Packaging
Today, only 4% of Del Monte’s packaging by weight contains any plastics; the rest is fully recyclable steel, glass or paper based.
AMERIPEN releases new sustainability principles through which the packaging industry can advocate and communicate about sustainable packaging systems.
CKF Inc. will be presenting just released printed packaging designs for its Earthcycle range of home compostable, recyclable, and renewable punnets at Fruit Logistica in Berlin and at the CPMA Convention in Montreal.
The Packer is seeking industry input on the June 13 special section on packaging and processing technology.
Paper-based packaging solutions provider has invested $23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Mexico to become a fully integrated corrugated plant.
Greenyard USA/Seald Sweet has introduced a new sustainable label for its clementine line, according to a news release.
The concept of “sustainable packaging” is fluid, and growers polled by The Packer expressed a variety of opinions about what the words mean to them.
A new sustainable cling film is being introduced by Fabbri Group, Italian worldwide leading supplier of machines, films, software, and service to retailers and the produce industry.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited with Victoria Lopez, marketing manager at Fox Packaging and Solutions, to discuss packaging issues.
The Packer’s Tom Karst in February interviewed Rachel Kenyon, senior vice president of the Chicago-based Fibre Box Association, about industry trends and supply chain challenges in the packaging industry.
One of The Packer’s first mentions of sustainability and packaging (apart from some back-and-forth banter about RPCs and corrugated cartons) appeared in coverage from the 2005 PMA Fresh Summit event.
Paper prices just went up 14% for the packaging industry, the first increase of 2022, and the increases aren’t over yet, one paper industry executive believes.
Driscoll’s and industry partners have announced the winners of the Agricultural Plastics Innovation Challenge.
As single-use, plastic packaging increasingly comes under fire, grocers are taking notice, introducing new packaging options and doing what they can to educate shoppers about their choices in the produce aisle.
Consumer demand for sustainable produce packaging has never been stronger, despite differing opinions on what the term “sustainable” actually means, says John Paap, brand and packaging manager at Jac Vandenberg.
Better tracking and ease of use/recycling the units could speed RPC growth, says Peter Shore, vice president of product management for Calavo Grown Sales.
Some of those include environmental social governance (ESG) goals, automation and technology, says Jon Brooks, vice president of retail sales for IFCO.
Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs) supplier IFCO has released its 2022 ESG Report and shares progress on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy to thrive in the circular economy.
Legislation has been introduced in Congress that supporters say will begin shifting the U.S. economy away from dependence on certain single-use plastics.
Flamm Orchard Sales Inc., Cobden, Ill., has finished installing a new packing system that includes 12 apple baggers.
The Union City, Calif.-based plastic produce packaging company is transitioning both of its manufacturing facilities to solar energy in 2023, with the first going live in the first half of 2023.
The Sayreville, N.J.-based company’s newest manufacturing facility in Texas is already developing exclusively PFAS-free packaging products for the North American market and beyond.
The clear, rectangle-shaped party platters are made with 10% post-consumer content, offering consumer solutions in a sustainable fashion, according to the company.
A new proposal in the Washington state legislature would toss out federal food packaging rules and make it more difficult to market the state’s potatoes, one grower group says.
The Hot Springs, Ark.-based company, now in its fourth generation of family ownership, has grown to feature over 2,400 SKUs of products sold through distributors in more than 60 countries.
CKF Inc. has launched two operations to help grow the sustainable packaging market, making moves at its Rexdale, Ontario, facility in December 2022 and its plant in Langley, British Columbia, in January 2023.
It may have taken a while for stores to see the benefit of making 2-pound clamshells a daily shelf item, but retailers have discovered that the 2-pounder can work as more than just a sale item.
The Tarrytown, N.Y.-based company’s Sunrays brand has been celebrated for excellence in package innovation and sustainable design at the PAC Global Awards.
Reusable Packaging Container (RPC) provider IFCO delivered over 2 billion reusable packaging shipments of fresh produce, meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, bread, and other fresh grocery products in 2022.
The Canadian greenhouse grower has won top honors for both its Queen of Greens lettuce and Sunset Wild Wonders Harvest Medley brand packaging at the PAC Global Awards.