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6 days ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Researchers in Michigan are scaling up what they say is a first-of-its-kind packaging innovation center in the U.S. to leverage both federal and industry funding.
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6 days ago | 
finance.yahoo.com | Maria Rachal
This story was originally published on Packaging Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Packaging Dive newsletter. Researchers in Michigan are scaling up what they say is a first-of-its-kind packaging innovation center in the U.S. to leverage both federal and industry funding.
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1 week ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Companies constantly innovate and redesign their packaging to boost performance, improve marketability and enhance sustainability. Here’s a look at five packaging launches and revamps on Packaging Dive’s radar. Smells like PCRPersonal care brand Every Man Jack launched new deodorant packaging which it says uses less virgin plastic and can be recycled.
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1 week ago | 
wastedive.com | Maria Rachal
What’s shaping the future of packaging design and recycling? Midway through 2025, GreenBlue, the nonprofit behind the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and How2Recycle, is out with updates. In line with the SPC Impact event last week in Seattle, the organization shared its 2025 sustainable packaging trends report, defining and detailing the following four highlights: In packaging innovation, refills are making a comeback for spirits and beauty.
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1 week ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
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1 week ago | 
fooddive.com | Maria Rachal
While consumer packaged goods companies more than doubled the recycled content in their plastic packaging in recent years, many are unlikely to hit their 2025 goals before the end of the year, according to an Ameripen report analyzing a collection of food companies and CPGs.In food, not all recycled materials are safe for use in packaging, making it difficult for companies to secure supply.
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1 week ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Net sales: $1.57BDown 1.6% year over yearNet loss attributable to O-I: $16MCompared with net earnings of $72M in Q1 2024Q1 recap: CEO Gordon Hardie said on an earnings call Wednesday that O-I is “pleased with our year-to-date performance trend despite some anticipated lag in Europe.” Quarterly sales were down slightly, in part due to lower net price and ongoing temporary production curtailments to reduce inventory.
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1 week ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In April, packaging manufacturers announced forthcoming site closures spanning California, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and Texas:Case Paper Co., a New York-based paperboard solutions company, disclosed in an April 16 WARN notice that it will permanently close a facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The closure is effective June 15 and slated to affect 18 employees.
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2 weeks ago | 
packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Amcor, a global multi-substrate rigid and flexible packaging manufacturer, closed its all-stock acquisition of Indiana-based Berry Global on Wednesday. Amcor reiterated expectations for $650 million in savings by the end of fiscal year 2028 — including $260 million in FY2026 — for the consumer and healthcare packaging giant. The Zurich-based company’s reach now spans approximately 140 countries, with some 70,000 employees.
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2 weeks ago | 
wastedive.com | Maria Rachal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Consumer packaged goods companies more than doubled the recycled content in their plastic packaging in recent years, from approximately 5% to 13% between 2018 and 2023 by one analysis, with recycled PET, HDPE and LDPE seeing some of the biggest gains.
