News stories related to packaging from the last week or so. BarTender Cloud Designer I have a long history with Seagull's BarTender label software - one of my most popular ever blog posts covered a set of MIL-STD-129 templates I had made in BarTender years ago. I've been frustrated, however, that being a Windows app, I couldn't use BarTender on a Mac unless I messed … [Read more...] about News Briefs, November 10, 2023
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News Briefs, November 3, 2023
News stories related to packaging, for the last week or so. Packaging Shortage for Milk Cartons It seems that a shortage of paper for milk and juice cartons is causing supply chain problems for many schools, prisons and other institutions, including dairy farmers. There are a lot of news reports stating that difficulties might continue until next year. New … [Read more...] about News Briefs, November 3, 2023
News Briefs – October 27, 2023
Stories relating to packaging and sustainability that got my attention during the last week or so. Finally, a Ban on TCE Looks Possible It has been known for decades that Trichloroethylene (TCE) which is often found in plastic packaging, is harmful to health, but the Federal government has done nothing about it - despite TCE being mostly banned in Europe. Finally, … [Read more...] about News Briefs – October 27, 2023
News Brief – Canopy™ Wrap, Recyclable Packaging for Trays
At the recent Pack Expo Show in Las Vegas, Atlantic Packaging and Westrock showed an interesting concept they have been collaborating on. Canopy Wrap intends to solve the current problem of recycling plastic PE shrink-wrap film used on trays of cans and bottles. Currently, the plastic used for these products isn't suitable for curbside recycling, ensuring that much of … [Read more...] about News Brief – Canopy™ Wrap, Recyclable Packaging for Trays
News Brief – Tetra Pak Custom Printing
Tetra Pak, the industry behemoth and Canada's Flow Beverage have cooperated on Tetra Pak's new custom printing solution. Using new digital printing equipment installed earlier this year at their plant in Denton, TX, Tetra Pak can offer shorter runs and super high-quality print in a file to finished product process. The Flow Beverage collaboration is the first for this … [Read more...] about News Brief – Tetra Pak Custom Printing