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Package Design

Rigid Containers

Materials Product Brief

| October 8, 2012

16-oz. PET bamboo beverage bottle

Designed to help brand owners create a differentiated shelf-presence for a wide variety of premium beverages, Bev Marketing’s 16-oz. PET bamboo beverage bottle features a base that provides filling line stability,  clarity, and shatter-resistance.

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Package Case Study

| September 24, 2012

Female-targeted energy drink a stunner in slim can

Goddess Energy, Inc. improves the formula for its Flirt Energy Drink, and rolls out the beverage in sleek aluminum can that offers functionality, sustainability.

Materials Product Brief

| September 14, 2012

Tamper-evident deli containers are eco-friendly

Made with 100% recycled PETE, Placon’s Evolutions is a new line of deli containers made with EcoStar and provides sustainability, safety, inventory reduction, and product salability.

Materials Product Brief

| September 14, 2012

Compostable soup containers

Designed for the catering industry, Biopac’s two new heavy-duty soup containers are 100% compostable.

Materials Product Brief

| September 14, 2012

Reusable sharps container

Rehrig Pacific Co.’s Sharps Tank is an FDA 510(k) cleared, 17-gal. reusable sharps container that may be used in clinical and laboratory environments for the disposal of both small and large sharps.

Materials Product Brief

| September 14, 2012

Elegant stock plastic molds

O.Berk’s Designer Collection includes a wide range of containers featuring soft oval shapes with distinctive flowing lines, “hipped” contours--with and without ribs, integrated hooks for hanging, closures on top or bottom, and more.

News

| August 28, 2012

Aluminum beverage can recycling rate reaches 65.1%

The number is a seven percentage-point increase over 2010 and marks solid progress toward the industry’s goal of a 75% recycling rate.

Package Case Study

| August 22, 2012

Portable, stackable single-serve wine launched

More than a gimmick, Stacked Wines’ new single-serve PET packaging uses proprietary technology to deliver convenience, a longer shelf life, and a premium wine-drinking experience.

News

| August 17, 2012

Identifying trends leading to rigid packaging growth forecast

Freedonia predicts world demand for rigid packaging will increase 6.4% annually to $472 billion in 2016.

Materials Product Brief

| August 16, 2012

Ergonomic aerosol sprayer

With MeadWestvaco’s Ergosol off-the-shelf ergonomic trigger-actuated aerosol sprayer for home and garden products, brand owners can differentiate their products from among more traditional push-button aerosol sprayers.

Package Case Study

| August 15, 2012

Clorox concentrates bleach for smaller bottle

Slimmer, smaller bleach bottle introduced for Clorox that holds concentrated product that reduces the amount of plastic and water used by the brand.

Materials Product Brief

| August 12, 2012

Unbreakable transparent eye dropper

Neopac’s new, patented dropper tube for eye applications is easy to handle and provides optimal protection for sensitive liquids, including barrier protection from oxygen.

Materials Product Brief

| August 9, 2012

PET beverage carafe creates differentiation for premium products

Designed for ambient or cold-filled drinks such as juices, teas, lemonades, fruit punches, and other beverages typically found in the refrigerated section, Graham Packaging’s new stock 59-oz. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) carafe is designed to help brand owners create a differentiated shelf-presence for a wide variety of premium beverages.

Package Case Study

| August 8, 2012

Resealable latex lid allows for savoring of whisky shots

Scottish Spirits Single Grain Scotch Whiskey in a 12-oz can now comes with a resealable, reusable latex cap that allows for product consumption over time.

Package Case Study

| August 8, 2012

Custom container brings IHOP experience home

Launch of IHOP at Home syrups requires custom-molded container that presents significant manufacturing challenges in order to replicate the restaurant experience.

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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
Execution
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
TricorBraun

Keith Strope,
President & CEO

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Stock and custom packaging design: glass, plastic containers, closures, tubes
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Innovative supplier of rigid packaging: glass & plastic containers closure, tubes. Design & Innovation group provides custom package design.. Experts in global sourcing. With over 40 locations inc. Mexico & Canada, TricorBraun can easily provides those options.

Pre-Filled Hummingbird feeder/package required intricate mold and equipment engineering
High end personal care packaging with stock components
Custom oblong closure for glass jar was tricky to manufacture