PakTech Blog (3)

Sep 3, 2021 4:27:47 PM

Europe Insights: Paperboard vs Plastic: A Holistic Look into the Ongoing Debate

By PakTech

Both paperboard and plastic remain as widely popular packaging materials. Yet, negative perceptions of plastic persist due to the commonly misplaced notion that paper is “natural” whereas plastic is not. This perception has pushed retailers and brands to make the switch away from plastic to paperboard but not without consequential environmental impacts.

Jul 28, 2021 10:32:46 AM

CO-PACK WITH PAKTECH - 4 WAYS TO GROW YOUR CO-PACKING BUSINESS

By PakTech

As any successful co-packer knows, the best way to grow your business is to offer more services to your customers. That’s why “one stop shop, “complete solution”, and “single-source” are such popular selling points—the co-packer gets more business and manufacturers have all their packaging needs done in one place. Win win!

Jul 9, 2021 10:00:00 AM

PakTech Assists launching U.S. Plastics Pact's Circular Economy Roadmap as a Founding Activator

By PakTech

PakTech assists with launching The U.S. Plastics Pact's (“U.S. Pact”) “Roadmap to 2025,” an aggressive national strategy illustrating how the U.S. Pact, PakTech and fellow signatories, known as Activators, will achieve each of the U.S. Pact’s four 2025 targets through specific actions, responsibilities, and interim timeframes to realize a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.

Jun 30, 2021 8:00:00 AM

PakTech is one of 10 Innovative Food Companies to Watch in 2021

By PakTech

The world is growing at a tremendous pace, and with it, there is an ascent in the demand levels for food packaging. With the shortage of resources becoming an increasing reality, employing and incorporating sustainable and ingenious techniques has become the primary objective of PakTech.

Apr 22, 2021 10:00:00 AM

How PakTech’s Partners Are Helping Us Recycle And You Can Too

By PakTech

We at PakTech are proud of our recycling program. Alongside with our 100% recycled plastic packaging solutions, the recycling program supports our commitment to sustainability. These initiatives have helped us repurpose the equivalent of over half a billion (644,203,483 to be exact) discarded milk jugs, keeping roughly 83 million pounds of plastic out of the waste stream. This is plastic that wasn’t sent to a landfill (or the ocean), but was instead repurposed, often multiple times!

Mar 2, 2021 2:00:00 AM

UK INSIGHT: Constantly Innovating to Meet Your Sustainable and Practical Needs

By PakTech

Since its very beginnings, PakTech has constantly evolved and innovated to meet our clients’ everchanging needs. Our origins are humble, having started out in 1983 as a small job shop that designed and produced moulds at request. Now, PakTech handles are found across the globe and are helping more and more businesses to make the most sustainable choice for secondary packaging. Here, we will hear from Tom Lucas from West Berkshire Brewery, on why they choose our PakTech packaging solutions to handle their products.

Feb 9, 2021 8:30:00 AM

Financing Now Available on All PakTech Applicators

By PakTech

PakTech is proud to announce our new partnership with GreatAmerica Financial Services to offer financing options on the sale of all PakTech Applicators.

Jan 26, 2021 8:00:00 AM

Dollars and Sense - The Financial Case for PakTech Handles

By PakTech

Maybe we’re biased, but we think there are a LOT of great reasons to package with PakTech handles. Whether it’s to help your company achieve its sustainability goals, sell more product in bulk, or take advantage of the cool colors that show off your stylish containers, there are many reasons why PakTech handles are the right choice for many brands. But at the end of the day, there’s one question everybody has to ask:

Nov 24, 2020 12:00:00 AM

UK INSIGHT: FOUR TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE THE UK PACKAGING INDUSTRY IN 2021 AND BEYOND

By PakTech

Like most consumer goods industries, the UK packaging industry is constantly evolving, bringing with it new trends that are shaping the industry as a whole. Consumer demands for certain packaging features or characteristics emerge from widely differing needs. With social media such an integral part of our everyday lives today, consumers purchasing habits are being influenced by packaging aesthetics perhaps more so than ever before. Simultaneously, other demands have emerged from more acute needs such as stringent hygiene standards during the ongoing global pandemic.

Nov 17, 2020 10:00:00 AM

Packaging the Future – CBD Beverages with Ablis

By PakTech

As cannabis continues to be legalized across the nation, there’s been a trend rising along with it: cannabidiols, AKA CBD. Chiefly derived from the hemp plant, CBD is a non-psychoactive substance with many purported effects, such as pain relief and anti-inflammatory properties.