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Twig’s Beverage in Shawano, WI, is the last returnable bottler of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Sun Drop brand, which they’ve been producing since 1951. While the retro soda tastes great, their 1950s legacy bottling equipment left the bottler with a sour taste in their mouth, with lots of tipping bottles and line breaks. To bring their line into the 21st century, Twig’s teamed up with their Wisconsin neighbor Multi-Conveyor and several other leading suppliers (including CIMEC, MCBRADY ENGINEERING, ProBrew ProMach, AROL S.p.A., CTM Labeling Systems, and Citronix, Inc) for a complete overhaul. The result? Fewer broken bottles, orders filled without headaches, and big plans for expansion. Read the full story.? https://lnkd.in/gyNgrQ8X #bottling #packaging #contractpackaging #Kinex #SQF #sodaindustry

With Walmart's RFID mandate underway for a growing scope of products, RFID manufacturer Avery Dennison shared its insights for brands to streamline adoption at Labelexpo Americas 2024. #RFID #Walmart #Labels

UPM Raflatac is offering a new carbon-conscious labeling option, Carbon Action Plastic Labels, at Labelexpo Americas 2024 in Rosemont, IL. Already in the market on products including Rebiome's ReFresh Cleansing Gel and Lumene Group's Nordic-C Glow Moisturizer, the Carbon Action Plastic Labels use bio-based polypropylene (PP) material to "enable brands to have plastic-based solutions that actually have an impact in lowering their carbon footprint," says Anna Hunt, senior manager of marketing and communications at UPM Raflatac. "For example, this portfolio includes products made from Forest Film face material, which is 100% wood based. We have products in this portfolio that are made from other bio-based materials that once again have a significant sustainability and carbon reduction impact," explains Hunt. Further contributing to carbon reductions are the label's liner options made from either 50% or 90% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. Products within the portfolio also use a wash-off adhesive for clean label removal for recycling. This combination of sustainable characteristics brings brands like Rebiome and Lumene, which both use the Forest Film PP product, a 23% reduction in primary energy demand and a 27% decrease in CO2e emissions compared to standard labels. "Having this full formulation in a product allows the brand to have a true reduction of their carbon footprint when it comes to the label part of the product," says Hunt.

Packaging World is excited to announce Integrity Recycling and Waste Solutions as a tabletop exhibitor of the 2024 Packaging Recycling Summit! As a leader in recycling and waste management, Integrity believes in educating its customers so they understand the TRUE value of their recyclables and will customize an efficient, “green” and/or “zero waste” solution that minimizes your operational costs, reduces your environmental footprint, and increases your bottom line. We can't wait to hear about their latest initiatives at the upcoming summit! https://buff.ly/3w6gSOQ

Packaging World is excited to announce The Wilmington Group as a tabletop exhibitor of the 2024 Packaging Recycling Summit! With strategically located recycling and destruction facilities, a worldwide brokerage network and in-house logistical expertise, The Wilmington Group maximizes value in fiber for its customers while making a positive impact on the environment. We can't wait to hear about their latest initiatives at the upcoming summit! https://buff.ly/3w6gSOQ

Packaging World is excited to announce Amcor as a tabletop exhibitor of the 2024 Packaging Recycling Summit! As a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharma, medical, home- and personal-care, and other products, Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them. We can't wait to hear about their latest initiatives at the upcoming summit! https://buff.ly/3w6gSOQ

Cut downtime, reduce costs! Boost output with high-speed flow wrap packaging. Join our webinar TOMORROW, September 10, 2024, to learn how high-speed flow wrap technology can revolutionize your snack production. This free event, presented by Packaging World, will reveal strategies to double your production capacity in half the space while improving sustainability and cutting costs. Why attend? Increase savings, efficiency, and throughput - Reduce waste - Decrease downtime and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - Avoid costly “Buy or Build” methods with high-speed flow wrap packaging. Register today!

Smart #packaging technology like ambient IoT from Wiliot can optimize sequencing in food and bev industries, according to Stephen Statler, consider “the number of times that supply chains get out of sequence, a FIFO [first in, first out] becomes a LIFO [last in, first out], the opportunity to move to not “first in, first out,” but “first expired, first out”. All of that needs to run, not just at one part of the supply chain, but right across the supply chain. The only way we're going to get there is with data standards like [GS1/GS1 US'] EPCIS, like Digital Link, and if the manufacturer, the brand, the distributor, and the retailer starts sharing the information, and then we build on the standards we already know well, and start embracing some of the new standards that coming online to make the market bigger,” he said at AIPIA's Smart Packaging Seminar.

“One of the big growth areas of #RFID in #packaging is the tracking of reusables and reusable containers. In this case, McDonald's’s needed to be in compliance with what's known as the AGEC [Anti-Gaspillage pour une économie Circulair] law in France. These laws are growing. There are more and more mandates around Europe, and coming into the U.S. as well, around minimizing single-use containers that are used in food. What we did with McDonald's there was provided an RFID inlay that was embedded inside of the food container, be it the fry pouch or the cup or the plate. All of that now is all reusable at McDonalds in France. Because we have it embedded RFID as an in-mold label, they can now monitor and track, where that container is [in the circular system]. Has it been cleaned? Is it ready for to go back out for using on the food line? The Checkpoint Systems service team installed RFID readers on the bins can make sure a container doesn't go into the trash bins. They follow them all throughout their wash cycle, where they're storing them, and then though the trash and recycling areas to make sure that they were not inadvertently going into the trash or food waste bin. That's just one example of this real emphasis that everyone from consumers all the way to government entities are having around this mindset of a more circular economy," said Louis Parker of Checkpoint in a RFID label panel discussion today at AIPIA's Smart Label Seminar in Chicago. More details on the project are here: https://lnkd.in/gdV_73Dm