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PMMI Announces the 2022 Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Commission

Leading consumer products goods companies, retailers, suppliers and other organizations will select the Class of 2022.

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, #3 on our countdown, on Nestlés transition from plastic to paper on 419 SKUs of candy.

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we are counting down the Top 10 articles of 2021. Check out this March 2021 article, #3 on our countdown, on Nestlés transition from plastic to paper on 419 SKUs of candy.

THE issue of global plastic pollution is not one that can be resolved overnight. More importantly, it requires commitment from all levels of government, industry and the public.

Nestlé & LuLu partner to promote reusable grocery bags DUBAI, 4 hours, 29 minutes ago In commemoration of World Environment Day, Nestlé and LuLu have teamed up to encourage use of reusable bags in a joint campaign running instore across 40 outlets in the UAE and on the leading hypermarket chain’s website.    The collaboration will offer 100,000 reusable grocery bags to LuLu shoppers as part of a campaign entitled “Love your planet, and say YES to re-usable bags” that aims to insp...

March 1, 2021 ProAmpac’s new Collaboration & Innovation Center, due to open mid-2021 ProAmpac is to collaborate with a leading US university on the development of smart packaging to protect food from harmful contamination and prolong freshness. The flexible packaging specialist will work with the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University, in South Carolina, on the project. The department’s laboratory will provide testing capabilities… TO CONTINUE READING,...

Nestle’s Next Challenge: Sating Human Appetites as Much as Pets Bloomberg 2/18/2021 Corinne Gretler © Bloomberg A reuseable Purina pet food container stands on display inside the new Nestle SA Institute of Packaging Sciences in Vevey, Switzerland, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Nestle set a target to reach zero net greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 as Schneider said climate change is one of the greatest risks to the company’s future business. (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA had a...

January 11, 2021 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If a crisis is the ultimate test of leadership, last year provided ample narratives about leaders stepping up. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business mo...

Weekend Arena: Nigeria Is Full Of Packaging Scientists I once had a friend and colleague, late Ike Nwabuoku, whose oratory was so impeccable that he could persuade the hardest of souls. A walking library having grown under the tutelage of his dad, a university professor, my friend knew how to deploy this gift whenever his salary ran out.   He would, according to him, ‘wear his garb of hypocrisy’, walk into the MD’s office, sing his praises, and pronto, a salary advance would be approved ...