Flexible packaging

Carrying a torch for sustainable packaging

A switch to PET jug preforms for lamp fuels improves sustainability and reduces in-transit package damage.

August 3, 2009

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Sustainability

Biodegradable bags: A real solution or more greenwashing?

August 3, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

PET recycling facility opens with 40MM-pound annual capacity

A gorgeous, sunny June day was the backdrop for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Davisville, WV, that celebrated the opening of a new, 800,000-sq-ft in-house plastics recycling facility that represents a $20 million investment and took just eight months to complete.

August 3, 2009

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Candy maker refines packaging flexibility

Fully automated, easily programmable form/fill/seal/print systems reduce labor costs and packaging material waste.

August 2, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Rutgers 'enrolls' in RFID

August 2, 2009

Additives, coatings & inks

FDA issues anti-counterfeiting draft guidance

The draft guidance is an important step in working with manufacturers to make drug products harder to counterfeit.

August 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pro Mach names new VP/GM of Axon LLC

Pro Mach announces the appointment of Brad Wegner as Vice President and General Manager of its Axon LLC, division, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

July 30, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FOX IV Montage

FOX IV Technologies offers rugged Print & Apply equipment, integration, training, and software for identification. We Solve the Tough Ones … Globally.

July 17, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Industry watch

July 3, 2009

Flexibles

Taking stock of sustainability

Don’t let misunderstandings, myths, or misgivings hamper your ability to deliver on the sustainable packaging goals you’ve established for your company.

July 2, 2009

Flexible packaging

Awards push sustainability

The 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation honors 10 winners that all carry a sustainable packaging message in their design and construction.

July 2, 2009

Sustainability

Featured discussions

July 2, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Unilever chooses PDC twin pack technology

Read about Unilever's use of a PDC multipacking and shrink labeling system for its fast-growing deodorant products.

July 2, 2009