plant in USA

The plant will produce Pure-Pak® cartons for liquid dairy, juices, plant-based products and liquid eggs.




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Berry Global Earns Several Awards for Abel & Cole's Single-Use Milk Bottles

Club Zero Refillable Milk is designed to cut the carbon footprint of Abel & Cole’s single-use milk bottles in half, with Abel & Cole estimating a saving of up to 450,000 single-use plastic milk bottles annually.




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Tetra Pak and Lactalis Develop Carton Made of Recycled Polymers

This material has been certified by ISCC PLUS as originating from the recycling process of used beverage cartons in Spain and is allocated to the package based on a mass balance attribution method.




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Dispelling 3 Common Myths about Sustainable Packaging

The demand for sustainable products and packaging is only growing. With continuous innovations to packaging technologies, brands have many options for improving their packaging and reaching sustainably minded consumers.




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Opportunities and Challenges for Brands Under 2020 Labeling Regulations

As food and beverage manufacturers navigate a consumer audience that has changed its attitudes and behaviors completely, they must also address changing the Nutrition Facts on their labels. Changes to labels like those required under the current regulations can have wider-reaching implications for some brands.




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Marich Confectionery Company Unveils Fresh New Look, Feel

The refreshed Single Serve and Pouch packages feature cheerful, vibrant colors; a larger playful color bar for ease of identification at retail; and a prominent new flavor image that shows ingredients and the finished confections for greater appetite appeal, plus a soft touch, matte tactile feel.




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Nestlé celebrates official launch of Nestlé Sustainably Sourced chocolate range

  • The new travel retail-exclusive Nestlé Sustainably Sourced chocolate range launches at the start of the Earth Month.



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    Cox & Co Develops Flow Wrap Chocolate Paper Packaging

    Offering a 12-month minimum shelf life, the new paper flow wrap solution is a huge step in the right direction to reducing the amount of chocolate packaging waste that ends up in landfill.




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    Skittles relaunches annual Pride limited-edition packaging

    Skittles puts the spotlight on community in collaboration with GLAAD, supports local LGBTQ+ interest groups across the U.S.