In-depth guides on corrugated, paperboard, plastics, glass, metal, foam, and sustainable materials used in packaging.
The multi-layer pouch that has ruled flexible packaging for 40 years is about to become illegal in Europe. Mono-material all-PE and all-PP structures...
Retort pouches cook faster, ship lighter, and sit flatter than cans — which is why ready meals and pet food keep migrating to them. Here's the heat-pe...
Fluorine made paper act like plastic. Now it's banned — and the fiber underneath still has to fight grease. A working guide to PFAS-free materials, wh...
PVOH film is the packaging that vanishes in warm water. But dissolving isn't the same as biodegrading — and that gap decides whether this material bel...
Recycled resin used to be the cheap option. Now food-grade rPET trades above virgin PET while California and the EU write minimum-content percentages...
A practical guide to glassine paper packaging: how it's made, its grease and moisture resistance, grammage selection, sustainability, and where it out...
Counterfeits cost brands $467B a year and most fraud wins at the package. A breakdown of holograms, serialized QR, NFC chips, and blockchain — what ea...
Static-shielding bags, anti-static foam, and dissipative pink poly each fight electrostatic discharge differently. Here's how to pick the right ESD pa...
Coffee staling is a packaging problem before it's a roasting one. Here's how to choose the right barrier film, one-way valve, bag format, and closure...
Eight emerging self-healing and reactive packaging materials from MIT, ETH Zurich, KAIST, Penn State, and Cambridge — with realistic commercialization...
PETG is replacing PVC in clamshells and blisters because it crystal-clears the same product without chlorine, runs cleaner on existing thermoforming l...
Coextruded films stack 3-11 polymer layers in a single pass, matching foil's barrier at 40-60% lower cost. Here's how the process works and where it w...