COVID-19

Polyplastics USA reports surging interest from the pharmaceuticals industry in its Topas-branded cyclic olefin copolymer as an alternative to borosilicate glass for medical syringes and containers.

Now is the time to push ahead with solutions for a sustainable future for plastics.

Robot adoption has slowed during the pandemic, putting a damper on the robot market. Real growth may wait until 2022, although cobot growth may not have to.

The global pandemic has disrupted most people’s personal and professional lives. A food-packaging insider explains how the COVID-19 situation will continue to alter the high packaging-consumption food and beverage markets.

As ecommerce sales have increased during the COVID-19 stay-at-home directive, consumers are paying more attention to the sustainability of packaging for their shipments. And brands have plenty of eco-options now, too.

During May 2020, people in packaging devoured our pandemic-related articles. But, as some US states began reopening businesses after their close due to COVID-19, you weren’t solely engrossed with the health crisis. With the country starting to get...

The physical health threat that COVID-19 poses, together with pandemic-related fear and uneasiness, are driving sales of products that enhance immunity or improve mental well-being. Brand owners in those categories, in turn, are taking a close...

Although food and packaging are not key players in the spread of COVID-19, pandemic-driven wariness is driving food brand owners and their packaging suppliers, as well as retailers and foodservice providers, to put more emphasis on hygienic...