‘Queen Bee’ Ushers Bumble Bee Out of Plastic Shrink, Into Paperboard Multipacks | Packaging World
Bumble Bee Seafoods was looking for a paperboard solution as part of their Seafood Future Commitment, that included moving toward more sustainable practices in their production facility and product packaging. Not only did they need a multipacker to replace their 25-year-old shrink-wrap machine, but that machine had to fit in the pre-existing line and be capable of numerous can pack configurations. That is why Bumble Bee Foods partnered with R.A Jones to customize a Meridian XR MPS-300 multipacker to meet their unique present and future needs.
Matt Reynolds, Editor of Packaging World, covers the entire journey in his article Cartoner Ushers Bumble Bee Out of Plastic Shrink, Into Paperboard Multipacks – featured in the September 2022 issue of Packaging World. Follow along in Bumble Bee Seafoods’ packaging transformation from ideation to consumer research to OEM sourcing to equipment installation to finished product. Click here to read the complete article.