Sustainability

Toying with bottle design

A playful bottle is engineered for educational, environmental, and humanitarian benefits.

February 1, 2008

Drinks, nonalcoholic: Page 18

Beverage

Internet seminar on basics of barriers in flexible packaging

Three separate seminars from MOCON discuss permeation principles and how they impact testing methods. Covers the relationship between permeation, solubility and diffusion. Compares barrier properties of the most important traditional high barrier resins like EVOH, Nylon, PVdC with more recent additions to the barrier offering like PGA, COCs, MXD6 and different types of polyesters including PET, PEN and LCPs.

December 9, 2007

Containers

Embossed bottles keep Pepsi young

“Manifesting brand essence through packaging is powerful at retail,” declares Ron Pence, Pepsi senior marketing manager for packaging innovation. The Pepsi brand reflects youth and vitality, and those virtues shine through on its new 20-oz bottle for the U.S. market.

November 7, 2007

Sustainability

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

November 7, 2007

Flexibles

TerraCycle: Packaging with a repurpose

TerraCycle, the company built on worm poop, gives used containers new life as plant-food packaging.

November 7, 2007

Closures

U.S. closure market shows steady growth

Continuous technological advancements in end-user industries, and an ongoing conversion from metal to plastic closures, are driving growth in the U.S. plastic closures market.

November 7, 2007

Beverage

Multipacker a flexible mid-range packaging solution

On R.A. Jones' new Beverage Meridian Multipack Cartoner, mechanical and electrical components have been carefully selected to provide years of worry-free operation with minimal cost for maintenance and repairs.

November 6, 2007

Recycling

The wrap-up: Truly custom packaging

One-of-a-kind packaging with a personal touch.

October 1, 2007

Sustainability

Sustainable PET film forms 'tented-blister' three-pack

Soap products company strives to keep environment clean with innovative multi-pack structure.

September 5, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Letting the 'greenie' out of the bottle?

Every consumer packaged goods company (CPGC) has a stake in the debate over whether bottled water is bad for the environment.

August 2, 2007

Beverage

EU's new REACH law on chemicals reaches you

With the first of June came the start of a new regulation, called REACH, about chemicals in Europe. It’s a huge change in existing law, so big it’s going to take 11 years to phase in. But if you send chemical substances to Europe or make chemical substances in Europe, the law is going to place new requirements on you sooner or later. That’s why prudent companies are already evaluating its effect on their businesses and taking action.

July 11, 2007

Containers

'Cardboard can' for soda?

Sagentia is developing a sustainable, bag-lined 'cardboard can' for soda and beer.

June 14, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Baking soda label acts as a freshness timer

WS Packaging Group (www.wspackaging.com) has solved a long-standing consumer conundrum of knowing when to replace the Arm & Hammer-brand Baking Soda refrigerator air filter.

June 11, 2007