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September 2022

Packaging World September 2022

Nivea Pursues Circular Packaging from Every Angle

Beiersdorf uses the 4R approach—Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, and Replace—to develop a number of industry-first packages for its flagship personal care brand, Nivea, to support its sustainability goals and a circular economy.

September 16, 2022

The Eco-Valve, used for Nivea’s new EcoDeo line, uses inert gases as a propellant in aerosol sprays while still providing the performance and spray quality of traditional valves.

Materials & Containers

Recyclable Toothpaste Tube from NICE Prevents 3,000 Tons of Landfill Waste

China multinational NICE Group collaborates with Dow and Amcor in APAC to develop a recyclable, all-plastic toothpaste tube for its extensive portfolio of toothpaste brands.

September 14, 2022

China’s NICE Group has switched to the new recyclable, PE/EVOH tube for all of its toothpaste brands, including it Cnice gum and tooth care line.

Tiny Bottle for Concentrated Mouthwash Replaces 10 16-oz Plastic Bottles

Aromatherapy oil-based mouthwash from GuruNanda comes in a concentrated formula packaged in a 2-oz glass bottle that holds 300 doses and reduces plastic packaging by 99%.

September 12, 2022

The 2-oz bottle of mouthwash concentrate holds 300 doses, which is equivalent to 160 oz of non-concentrated mouthwash, resulting in the elimination of 10 16-oz plastic bottles.

Secondary/End-of-Line

End-of-Line Automation Reduces Snak King’s Labor Pains

Branded and private-label snack producer Snak King installs 16 robotic palletizers and three intelligent automated vehicles to address labor shortages and resulting labor costs, as well as streamline its operations.

September 8, 2022

A Fanuc M-710iC/45M medium-payload, six-axis delta robot picks a case from the palletizer infeed for loading onto a pallet in one of 50 different configurations.

Flexible Packaging

Outdoor Clothier Finisterre is First with Water-Soluble Garment Bag

The ocean-safe, biodegradable Leave No Trace bag is made from PVOH that can be disposed of by running warm or hot water over it.

September 8, 2022

The Leave No Trace bag is made from Aquapak’s Hydropol 30164P water-soluble monolayer blown film.

Primary Packaging

Thermoformer Lets Farmer Grab the Buck by the Horns

After designing a new animal tranquilizer dart that is free from the problems with those already on the market, this deer farmer then revisited the secondary issue with existing darts: a poor user-experience with packaging.

September 7, 2022

Printed, branded lidding material seals product in thermoformed trays. Both the larger dosage and the petite darts are then cartoned for retail at a 24-count.

IoPP Column: Let’s Work Together on Sustainability

Sustainability is about preserving resources for future generations.

September 6, 2022

Dasani Launches in 100% rPET, Sprite Switches to Clear Plastic

In pursuit of a World Without Waste, Coca-Cola introduces a new bottle made from 100% rPET for Dasani water and moves from green to clear plastic for Sprite to improve recycling of the bottle.

September 6, 2022

Coca-Cola began offering a majority of its Dasani bottles in the U.S in 100% rPET (excluding the cap and bottle) in summer 2022.

Cartoner Ushers Bumble Bee Out of Plastic Shrink, Into Paperboard Multipacks

An enterprise-wide focus on sustainability pushed Bumble Bee Seafood to reinvent multipacking in a more readily recyclable, paperboard format. A 'Rolls Royce' of a cartoner certainly helped.

September 2, 2022

Printed paperboard cartons are opened out of magazines of 2D blanks by way of mechanical gripers, plus an “elegant” air-assist carton opening feature to ensure the cartons fully open.

Cobots and EOATs and AI, Oh My!

Fascinating new developments in heavy-payload collaborative robots, end-of-arm tools, and Artificial Intelligence among others allow robots to take on increasingly complex packaging tasks while offering simplicity of use.

September 1, 2022

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Systems Approach to Communicating Product Safety with Packaging

Brand-owners can play it safe for themselves and for their customers with this use of packaging.

August 31, 2022

Food Safety Labeling

Delicate Strudel Dough Picked and Packed in Enclosure-Free Robot Cell

At Weinbergmaier GmbH in Vienna, Sissi and Franz—as their human operators have quaintly named the two Stäubli robots—pack high-quality strudel dough in perfect synchronization within a cycle time of 1.5 sec.

August 31, 2022

Peter Baumüller, Factory Manager for Weinbergmaier GmbH

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