MeadWestvaco Corporation: Aerosol sprayer for beauty, personal care products

MeadWestvaco’s Aerosense is an ergonomic aerosol sprayer which helps brands distinguish their products from more traditional push-button aerosol sprayers on the shelf by incorporating a trigger actuated sprayer into the design.

MeadWestvaco Corp

Mar 12th, 2013

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Specifically designed for products such as sun care, body spray deodorant, and hair spray, Aerosense features effortless actuation and a continuous, even spray pattern. Additionally, Aerosense has a unique locking feature to prevent the sprayer from unexpectedly activating in a bag or suitcase.

New packaging for Rebel Fish fresh salmon entrées comprises a vacuum skin pack with a clear plastic tray and a linerless film label.

Clear linerless label for fish pack is one of many firsts

A new VSP package for fresh fish entrée brand Rebel Fish is decorated with a vibrantly printed linerless label from a new flexo converter committed to redefining the U.S. print market.

Matteo Bonfanti, designer at Ghelfi Ondulati, Italy

Combining Digital Print and Corrugated Packaging for a “Box that Learns”

Matteo Bonfanti, designer at Ghelfi Ondulati, Italy, spoke today at Digital Print for Packaging Europe in Berlin, about a recent project that combined traditional materials, new technologies and one HP digital printer, to reach consumers in a timely way.

To test the effectiveness of NFC tags for marketing, Kilchoman Distillery replaced its conventional booklet-style labels with neck tags incorporating uniquely identifiable NFC tags.

Whisky Producer Makes All Bottles NFC-Enabled

After a successful test of NFC mobile marketing technology on hang tags for its scotch whisky, Kilchoman Distillery uses NFC-enabled bottle labels for all of its brands globally.

Greenware Cold Cups

Enhanced Cold Drink Cups

Fabri-Kal enhanced its Greenware Cold Cup line to fit a single lid series, enabling foodservice operators to reduce SKUs.

The redesigned package (right) brought a 29% source reduction by weight.

Recycling and source reduction

News from HLP Klearfold at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 was the introduction of their new Klearfold® RPET100 clear plastic folding cartons made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET.

Sustainably Sourced Bioplastic Packaging

Company Launches Sustainably Sourced Bioplastic Packaging

Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, became the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards for sustainable sugar cane.

PP dairy containers

Dairy Containers

Fabri-Kal launches its new line of PP dairy containers. Available in two 5.3-oz styles, containers can be customized using company’s decorating options.

Klearfold RPET100

rPET Folding Cartons

HLP Klearfold launches Klearfold RPET100, a 100% PCR plastic folding carton designed to help consumer products marketers and retailers meet their sustainability goals.

New Age Bebidas

PET Bottle for Beer

Amcor has adapted its technology to develop the first PET bottles for pasteurized beer in Brazil.

The dispenser nozzle of the Tide Eco-Box is inside the footprint of the package when shipped, and then the consumer pulls it outside of the footprint to use the detergent.

P&G’s Tide Eco-Box Does More Than Deliver a Leak-Free Package

At this year’s E-Pack Summit in Seattle, Procter & Gamble package designers explained the thinking behind its liquid Tide’s new package designed from scratch for e-commerce.

Easy-open Jar Lid

Consumer Convenience Technologies launches the EEASY Lid that allows consumers to vent a jar by simply pressing a button on the lid, which opens a tiny slit that breaks the seal. Lids can be produced from 58-mm to110-mm.

Food Grade Ink for Ink-jet Printing Systems

Squid Ink introduces the SI-CIJ9351 food grade red ink designed for printing codes directly onto food products. It is ideal for use in applications where the food package may not create an effective barrier against ink migration.

UpTap plastic bottle dispensing tap.

Bottle Dispensing Tap

Worldwide Dispensers introduces the UpTap plastic bottle dispensing tap designed to transform large bottles into easy-to-use water dispensers. It features a no-spill 40 mL/sec pour with the air return tap.

New sparkling wine Untouched by Light is packaged in a black bottle with in a black vacuum pack bag.

Wine is ‘Untouched by Light’

Slovenian wine producer ‘turns to the dark side,’ producing and packaging a wine in total darkness in a black bottle and vacuum film, to eliminate off-flavors resulting from exposure to light.

Sterling Anthony

A Glossary of Plastic Packaging

From its onset, the sustainability era has posed a dilemma for users of plastic packaging: how to retain the benefits of plastics and yet be regarded as environmentally responsible.

The rigid plastic packaging industry is expected to maintain steady growth

Trends Driving Rigid Plastic Packaging Market Growth

The rigid plastic packaging industry is experiencing competition from flexible and sustainable packaging designs, but is still expected to maintain steady growth in developing economies.

Unilever has announced the next phase of its partnership with diversified chemicals manufacturer SABIC.

Unilever/Sabic Partnership Created to Keep Plastic in the Loop

Partnership results in packaging that uses recycled content from advanced recycling technologies for leading brands that include Magnum, Knorr, and REN Clean Skincare.

In the U.K., Fairy is converting its bottles to 100% PCR in its most popular sizes.

P&G Home Care Brands in Europe to Use Up to 100% PCR by Early 2020

P&G announces it will be making 300 million bottles per year for its Fairy dish detergent and Flash and Viakal surface cleaners out of recycled plastic by early 2020.

ID PACK returnable transportation container system

ID Plastics LP: Returnable transportation container system

ID PACK returnable transportation container system from ID Plastics is specially engineered to meet the tough demands of commercial transport. Featuring a top lid, collapsible sleeve, and pallet base, the system can be customized to the specific needs of supplier and factory-to-factory logistic operations whether large or small in size.

Smirnoff X1’s limited-edition Spicy Tamarind Vodka for Day of the Dead

Smirnoff Bottle Captures Symbolism of Day of the Dead

A limited-edition flavor uses graphic patterns, vibrant colors, and digital and hand-crafted illustrations to pay tribute to the Mexican customs and traditions that surround the Day of the Dead.

More in Materials & containers

As an alternative to single-use bottles, FIJI Water will introduce a new 2.5-gal container for the refrigerator or counter.

FIJI Water Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Reduce its Use of Plastic

Initiatives include the use of 100% recycled plastic in all its water bottles by 2025 and the introduction of 2.5- and 5-gal containers that will reduce its use of plastic by up to 76%.

The new bill restricts the use of tiny plastic toiletries across California hotels and lodging establishments.

Say ‘Good-Bye’ to Single-Use Hotel Toiletries in California

New bill restricts hotels and other lodging establishments from placing small, single-use toiletry bottles in sleeping room accommodations for a reduction of 500 million tiny plastic bottles/year.

Digital connected packaging for milk, juice

Tetra Pak: Digital connected packaging for milk, juice

Tetra Pak launches its connected packaging platform, which will transform milk and juice cartons into interactive information channels, full-scale data carriers, and digital tools.

RTD cocktail and pack design follow the rule of thirds

RTD non-alcoholic negroni-style cocktail with three ingredients uses a label design that takes its three-bar color scheme from the palettes used on the packaging for each ingredient.

The booklet-style label is approximately 39 in. and includes 16 panels (front and back).

Booklet-style Beer Label Provides Comic Relief

Available in Italy, Comic Beer features three comic strips by acclaimed Spanish illustrator Alberto Madrigal that are secured to a trio of beers via a booklet-style accordion label.

Coconut Bliss AFTER the redesign

Vegan Ice Cream Rebrands, Uses 100% Plant-based Packaging

New packaging for Coconut Bliss ice cream products uses graphics that reestablish the brand’s expertise in the category while pioneering a biopolymer-coated paperboard material.

In 2018, the world produced about $36 trillion worth of manufactured goods, almost all of which used industrial packaging.

Five trends driving industrial packaging through 2024

The global industrial packaging market is expected to grow from $56.2 billion in 2019 to $66 billion in 2024. Learn what five key trends will drive this growth.

Wine's dual-layered labels are designed to be peeled back, unveiling an inside layer of colorful artwork.

Peel-back Labels Differentiate Each Wine in a Line

Wine's dual-layered labels are designed to be peeled back, unveiling an inside layer of colorful artwork that's unique to each wine.

The new machine fills 45 3-L Bag-in-Box&circledR; containers per minute.

Three heads are better than one for Danish wine bottler

Bulk wine supplier Skanvin installs a triple-head automatic filling line to meet the bag-in-box requirements of customer Treasury Wine Estates.

Visible Particulate FDA Recall Notices by year as compiled by John Shabushnig, Insight Pharma Consulting, from FDA data. Reprinted with permission.

Particles in Parenterals: 2019 Update

FDA expects a visual inspection program and parenteral manufacturers should expect questions about their program during any inspection. What's new in 2019?

Henkel's All Free & Clear detergent was launched in the new bottle on Amazon in September 2018.

Live from ISTA Omni-Channel: Henkel Develops the ‘Rolls Royce’ of Closures for E-Com Liquid Detergent

Henkel tackles the issue of leaking laundry detergent bottles head-on, with the launch of a packaging system integrating the bottle and cap. At the same time, it introduces a concentrated product in a smaller bottle.

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Sustainable Adhesive System Behind Unique Spinning Label

Spin Label and Robatech partner to create a rotating label for bottles.