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LIVE FROM PHARMAPACK NORTH AMERICA: Biodegradable shipping system
 Video | May 24, 2012

LIVE FROM PHARMAPACK NORTH AMERICA: Biodegradable shipping system

William Hingle, director of marketing, TCP Reliable (www.tcpreliable.com), demonstrates TemPak™ + Green, an eco-friendly system from Cryopak (www.cryopak.com). TemPak protects product during shipping and maintains product temperature for 24 hr at 1°C to 10° C. Uses insulation, gel packs, bubble wrap, and a corrugated outer box that all incorporate biodegradable components.
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Materials Product Brief
| May 21, 2012

Gabletop carton with curvy shape

Designed for premium milk and juice, Tetra Pak’s Tetra Rex Pearl gabletop carton is a curved, droplet-shaped keyline container that provides an impactful side profile for improved branding possibilities.
UPS Laos
Package Case Study
| May 14, 2012

UPS delivers $9 million of flu vaccine to Laos

Walgreens donates 375,000 doses that UPS air-ships more than 9,000 miles in five days through five countries, maintaining mandatory 2° to 8°C temperatures through a range of climates.
100% renewable
Materials Product Brief
| April 13, 2012

Eco-friendly cups

Made from 100% renewable resources, Eco-Products’ “ZERO by Eco-Products” is a line of hot cups and cold cups whose carbon impacts have been measured and fully offset through a partnership with leading carbon offset provider Renewable Choice Energy.
Materials Product Brief
| March 12, 2012

Temperature-sensitive shipper

Designed for the pharmaceutical market, CSafe’s AcuTemp SVS is a compact active compressor-driven shipper with the same temperature management and data-recording features of their AcuTemp RKN, but in a size that reduces the footprint of shipping less-than-full-pallet loads.
Materials Product Brief
| March 9, 2012

Drug delivery devices

Two new electronic delivery eDevice platforms, e-Dose Counter and e-Lockout from Aptar Pharma are specially aimed at improving patient compliance.
Materials Product Brief
| January 15, 2012

Food trays made from bulrush and other plant fibers

Designed to replace the polystyrene containers that are typically used in the meat, poultry and seafood departments, Excellent Packaging has added a new line of food display and presentation containers to its line of compostable foodservice packaging products.
Package Case Study
| January 12, 2012

Sales prospects blossom with gardening pack rebranding

Moving from generic packaging to bright, bold branded packs offering product visibility helps Oasis Grower Products better market its hydroponics growing media.
Materials Product Brief
| December 9, 2011

Foil polymer tube for 2-formula products

Designed for cosmetics and skin care products, World Wide Packaging’s foil polymer tube features a dual split chamber inner foil wall for storing 2-formula products.
Materials Product Brief
| December 6, 2011

Flexible dropper tube for beauty serums

Neopac’s high-barrier Polyfoil tubes for the cosmetic industry now comes in a flexible beauty serum dropper tube that offers a high-level of protection, particularly against light.

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