PACK EXPO International 2026 will put students on the show floor, not on the sidelines. From Oct. 18 to 21 at McCormick Place in Chicago, the next generation of packaging and processing professionals will build machines, demonstrate robots, race between exhibitor booths and meet potential employers, with six high school teams competing for up to …
Envapack.com went from 265,000 to 350,000 page views between August and September 2026. Here is what that growth means for its advertisers.
Sustainable packaging materials are reshaping how brands and machine builders work together, but cost and performance risk still slow the shift. That is the central finding of The New Material World: Packaging’s Path Toward Sustainability 2025, a research report from PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. As end users move toward more sustainable materials, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are adapting their machinery to deliver innovative solutions without compromising performance.
Europe dominates the global cheese market, with a share of nearly 50%. Rising cheese consumption, an increasing variety of product formats, and new regulatory requirements are driving demand for packaging that protects cheese as a natural product while combining material efficiency, processability, and recyclability. This makes it increasingly important for manufacturers and packers to take a holistic view of the entire system – from the product and packaging to machinery, logistics, retail, and consumer use.
China doesn’t use warning seals or traffic-light labels: it requires a label printed in Chinese, with exact correspondence to the label in the language of origin, and a visible customs registration number on the package before the product can be sold. Today the rule in force is GB 7718-2011, but it already has an expiration …
Piepenbrock Packaging Technologies (PPT USA) is expanding its presence in North America under President Thomas C. Rougeux. PPT USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Piepenbrock Group and operates as the group’s North American company for LoeschPack and Hastamat. At PACK EXPO International in Chicago, Oct. 18–21, booth S-2695, the three companies will present packaging systems for food, confectionery and consumer goods manufacturers.
PACK EXPO International 2026 runs Oct 18–21 in Chicago: 48,000 professionals, automation, AI, robotics, sustainability and 150+ free education sessions.
Clean Earth Systems, a national provider of hazardous waste packaging and environmental solutions, is helping companies simplify one of the most complex aspects of their operations—compliant waste packaging and logistics.
interpack 2026 sent a clear signal: the packaging industry is more closely connected, more innovative and more dialogue-oriented than ever before. This momentum was immediately visible in the exhibition halls. High visitor traffic, intensive discussions and a consistent international presence shaped the atmosphere. Everywhere, it was possible to experience the determination with which companies are working on solutions for the future. Ideas were discussed, tested and decisions were made. The entire value chain was presented in live.
Séval Schichtel, Sales and Business Development Manager, Ethylene, and Sebastian Lars Löscher, Business Development Manager, Purification, recently sat down with Kristina Morgan, Global Marketing Manager, Petrochemicals, at Clariant, to discuss how we’re enabling a circular economy where plastics are continuously reused rather than ending up in landfills, incinerators, or the environment.
Rounded corners make high demands of the material and the way it’s processed. Jonathan Carter, head of Innovation Product Management at DS Smith, explains what’s important here. “We need an outer liner that’s robust enough to stabilize the curve, whereas the inner liner must be much lighter to enable the fluting to form perfectly. This is the only way to produce a smooth curve without the material creasing or tearing.”
