Top Packaging Trends 2025: AI-enhanced “Connected Platforms” to advance circular economy

Meanwhile, the ever-increasing regulatory and consumer demand for improved environmental outcomes in packaging will incentivize innovation in more sustainable materials and systems this year....

Packaging Innovations 2025: UK’s “game-changing” EPR leaves plastic suppliers concerned

The pEPR scheme is designed to shift the responsibility and cost of packaging waste management from taxpayers and local authorities to businesses that use and supply the packaging. The first EPR...

Generative AI and packaging: McKinsey design expert on new tech and human creativity

Bannerman is set to give a talk on “Designing with AI” at Packaging Innovations 2025 next week in Birmingham, UK. He leads McKinsey’s European design practice and works with the management...

DS Smith’s Surface and Barrier director discusses next-gen coatings for fiber-based packaging

Packaging Insights sits down with Susana Aucejo, Surface and Barrier director at DS Smith, to understand how these challenges might be overcome and why barrier coating innovation is crucial to the...

Coveris, Tetra Pak and Mondi: Barrier coating innovation bolsters packaging circular economy

A key challenge for paper-based suppliers is maintaining packaging performance — such as protection against moisture, grease and oxygen — while ensuring the materials are designed for...

Berry Global forms world-leading nonwovens firm after HHNF business spin-off

Berry CEO Kevin Kwilinski says: “With this move to optimize our portfolio, we solidify our position as a global leader of consumer-focused packaging solutions while enhancing the stability of our...

Packsize and Henkel Adhesive Technologies partner on bio-based box solution

Every year, 300 billion boxes are sealed using 500,000 tons of hot melt adhesive, contributing significantly to global emissions generated by the paper-based packaging industry, the company says.“By...

Coca-Cola bottler adopts paperboard multipack carrier by Westrock in US first

The new packaging, which will replace an estimated 200,000 pounds of plastic rings annually, has started to appear on store shelves.Westrock, which recently merged with Smurfit Kappa, designed the...