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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Sustainable PackagingRecyclingThe transition to the new label design is scheduled for August 2025, aligning with H2R’s upcoming July Guidelines for Use, which will incorporate findings from CalRecycle’s SB 343 Material Characterization Study. May 6, 2025The new label symbology with unambiguous icons. Store drop-off on the far right of the series.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsDigital TransformationEditors break down survey results from the Annual Outlook Report on Digitalization. Only 25% of respondents say they have a digitalization strategy.
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2 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsWorkforceClemson University announces two Spring 2025 awards. Lyndsey Laster is the Robert Testin Outstanding Senior in Packaging Science winner, and Emilia Robinson becomes the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior. May 1, 2025Emilia Robinson (l.) and Lyndsey Laster (r.) are recipients of spring 2025 packaging program scholarships at Clemson.
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2 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
FlexiblesWrappingThe repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film supplied by Printpack. The move is more evidence of a growing global, now national trend toward paper films able to run on existing equipment. May 1, 2025The Kind Dark Chocolate Nuts & sea salt bars will be sold in singles in the paper wrapper at Whole Foods, so a consumer will not purchase a carton.
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2 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
FlexiblesWrappingTO COMEMay 1, 2025The KIND Dark Chocolate Nuts & sea salt bars will be sold in singles in the paper wrapper at Whole Foods, so a consumer will not purchase a carton. The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper type.
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2 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsE-commerce/D2C packagingAccording to a Packaging World survey, of respondents who participate in e-comm channels, 46% say business is growing in the channel, and another 46% say it's steady. It seems like boom times, but the cost of doing business in the space is high. Apr 30, 2025 TranscriptThe following transcript was produced by AI and not carefully edited. Sean Riley: Hi, and welcome to our Annual Outlook Report podcast on e-commerce.
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3 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsControls & Machine ComponentsWhen JOA began looking to develop a never-before-seen dry molded fiber converting machine and platform, it found the technological capability and know-how with Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX Automation toolkit. Apr 22, 2025The platform’s dedicated control, ctrlX Core, uses the Linux-based ctrlX OS, which serves as the framework of the uniquely modular, app-based architecture.
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3 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Sustainable PackagingRecyclingWatch festivities at Duracell's Fairburn, Ga. plant as it switches to a perforated paper blister replacing thermoformed plastic tray/board backing. Features include a flat bottom and messaging on front and top of pack that enable a unique retail display. Apr 23, 2025RecommendedHumanoid Robots: Future of Processing and Packaging Workforce? RecommendedAre You Greenwashing?
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3 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsControls & Machine ComponentsWhen JOA began looking to develop a never-before-seen dry molded fiber converting machine and platform, it found the technological capability and know-how with Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX Automation toolkit. Apr 22, 2025The platform’s dedicated control, ctrlX Core, uses the Linux-based ctrlX OS, which serves as the framework of the uniquely modular, app-based architecture.
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4 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Sustainable PackagingAssuming the format is the same as or very similar to previous commercial rollouts, it's functionally bag-in-box. In this case, the “box” portion begins as a die-cut and geometrically creased blank of printed paperboard. Apr 17, 2025Target is the first major U.S. supermarket retailer to commission a range of wines bottled in what it says are lower-carbon paper bottles.
