Multiple grocery categories already are seeing more sales growth for smaller pack sizes than for traditional multiserve packs: soft drinks, ready-to-eat cereal and salty snacks.

Grocery shopping habits are changing in the United States, and so is demand for smaller, cheaper products and packaging, according to a recent NielsenIQ report. Overall, pack architecture hasn’t kept up with the changes, the authors say, and brands should act now to maintain market relevance.

Evergreen by Novolex will debut its SmartPour dry filling machine at PACK EXPO International, October 18-21, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Built to pair with the company's SmartPour carton, the precision-engineered machine brings speed, accuracy and consistency to dry ingredient packaging lines.

Polystyrene is used in protective packaging for televisions and electronic devices, in decorative boards and baseboards for interior construction, and in petri dishes. It is one of the world's most important plastics, with nearly 20 million tons produced each year. The material is predominantly derived from crude oil and is rarely recycled. Virgin polystyrene is often cheaper than recycled material, meaning that used products are typically incinerated or sent to landfills. Like many other plastics, polystyrene is highly resistant to degradation in the environment.

Tetra Pak® Ice Cream Wrap gives ice cream producers a solution made from up to 85% paper.

Tetra Pak is extending its paper-based packaging expertise into the ice cream category with Tetra Pak® Ice Cream Wrap, advancing the commercialisation of a wrapping solution developed specifically for ice cream producers.

The new R380 and V670 formulations target durable identification and coding applications ranging from pharmaceutical labels to flexible food packaging.

DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation has introduced two thermal transfer ribbons designed for applications requiring durable printed identification and barcode readability.

The new R380 Alcohol-Resistant Resin targets healthcare, pharmaceutical and laboratory labeling, while V670 High-Performance TTO Resin is designed for food processing and flexible packaging applications. Both products are available beginning October 7.

volution, not revolution.

Taylor's has unveiled a new bottle that will be progressively introduced across its range from July 2026, marking the most significant evolution in the House's presentation in decades.

Developed over almost two years, the new bottle reflects Taylor's long-standing commitment to craftsmanship, quality and continuous improvement. The ambition was clear: to preserve one of the Port category's most recognisable bottle designs while significantly reducing its environmental impact.

Rather than redesigning an icon, Taylor's chose to refine it.

New polypropylene-based solution delivers high moisture and oxygen barrier protection while supporting recyclability goals.

ACG, an integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing solutions provider, has launched RecycloPod PP Ultra, a polypropylene-based blister packaging system combining high moisture and oxygen barrier protection with design for recyclability.

For the launch of a new push sweeper S 4 Twin Go!Further, whose plastic components are made from 30% recycled material, Kärcher, a globally recognised cleaning technology brand, needed packaging that did more than protect the product. It had to make the product’s sustainability credentials visible while maintaining strong brand impact, colour accuracy and print quality. Together, Kärcher and Mondi developed a solution that uses advanced digital printing on brown substrate to achieve exactly that.