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Rigid Containers

Package Case Study

| March 4, 2013

Kraft continues to build on liquid water enhancer success

Kraft creates a liquid version of its Crystal Light beverage mix, packaging it in a portable, pocket-sized container decorated with vibrant rays of color.

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Custom PET bottle for Sneaky Pete's oat beverage.

Package Case Study

| March 4, 2013

New custom PET bottle for oat beverage

Scheduled for launch in April is a new, custom bottle for an unusual oat beverage from Butler, NJ-based Sneaky Pete’s.

Package Case Study

| March 1, 2013

HONEST Fizz artwork offers 'a serving of fun'

Packaging for new HONEST Fizz, a line of naturally sweetened sodas from Honest Tea, uses whimsical product shots and lots of bubbles to convey fun and effervescence.

Arizona's first seasonal canned beer series.

Package Case Study

| February 27, 2013

Arizona’s first seasonal canned beer series

SanTan Brewing Co., one of Arizona’s fastest growing breweries and a leader of the Arizona canned craft beer revolution, is launching an exciting new CanVenture: Arizona’s first ever seasonal canned beer series.

Feature Article

| February 26, 2013

Cans are catching on

Beer, mead, sparkling water, energy drinks—the marketers behind these and other beverages are lately finding aluminum cans very much to their liking.

Materials Product Brief

| February 25, 2013

Anti-fog lid technology for deli food packaging

Placon’s new anti-fog technology on its entire line of PET cold deli food packaging products helps minimize lid condensation formation, providing improved product visibility in cold food merchandising displays.

Package Case Study

| February 20, 2013

Nutritional drink differentiates through clean simplicity

Health drink Rumble distinguishes itself in the crowded functional beverage category through a clean, uncluttered design with artwork chosen to appeal to the emotions.

Materials Product Brief

| February 18, 2013

Foldable beverage bottle/carton

Combidome from SIG Combibloc combines the best features of an aseptic carton pack with the best features of a bottle to provide unique differentiation for any beverage, and can produce 12,000 carton packs/hour.

News

| February 14, 2013

'Cans Get You Cooking' promotes canned foods’ benefits

Can Manufacturers Institute partners with major brands and retailers to drive center-of-store sales nationwide.

Package Case Study

| February 11, 2013

Diet Double-Cola's turn for a refresh

Ionic cola brand gets new can and carton graphics that reflect its personality—‘ a little out of the ordinary, friendly, handcrafted, and different from other big-name colas.’

Package Case Study

| February 7, 2013

PET bottle with rigid liner shows promise for multiple applications

New package for the dispensing and delivery of sensitive chemicals offers shatter-resistance, a light weight, and full product evacuation; technology is available for license.

Materials Product Brief

| January 24, 2013

ROPP aluminum screw cap PET bottles

Amcor’s unique roll-on pilfer-proof (ROPP) finish design for aluminum  screw-cap PET bottles has been expanded to the spirits category with new 1.75L and 750ml stock  PET bottles that offer light weight and smooth conversion from glass. 

Hot-fill PET container holds 16 oz of barbecue sauce marketed by Old South Foods.

Package Case Study

| January 18, 2013

16-oz hot-fill PET for BBQ sauce

Copacker Old South Foods’ first use of PET delivers glass-like appearance, reduced breakage, and improved filling.

News

| January 17, 2013

New consortium addresses PET recycle stream issues

Members, representing the entire value chain, consider multiple solutions to the problem of full-wrap labels in the PET recycle stream.

Package Case Study

| January 14, 2013

Total makeover for Ansell personal lubricants

Structural and graphics packaging improvements earn awards.

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materials: Containers

Berlin Packaging

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Containers, closures, and dispensing systems. Plastic, glass, and metal.
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Berlin Packaging is North America’s premier supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures. We supply billions of items annually along with package design, financing, consulting, warehousing, and logistics services for customers across all industries.

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Warehousing
Packaging
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Bway

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General line rigid packaging: metal, plastic and hybrid containers
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Learn why Bway is one of the largest manufacturers of metal, plastic and hybrid containers in North America. Whether it’s developing new packaging or redesigning existing, we can help reduce time to market, lower costs, improve quality and increase overall sustainability.

Plastic Packaging
Metal Packaging
Hybrid Packaging
Open Head ECO-PAIL
Placon

Laura Stewart,
VP of Sales and Marketing

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Custom and stock thermoformed blisters, clamshells and trays; Recycled PET flake and sheet
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View Placon’s extensive lines of stock food and retail thermoformed clamshells, custom medical device and retail packaging capabilities as well as our high clarity EcoStar® recycled PET sheet with up to 100% post-consumer content for thermoforming applications.

Thermoformed Plastic Food Packaging
Custom Retail Designed Thermoformed Packaging
Medical Device Thermoform & Protective Packaging
Post-Consumer Recycled PET Flake & Sheet
RockTenn

John Eaton,
VP Sales, Marketing and Automated Packaging Systems

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Over 70 standard case and tray machines, customized for you and the unique Meta® Systems
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RockTenn’s Automated Packaging Systems is the only in-house machine design, manufacturing and technical service division within a corrugated packaging company in North America and is focused on delivering industry leading innovation in packaging solutions for our customers.

Meta® case
Meta Tray-8®
Selig Sealing Products

John J. Brown,
Vice President, Business Development

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Induction seals and closure liners for sealing plastic & glass containers.
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View our broad range of induction seals & closure liners, and download a copy of our PHT™ Manual - the industry resource for successful induction sealing. Our large range of products, global footprint, and consumer preferred Lift ‘n’ Peel™ make Selig the premier supplier.

Consumer Convenience
Two Piece Reseal
Full Coverage Printing
Consumer Interaction
Synerlink USA, LLC

Harry Marovskis,
Director of Sales Synerlink USA

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Engineering packaging lines, Form-Fill-Seal machines,overwrapping machines, case-packers
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Learn how we support our clients starting at the product and packaging design phase, continuing to full-line industrial optimization and complete line engineering with performance warranties. Discover our innovative and cost-effective solutions for dairy, food, beverage,...

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Paperboard sleeving machine
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Paperboard sleever/casepacker