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Kraft deploys printed magnetics in gum carton
 Video | April 8, 2013

Kraft deploys printed magnetics in gum carton

Kraft Foods is believed to be the first to use printed magnetics in a packaging application. The technology becomes a clever reclosure feature on Stride ID gum packaging.
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Package Case Study
| February 12, 2013

Shaped candy boxes get chocolates back on gifting radar

Cadbury introduces brightly decorated boxes shaped in flower and heart designs for its chocolate pralines, positioning them perfectly for gift giving.
Compostable film wrap for Free Trade chocolates.
Package Case Study
| December 15, 2012

Chocolate wrapped in compostable film

Alce Nero, an Italian consortium of organic producers and farmers, has chosen compostable material to wrap its range of Fair Trade chocolate.
Package Case Study
| November 13, 2012

GPS device masquerades as candy bar in new promo

Nestle U.K. & Ireland seeds its candy bar brands with six ‘GPS-enabled replica bars’ that, when activated by consumers, result in a visit from the company’s prize team.
The cookies are offered as a free after-dinner treat at restaurants and are sold at coffee shops and other retailers.
Machine Case Study
| September 5, 2012

Lucky Cookie made a lucky find at Pack Expo

Lucky Cookie’s founder will definitely attend Pack Expo International 2012 this October. His last trip to the show resulted in a purchase that has boosted his young company’s growth significantly.
With the use of smart vision software, the four robots at Ozersky Souvenir accurately and gently pick irregularly shaped chocolates and place them on a separate conveyor at a rate of 360/min.
Machine Case Study
| August 1, 2012

Robot handles chocolates at 360 pieces/min

The Ozersky Souvenir confectionery plant is one of the largest manufacturers of confectionery products in Russia.
Nestle Easter egg range packaging is 100% recyclable.
Package Case Study
| March 27, 2012

Nestle's 100% recyclable packs

Nestlé has become the first major confectioner to use 100% recyclable packaging across its entire Easter egg range.
Variable data is printed on the tear tape.
Package Case Study
| March 7, 2012

Nestlé on-pack promo keyed by variable-data tear tape

A three-month promotion for Nestlé’s Carlos V© brand—Mexico’s leading chocolate bar brand--was carried on 53 million chocolate bars in Mexico and centered on helping the brand’s famous King Carlos V character find his “lost” crown.
Miss Muffet
Package Case Study
| February 29, 2012

Miss Muffet uses compostable cellulose material for candy packaging

U.K.-based Miss Muffet & Co. wraps its fairytale and nursery rhyme-inspired confectionery in material that fits into its environmental stance.
Package Case Study
| February 22, 2012

Easter egg candy packs are renewable, compostable

Canadian candy company selects cellulose-based film for its stand-up pouch packaging for competitive advantage with Easter treats.

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