Food & Beverage

Siam Toppan Earns Seventh WorldStar Award With Theatre-Inspired Chocolate Packaging

Tokyo-based TOPPAN Holdings and its Thailand subsidiary Siam Toppan Packaging have received a WorldStar Packaging Award 2026 in the Toys category for a packaging concept...

Macpac Adds Sulapac Thermoformable Wood-Polymer Composite To Materials Range

Macpac has expanded its thermoforming materials portfolio with the addition of Sulapac Flow 1.7, a wood-polymer composite developed for packaging applications requiring the functionality of...

Japanese Snack Brand Shifts To Monochrome Packaging As Naphtha Shortage Pressures...

Japan’s leading potato chip producer Calbee Inc. is set to begin shipping selected flagship potato chip products in black-and-white packaging from late May, according to...

Equipment

Poly-clip System Expands Green Series As Packaging Industry Faces Rising Efficiency...

As packaging manufacturers face continued pressure from energy costs, tighter regulation and rising expectations around environmental performance, equipment suppliers are increasingly expected to demonstrate measurable...

Packaging Manufacturers Look Beyond Standalone Automation As End-Of-Line Integration Demands Grow

As packaging operations become more complex, manufacturers are increasingly shifting their attention from individual machine performance to how entire production lines function as connected systems. Higher...

Processing Sector Reaches USD 6.2 Billion As PMMI And FPSA Identify...

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the Food Production Solutions Association (FPSA) have released the inaugural 2026 Processing State of the Industry...

Materials

UPM And BASF Partner On Recyclable Fiber-Based Packaging

UPM Specialty Materials and BASF have entered a collaboration aimed at advancing recyclable, fiber-based packaging structures as converters and brand owners look to reduce reliance...

International Paper Expands US Corrugated Footprint With Delmarva Acquisition

International Paper (IP) has acquired Delmarva Corrugated Packaging (DCP), adding converting capacity and strengthening its packaging network in the US Mid-Atlantic region as the company...

Business

UPM And BASF Partner On Recyclable Fiber-Based Packaging

UPM Specialty Materials and BASF have entered a collaboration aimed at advancing recyclable, fiber-based packaging structures as converters and brand owners look to reduce reliance...

Poly-clip System Expands Green Series As Packaging Industry Faces Rising Efficiency...

As packaging manufacturers face continued pressure from energy costs, tighter regulation and rising expectations around environmental performance, equipment suppliers are increasingly expected to demonstrate measurable...

Returnity Targets B2B Shippers as Corrugated Cost Pressure Builds

Returnity is offering qualified B2B shippers a no-cost pilot programme for reusable packaging systems, positioning the initiative as a response to renewed cost pressure in...

Printing & Labeling

Japanese Snack Brand Shifts To Monochrome Packaging As Naphtha Shortage Pressures...

Japan’s leading potato chip producer Calbee Inc. is set to begin shipping selected flagship potato chip products in black-and-white packaging from late May, according to...

NBi FlexPack Introduces eBeam Cast-And-Cure Technology For Secure, Embellished Flexible Packaging

Wisconsin-based converter NBi FlexPack has integrated electron beam (eBeam) cast-and-cure technology into its production platform, enabling holographic and watermark-style embellishments on digitally printed flexible packaging. The...

Industry Moves Toward 2D Barcodes as GS1 Sunrise 2027 Nears

A transition away from the traditional one-dimensional barcode is accelerating across Europe, driven by regulatory pressure, rising expectations for product transparency and the industry’s need...

Editor's Choice

Siam Toppan Earns Seventh WorldStar Award With Theatre-Inspired Chocolate Packaging

Tokyo-based TOPPAN Holdings and its Thailand subsidiary Siam Toppan Packaging have received a WorldStar Packaging Award 2026 in the Toys category for a packaging concept...

UPM And BASF Partner On Recyclable Fiber-Based Packaging

UPM Specialty Materials and BASF have entered a collaboration aimed at advancing recyclable, fiber-based packaging structures as converters and brand owners look to reduce reliance...

Events

Siam Toppan Earns Seventh WorldStar Award With Theatre-Inspired Chocolate Packaging

Tokyo-based TOPPAN Holdings and its Thailand subsidiary Siam Toppan Packaging have received a WorldStar Packaging Award 2026 in the Toys category for a packaging concept...

Trends

Returnity Targets B2B Shippers as Corrugated Cost Pressure Builds

Returnity is offering qualified B2B shippers a no-cost pilot programme for reusable packaging systems, positioning the initiative as a response to renewed cost pressure in...