Contract Packaging Articles

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.
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Serialization bar codes
News
| February 15, 2013

Serialization and track and trace

Pharmapack workshop on serialization reinforces challenges, draws some distinctions between Europe and the U.S.
Almac line
News
| February 8, 2013

Almac launches U.S. commercial packaging operations

Successful FDA inspection and new client partnership highlight $10 million-plus facility’s opening.
Feature Article
| February 7, 2013

Packaging innovation explored at TPC

The first full day of presentations at The Packaging Conference includes details on the Absolut Unique vodka project, digital package printing, and PET recycling initiatives.
The ecoslide-RX® compliance pack features a 100% recyclable paperboard-based outer sleeve with an inner film and foil blister.
Feature Article
| February 1, 2013

Compliance-prompting pharma packs: More sustainable?

Regardless of packaging materials used, is compliance-prompting packaging inherently more sustainable, given its positive impacts on human health, the economy, and the environment?
Supplier News
| January 29, 2013

Learn about workplace safety at 2013 CPA Annual Meeting

A top Certified Hazard Control Manager will explain why workplace safety solutions are less costly than problems for contract packagers and their partners.
Supplier News
| January 29, 2013

Personal Best: Doing well by doing good

Dave Shaffer, president and CEO of DePaul Industries, explains how to grow a vibrant CPG contract packaging business while also hiring and training people with developmental disabilities.
News
| January 24, 2013

CPA Annual Meeting Feb 21-24 touts big CPG names, great games

Agenda features CPG Town Hall with ConAgra and Florida's Natural; keynote on 'Great Game of Business' and much more.
Supplier News
| January 22, 2013

Saddle Creek Logistics adds a new facility in Birmingham, AL

Third-party logistics company to relocate wine-distributing customer's operations to a new facility of its own.
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.
Jamieson Symetix
Machine Case Study
| January 18, 2013

Vibratory size grader adds efficiencies for Jamieson Laboratories

Automates removal of broken tablets and fragments upstream of packaging for Canadian maker of vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
Supplier News
| January 16, 2013

Nulogy adds supply chain expert to board

Art Mesher, chairman and CEO of Descartes Systems, will help enhance corporate governance, global growth and customer service.
Feature Article
| January 4, 2013

Patient adherence goals drive Walmart's new compliance pack launch

Walmart and Sam’s 4,600 pharmacies add new sustainable calendar-style packs for select scripts in an effort to improve patient adherence to drug regimens.
Retailers are turning to the Tetra Recart carton for their own-brand offerings partly because its compact shape puts the same amount of product in about a 44 percent smaller space than a rounded container.
Feature Article
| January 4, 2013

As ConAgra buys Ralcorp, store brands soar in importance

Retailers and consumers have never been more aligned, and ConAgra’s deal to buy Ralcorp confirms that store brands may be outpacing the icons of the American cupboard.
Able to accommodate a variety of product viscosities, the system forms, fills, and seals retail-ready, high-seal-integrity pouches in a range of sizes.
Feature Article
| January 3, 2013

Single-lane vf/f/s machine pounces on pouching challenges

New machine helps contract pouch packager enhance operating efficiencies and expand market opportunities.
Package Case Study
| December 11, 2012

Nourish organic skincare line rooted in earth-friendly benefits

While product uses 100% organic ingredients, packaging contains a minimum of 25% recycled content and is recyclable.
Sun-Pac metal detector
Machine Case Study
| December 6, 2012

Versatile metal detector shines at Sun-Pac

Machine is moveable between eight different packaging lines for this contract packager of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements.
Fig. 1: The rise of three business models.
Feature Article
| December 4, 2012

What many brands don't understand about today's co-packing business

This is not your father's contract packaging industry; Coregistics' CEO Eric Wilhelm explains how evolving business models help brands unlock top-line growth opportunities.

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