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Labels

Materials Product Brief
| April 12, 2012

Padded label

Schreiner MediPharm’s easy-to-mark Pharma-Cushion Label protects glass pharmacertical vials during shipping.
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Package Case Study
| March 15, 2012

Simple hair care for all reflected in redesign for PERT

Bold label graphics refresh for first 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner product helps PERT Plus establish itself as a simple hair-care solution in a sea of micro-segmented products.
Materials Product Brief
| March 13, 2012

Pressure-sensitive labels for curved packages

Silgan Plastics has installed an Avery Dennison Curve Appeal labeling system which combines Fasson Curvy pressure-sensitive label material with a new patent-pending Avery Dennison application process that will enable Silgan to apply pressure-sensitive labels to complex curved package shapes.
Package Case Study
| March 1, 2012

Champagne labels get regal redesign

Labels with strong tactile feel combine with distinctive color schemes for luxurious presentation of French champagne brand Canard-Duchêne that helps drive differentiation at the shelf.
Ferrari Maximum labels
Package Case Study
| February 14, 2012

Wine labels extraordinaire

For Ferrari Spumanti, Italy’s leading producers of sparkling wines, labelling is a means of conveying the quality, heritage, and style of a product that has been in production for more than a century.
Materials Product Brief
| January 31, 2012

CO2 reducing label

With the addition of a special CO2 absorbent being added to the label’s adhesive, SATO’s ECONANO series of labels absorb and reduce the CO2 that is released into the atmosphere when labels are incinerated.
Blue Skies fruit packs
Package Case Study
| January 9, 2012

Time/temperature-monitoring system for fresh-cut fruit

Blue Skies employs RFID technology for shipments of fresh-cut fruit from African fields to U.K. tables.
Materials Product Brief
| December 9, 2011

Pre-attached insert placement for pharmaceutical products

Lit-a-Sure, from Nosco, allows 1 or multiple inserts to be attached to a box, rather than placed loose inside a box, which offers the potential for increased patient visibility and a more professional presentation.
Materials Product Brief
| December 9, 2011

Label helps fight drug counterfeiting

Using integrated covert inscriptions, Schreiner MediPharm’s Pharma-Comb Void label helps eliminate the illegal practice of empty vials being refilled with fake drugs and resold.
Materials Product Brief
| November 8, 2011

White lablelstock film for health & beauty, pharmaceuticals and food labeling

UPM Raflatac’s 2.6 mil PP Hi-Opacity White TC is a bright-white, highly-opaque film provides a lower-cost alternative to traditional pearlescent white films.
Piper_Heidsieck
Package Case Study
| September 22, 2011

Sexy crocodile skin label

See it at Pack Expo Booth #2811. Draped in what the luxurylaunches.com blog calls a “sexy red crocodile skin,” the limited edition Bodyguard Champagne Brut from Piper-Heidsieck was rolled out this month at select travel retail outlets.
Package Case Study
| September 14, 2011

Bars of gelato given a handmade, boutique feel

Design agency Substance was tasked with crafting the brand for Bar Gelato, a new gelato-on-a-stick creation from Geleteria Naia.
Package Case Study
| September 14, 2011

Mocktail labels capture feeling of summer freedom and festivity

Kraft Foods' Crystal Light brand has launched a limited-edition product this summer in vibrant packaging designed by Landor Associates.
News
| September 2, 2011

U.S. demand for labels to reach $20 billion in 2015

Although pressure-sensitive labels will expand at a healthy rate, they will face growing competition from stretch-sleeve, heat-shrink, and in-mold labels.
Sample packs. AccuDial's liquid OTC cough and cold pediatric med bottles include a two-part rotating label, plastic-packed dosin
Package Case Study
| August 31, 2011

AccuDial spins children's liquid medication dosing into the 21st Century

AccuDial’s inner and outer labels provide parents and caregivers information to precisely dose their child based on weight, not age.

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