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

Drinks, nonalcoholic: Page 19

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

Beverage

Spiral conveyor for fridge packs

Specially designed stainles steel spiral conveyor from Ryson for the beverage and soft drink industries conveys flat fridge packs in a vertical direction.

June 1, 2007

Flexibles

New package shapes, new markets, new products

Whether you’re in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and/or nutraceutical business, it’s always wise to pay attention not only to competitive product packaging, but also to products sold in other segments.

May 31, 2007

Beverage

Product and package innovation dominates functional soft drinks market

Competition among the major drinks corporations is high in the health and wellness soft drinks market, reaching $140 billion in 2006.

May 31, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Bottle drying system produces for Britvic

A bottling line started up in fall 2006 at Britvic Soft Drinks at Chelmsford, United Kingdom, to handle the company’s Robinsons Fruit Shoot beverages is anchored by a space-efficient block filler for 200- and 300-mL PET bottles.

April 3, 2007

Beverage

Technical Paper: Verify Carbon Dioxide Purity at Delivery and Point-of-Use

Technical paper from Thermo Fisher describes accurate, quick method to verify that CO2 in product meets guidelines.

March 29, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label applicator is a perfect fit

Sea Breeze deploys low-volume printing solution.

March 9, 2007

Flexibles

The ice boxes cometh with repackaged clarity

Boxed trays of premium ‘shelf-stable ice’ as purified water receive a primary and secondary packaging revision.

March 8, 2007

Sustainability

Water, water is everywhere, perhaps not what you think

When it comes to bottled water, there is more to it than you may think, and less to it than you may think.

November 5, 2006