Emerging Brands

The Emerging Brands Alliance provides education, resources, and growth opportunities for brands who are scaling operations. Drawing on the vast editorial knowledge of PMMI Media Group, educational opportunities at PACK EXPO’s Emerging Brands Central, and PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Emerging Brands Alliance is a resource to those seeking to boost brand operations.

Coding, Printing & Labeling

10 Different Types of Labeling Machines for Your Product

Learn about the most common categories of labeling machines in the latest Package This episode.

April 10, 2024

Sustainability

How Compostable Packaging Fits into the Circular Economy

Welcome to our latest video on compostable packaging. Compostable packaging is defined as packaging that is able to break down into carbon dioxide, water, and biomass within a specific timeframe under specific conditions.

April 3, 2024

Emerging Brands

What are the Different Types of Multipacking Equipment?

In 5 minutes, learn about the types of multipacking equipment used in packaging for club stores and beyond.

March 28, 2024

Emerging Brands

Learn About the Main Types of Labels and Leaflets Used in Packaging

What’s the difference between pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeve labels? What are smart tags? Take a five-minute tour of the world of labels and leaflets and enhance your professional knowledge of packaging.

February 1, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Three Sustainability Trends in Cosmetics

Today’s episode is a special market spotlight on sustainability in cosmetics and personal care packaging. Did you know that there are three key trends shaping the segment?

January 31, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

The Case for Concentrates in Smaller Packs in the Era of Shrinkflation

Tanu Grewal of Pinalen, Cloralen, and Ensueno Laundry cleaner brands: smaller packs of concentrated cleaning product improves sustainability profiles without short-changing consumers. But are consumers wary of 'shrinkflation?'

January 9, 2024

The Case for Concentrates in Smaller Packs in the Era of Shrinkflation

Materials & Containers

How Advanced Recycling is Trying to Address the Plastic Waste Problem

Learn how used plastics are recaptured and remanufactured into new plastics and products through advanced recycling. And learn how this method produces materials that are indistinguishable from virgin plastics.

January 3, 2024

Package Design

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 3: Scent-Flavored, Refillable Drinking System

The Air Up system comprises a refillable water bottle and flavor pods, sold in 3-ct pouches, available in a range of colors and flavors, respectively.

December 31, 2023

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Primary Packaging

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 6: Filler, Seamer Lets Contract Brewer Keep D.O. Low

To contract craft brewer The Brutalist and its owner King State Beer, dissolved oxygen is four-letter word. A new filler and seamer combo keeps D.O. low and the beer quality high, while paperboard multipacks help to make an impact on the shelf.

December 28, 2023

From left, Aric Parker and Pete Lewis of King State and The Brutalist, Tegan Foster and Amanda King of Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe, and Vinny Giusto of King State and the Brutalist.

Package Design

Refillable Package for Skincare Driven by Consumer Preferences

Junoco engineers a refillable/reusable packaging system with interchangeable refill pods for its skincare products to address its consumers’ requests for refillable packaging.

December 22, 2023

Emerging Brands

Top 10 of 2023 - #10: Women-founded Startup Pilots Sustainable Rx Packaging

Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2023. Ten independent pharmacies piloted Parcel Health’s 100% paper-based, FSC-certified, compostable medication packaging. Third-party child-resistance testing is underway.

December 22, 2023

Parcel Health has set its eye on minimizing pharmaceutical packaging waste, starting with its first product, a pill bottle replacement called the Phill Box™.

Operational Excellence

Top Three Packaging Trends Driving Innovation

Factors including sustainability and digitalization are dramatically changing how the packaging industry operates.

December 21, 2023

Sustainability-focused material adjustments are gaining popularity as regulations push for plastic substitutes.

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Bottles produced with a 3D printed tool are nearly indistinguishable from the final product produced through traditional metal tooling processes. From left to right: the two-part mold 3D printed with Rigid 10K Resin, a bottle produced with the mold 3D printed with Rigid 10K Resin, a bottle produced with a metal mold, and a labeled prototype bottle for customer testing.

3D-Printed Molds Speed New Unilever Containers to Market

For Unilever, bottles stretch blow molded with a 3D printed tool are nearly indistinguishable from the final product produced through traditional metal tooling processes, and get product to market more quickly.

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Ken's Foods Upgrades Sachet Speed & Accuracy with New VF/F/S

Consumers are willing to pay about 10% more for sustainable packaging, according to one industry representative at the 2023 Vision 2030 sessions.

Top Factors Driving the Push to Sustainable Packaging

Pail Filling: Highly Accurate Fill Cycles Ensure Optimal Yield & Rate

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