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Newcomer brings originality, quirkiness to snack foods

The snack-food aisle is cluttered with a mind-boggling assortment of brands and a lot of visual “noise.” For newcomers in the category, distinction is essential.

June 5, 2010

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Innovation built on green principles

Sustainability remained a key criterion in this 22nd edition of the DuPont Awards. But this is mostly a story about innovation.

June 5, 2010

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Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

June 5, 2010

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Slack fill complaint leads to empty feeling

Consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Adminstration and many U.S. states to suppress a problem the group’s head calls “commonplace.

June 5, 2010

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Biodegradable film for chocolate Melts

In the UK, Melts chocolate candies from Thorntons are wrapped in metallised, biodegradable NatureFlex™ NM film from Innovia.

June 4, 2010

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PTI thrives on inspection/metal detection systems

Contract manufacturer’s Royston, GA, facility uses machinery for quality, also gaining economic benefits.

June 4, 2010

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Glass best for health and the environment, study finds

The research, conducted independently for the Glass Packaging Institute, finds that consumers have a high level of trust in glass in key areas, including contamination issues.

June 4, 2010

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Vitamin line switching to 100% recycled PET bottles

Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems opts for ‘bio-balanced’ healthcare-focused products and packaging.

June 3, 2010

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Vitamin-enhanced water debuts in PET

AriZona Beverage Co. launches RESCUE Water in injection blow-molded PET bottles that use an oxygen-scavenging technology.

June 1, 2010

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DuPont Gold for cat litter bags

New packaging for Fresh Step Cat Litter, a product of Clorox USA, Oakland, CA, has garnered a DuPont Gold Award; by replacing polypropylene pails with flexible film bag packaging, Clorox has cut packaging material weight by 80%.

June 1, 2010

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P&G wins DuPont gold award

Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has earned a Gold Award from DuPont for revisiting its approach to flexible film packaging for the company’s Always feminine line of products.

May 28, 2010

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Reflections on IoPP Packaging Summit 2010

The event was a rallying reminder that packaging is a diversified, powerful tool.

May 24, 2010

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Coffee pack wins prize

A flexible film package for 450-g Vanilla Hazlenut coffee from Van Houtte won Best New Product in the Packaging Category at the April 15-18 Specialty Coffee Association of America 2010 meeting in Anaheim, CA.

May 24, 2010