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January 2022

Packaging World January 2022

Syngas: A Transformative Technology for Waste Circularity

Single-use plastics aren’t the problem; viewing mechanical recycling as the only solution is. The Consortium for Waste Circularity says advanced recycling waste-to-syngas technology has the potential to fundamentally transform waste handling.

December 15, 2021

PACK EXPO East Brings Latest Packaging & Processing Solutions to the East Coast

After PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 led the way in bringing the industry together, PACK EXPO East returns to Philadelphia (Mar. 21 to 23) looking to build off of its largest show ever in 2020.

December 14, 2021

PACK EXPO East Returns

Pet Food Co-packer is First with Retort Cartons

One of the engineers who developed Tetra Pak’s retort carton platform, Pawel Marciniak has built his co-pack/co-man business for premium pet food NaturPak Pet on the technology—with considerable success.

December 9, 2021

Pawel Marciniak, co-founder and President of NaturPak Pet, with family pet, Coco.

Speed Starter

The CONTACTRON speed starter from Phoenix Contact offers functions common in a variable frequency drive without the complexities. It provides ramp-up and ramp-down functions while the motor is under load, which a soft starter cannot.

December 8, 2021

Phoenix Contact

Two Brands Awarded 0.5 Million Closures Each

Functional beverage PRO.J and VUE Vitamin Tea are announced as the winners of Silgan’s annual Free Closures for a Year Contest.

December 7, 2021

VUE Vitamin Tea is hot-fill processed and is packaged in a 59-dia, 20-oz Pacific Round aluminum bottle topped by Silgan’s 38 TZS aluminum ROPP closure.

AC Drives

AutomationDirect’s WEG CFW500 AC drives series is designed to supports four different control modes, including closed-loop flux vector and torque control.

December 6, 2021

Schubert North America to Build New Headquarters

In view of being able to work more autonomously in the future and to serve customers better, Schubert North America is building a new headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

December 2, 2021

03 Schubert North America

Peter Fox Promoted to CEO at Somic Packaging

In his new role, Fox will be responsible for managing U.S. operations.

December 2, 2021

Somic Peter Fox

Nutifood Differentiates Its Dairy with Packaging

When launching a series of child- and teen-targeted drinking milk products that aim to boost nutrition and catch the modern consumer’s eye, locally famous Vietnamese food company Nutifood chose Ecolean aseptic packs.

December 1, 2021

Nuti Milk Eco Lean

Formost Fuji Forms Partnership with Capper-McCall

Based in Raleigh, Capper-McCall will represent Formost Fuji in the Southeast region covering the market in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

December 1, 2021

Formostlogo Original

Iraqi Beverage Producer Efficiently Quenches Baghdad's Thirst with High-Speed PET Water Line

From Baghdad, Iraq, where keeping hydrated in an arid, sunny climate is essential, comes an interesting high-speed, high-efficiency water-bottling project. With a speed of 48,000 bottles/hour (bph), the line, installed by Sidel, achieves 96% OEE.

December 1, 2021

The line achieves speeds of 48,000 bottles/hour (bph).

Michael Small Named Director of Operations for Triangle Package

He will oversee Triangle’s production, manufacturing, and assembly departments and use his 30 years of expertise to improve overall manufacturing and production efficiencies while expanding capacity within its existing manufacturing facility.

December 1, 2021

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