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Kraft Heinz Faces Lawsuit Over Mac & Cheese
Package design
Kraft Heinz Faces Legal Challenge Over Mac & Cheese Labeling
A federal judge has ruled that Kraft Heinz must address allegations of misleading consumers about artificial preservatives in its Mac & Cheese product
November 15, 2024

Package Printing

Consumer packaged goods
Mattel's “Wicked” Packaging Error Leads to Major Recall
The company was forced to recall the entire "Wicked" dolls line just before the Holiday season. A printing mistake led consumers to an adult website rather than providing more information on the upcoming film release.
November 12, 2024
Mattel Wicked Packaging Recall
Package Printing
Infinite Reality Acquires Zappar, Strengthening Its Immersive Technology Suite
Infinite Reality (iR)
Zappar’s Extended Reality (XR) tools will provide Infinite Reality customers with even more capabilities to design and monetize engaging, 3D immersive experiences.
October 11, 2024
Infinite Reality Zapper Lockup Web 800x440
Package Printing
Fortis Solutions Group Names New CEO
Fortis Solutions Group
Carlos Tapias is appointed new CEO of Fortis Solutions Group, replacing John O. Wynne, Jr., who served for 14 years and will transition to the role of Chairman of the Board.
September 6, 2024
Carlos Tapias
Digital Transformation
Diageo’s Johnnie Walker Taps Generative AI for Mass Customization of Labels
A spirits-themed tourist destination in Edinburgh, Scotland, Johnnie Walker Princes Street is hosting Johnnie Walker x Scott Naismith. The company believes it to be the first-ever mash up of Scotch whisky, art, AI, and packaging.
August 8, 2024
Diageo
Package Printing
drupa Review: Digital Printing’s Table is Ready, Packaging to Benefit
Advances in digital printing quality, speed, and economics have the tech poised to take package printing market share from traditional printing methods. Sharply ascending in-market adoption confirms that what was once a curiosity is becoming mainstream.
June 28, 2024
An operator readies a cartonboard demo run on a Landa S11 Nanographic digital printer at drupa this month.
Digital Transformation
50-Year Barcode ‘Scanniversary’ Heralds Next-Gen, 2D On-pack Barcode
A new GS1 US survey reveals that 77% of consumers seek detailed product information; emerging data-rich barcodes to aid shopper purchase decisions and scan at checkout. These are likely to replace the existing, 50-year-old barcodes currently on packaging.
June 26, 2024
A customer checks out in the 1970s.
Bagging & Pouching
Live at drupa: Recycle-ready Barrier Paper, Mono-OPE Flexible Packs Await Infrastructure
Recyclable, mono-material, high-barrier substrates result from supply chain partnerships, from raw materials suppliers to converters and packaging machinery OEMs to brands. But the real barrier to recycling is a lack of curbside recycling infrastructure.
June 14, 2024
'We said at the beginning, we need to replace the aluminum layer, but we said we should also avoid over-engineering when possible. So we set ourselves two separate targets. The first one was to find a barrier level which is the equivalent of metalized PET. And we're talking barrier to water vapor (WVTR) and barrier to oxygen (OTR). The equivalent of metallized PET is a barrier of less than 1 OTR, and less than 1 WVTR. We also needed a barrier which is equivalent to aluminum. So we need to have less than 0.1, OTR and less than 0.1 WVTR. And if you look at the values here, AluBond, the metallized version, has three points. And that is the equivalent of less than 0.1 OTR and WVTR, so that's your aluminum barrier. And for those who don't need that level, you can have the option of the transparent version, which here you can see as the AlOx (aluminum oxide), we've called it and that has two pluses, because that's that less than 1 OTR, and less than 1 WVTR. In our language to simplify things we call one high barrier and the other ultra-high barrier,' Alexander says.
Package Printing
Live at drupa: Software Gives Brands Control of Pack Asset Libraries, Printing Review & Approval
With these new web-based software platforms, brands are taking more control over their own packaging asset libraries, not to mention multi-stakeholder package review and approval processes, that once tended to be the domain of their converter suppliers.
June 13, 2024
Dalim's Flaurent Epaud demonstrates Dalim ES Fusion platform at drupa, with an example of a chip bag from Swiss brand Zweifel potato chips.
Package Printing
PLPS Takes Top Honors at Gold Leaf Awards for Holographic Tanning Lotion Label
Premium Label & Packaging Solutions (PLPS)
Premium Label & Packaging Solutions' intricate cold foil technique lands them first place for "Best Use of Cold Foil" with a visually stunning design.
June 13, 2024
Plps Infatuated
Package Printing
Celebrating the Printing Industry: Record Number of Deals Signed at drupa 2024
drupa 2024 exceeded all expectations, receiving top marks from visitors from all over the world, who left the trade fair with new ideas and clear prospects for the future.
June 7, 2024
Drupa24 Bsc7054
Package Design
“3D Print” Embossing on Glass by Digitally Layering Viscous Inks
In a collaboration between printhead supplier Xaar, ink supplier Marabu, and digital printer OEM Kammann, glass bottles get a "3D-printed" embossing effect for tactile features and colors by layering viscous inks, via digital print heads, onto bottles.
June 5, 2024
Ultra-high viscosity ink, applied by ultra-high viscosity printheads on digital printers, stand to impact CPG markets including cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and high-end spirits, as well as afford opportunities for high-end mass customization of packaging.
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Harpak-ULMA Announces New Services for Tray Package Prototyping
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.
New 3D printing service for tray package prototyping enables merchandisers to easily customize tray prototypes, dramatically reducing cost and time to market.
April 10, 2024
Harpak Ulma
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