Pat Reynolds

VP Editor Emeritus
Jin Mai Lang's new bottle design is aimed at attracting younger consumers.
World’s Fastest Aseptic PET Lines with Dry Preform Decontamination
China’s Jin Mai Lang recently installed two complete aseptic PET lines, both leveraging Sidel’s dry preform decontamination system known as Aseptic Combi Predis™.
Oct 25th, 2019
Round pizza box now being tested by Pizza Hut is industrially compostable.
Pizza Hut Tests Compostable Pizza Box
On October 23, Pizza Hut will introduce a limited-time test of a plant-based pizza topping served up in a game-changing round pizza box that is industrially compostable.
Oct 22nd, 2019
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Rotary blister packager
The rotary blister packaging machinery shown at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 by Starview Packaging Machinery included laser printing and vision inspection.
Oct 11th, 2019
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EDL Massman Shrink Wrapper
EDL Massman at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 featured an updated single-roll wrapper specified for up to 22-in-wide film that can be clear or print-registered.
Oct 11th, 2019
More from Pat Reynolds
The Solucan/Tonejet team pictured with the Cyclone system.
Direct-to-Can Digital Printer
Solucan will install the world’s first Tonejet Cyclone direct-to-can digital printing system at the company’s new facility in Quebec, Canada.
Oct 11th, 2019
Second Highcon digital finishing system installed at CSI.
More Digital Finishing of Corrugated
The rapid growth of e-commerce, among other marketplace forces, appears to be making digital finishing of corrugated packaging more appealing than ever.
Oct 9th, 2019
Tide Eco-Box
Diamond Award Finalist: P&G’s Liquid Tide Eco-Box
The Tide Eco-Box is the first product launch from P&G Fabric Care’s eCommerce Innovation Group. Dow’s Packaging Innovation Awards’ judges awarded the product a Diamond Award Finalist.
Oct 9th, 2019
OpTri-Collapsible Bottle
Diamond Award Finalist: Danone-Nutricia Research’s OpTri-Collapsible Bottle
The OpTri bottle, says Danone-Nutricia Research, is next-generation packaging for Tube Feed nutrition, the liquid nutrition used by patients who are unable to obtain nutrition by mouth.
Oct 8th, 2019
Francisco Nogueira
When Will Personalized Packaging Break Through?
Francisco Nogueira, Global Packaging Innovation-Decoration Specialist at AB-InBev, sees personalized packaging as a trend that is about to take off.
Oct 2nd, 2019
The CP3918 Control Panel offers advanced, intuitive HMI for the XACT-FIL machine through its 19-in. multi-touch screen.
Machine Development Driven by the Latest in Advanced Controls
Whether it’s improving fill accuracy, simplifying changeovers, reducing machine footprint, or making it easier to penetrate specific regional markets, advanced controls technology is the key.
Oct 2nd, 2019
Paperly™
Dow Diamond Finalist: Amcor’s Paperly
Charcupac, a French meat and charcuterie slicing and packaging specialist in Ars-sur-Moselle, is among the first to commercialize a new thermoformable material from Amcor called Paperly.
Oct 1st, 2019
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Condiment packer
The newest addition to the Winpak fleet is a 14-across system for condiment packaging. Offers 17% more throughput per cycle.
Sep 26th, 2019
The clear window in this stand-up pouch was produced by the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.
Laser Cut for Clear Window
At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 the Matik booth featured, among other things, the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.
Sep 26th, 2019