Rick Lingle

Senior Technical Editor, Packaging Digest and PlasticsToday

Rick Lingle is Senior Technical Editor, Packaging Digest and PlasticsToday. He’s been a packaging media journalist since 1985 specializing in food, beverage and plastic markets. He has a chemistry degree from Clarke College and has worked in food industry R&D for Standard Brands/Nabisco and the R.T. French Co. Reach him at rick.lingle@informa.com or 630-408-7184.

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Rick’s Recent activity

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Hidden Secrets of the Botanical Gin Bottle
Jun 08, 2023
Storytelling for Ireland's Glendalough Distillery gin appears in packaging design details where every element “is a puzzle piece waiting to be discovered.”  
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World’s Best Food & Beverage Packages
Jun 07, 2023
Packaging innovations in the WorldStar 2023 awards range from a food-waste reducing bulk bag MAP technology to a 100% rPET bottle to a highly engineered can tab.
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Best in New Food and Beverage Packaging May 2023
Jun 05, 2023
Wine's molecular label, PFAS in the news, Walker's "bagless" snack multipacks, KickStand cocktails, Nestlé's flexible recycling venture in Mexico, Danone North America Light + Fit brand redesign (shown).
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Breaking News in Flexible Packaging May 2023
May 31, 2023
Sirane tests HP Indigo 200K digital printer, ProAmpac's new PE-based film, Mexico's advanced recycling plant for flexibles, biodegradable film from pineapple stems, algae-film wrapped coffee balls, Mondi's paper...
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Winning Packaging for Ecommerce Grocery
May 30, 2023
Making ecommerce packaging sustainable and efficient is no small task, but what can companies do to optimize the packaging and delivery of perishable groceries?
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